Arthur Schopenhauer argued that desire never rests, that satisfaction only fuels the next want. This essay takes that insight seriously in a modern setting, using billionaires as a living thought experiment to ask what happens... Read More

For all intents and purposes, the United States government is in a state of conflict with the government of Venezuela. This comes days after the autocratic Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife were apprehended by special... Read More

Across countries and age groups, more and more people describe the same thing: broken sleep, shrinking focus, a mind that loops around money, work, health, children, the future. They feel more tired without doing less.... Read More

For much of human history, awe had a name, and that name was God. Awe lived in temples and cathedrals, in thunder interpreted as divine speech, in the hush that fell over a congregation when... Read More

In a world increasingly mediated by screens and algorithms, human interaction has shifted from physical spaces to digital ones. Social media platforms, online forums and collaborative spaces offer unprecedented opportunities for connection, learning and civic... Read More

A moral rot has been spreading through the politics of our cities and our suburbs for the last few decades, a rot dressed in earnest language about “community character,” “environmental review,” and “local control.” This... Read More

In the late 17th century, Isaac Newton published his “Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy,” laying out three laws of motion that forever changed the way we understand the physical world. In classical physics — the... Read More