In the narrow lanes of Rawalpindi’s settlements, the constant hum of factory machines often replaces the sound of classroom bells. Children—some as young as seven or eight—spend their days gluing sandals for less than a... Read More

I have always found it curious that despite our shared humanity, humanism is rarely an inherited worldview. Millions inherit political identities. Millions more inherit religious traditions. Entire communities pass beliefs, rituals and doctrines from one... Read More

It always starts with a whisper. A child leans in, hand cupped to an ear: the frog wears glasses — or was it the dog dances backwards? The sentence travels the circle, and by the... Read More

I haven’t learned anything since I got here. Apparently the Bornean pygmy elephant is just the Bornean elephant now. Found that out the hard way. Still, it’s nice to see the little guy get a... Read More

We need language that is complex enough, and nuanced enough, to explain the world we find ourselves living in. Few phenomena we experience are simple, black or white. This is especially true for the study... Read More

A more humorous version of this essay is presented here: In Which Rawls Buys A Veil of Ignorance at Victoria's Secret Humanism has many virtues. It defends science in an age of conspiracy theories, secular... Read More

A woman asks an AI system trained on her deceased mother’s emails whether she should quit her job. The answer comes back in her mother’s voice. Death has traditionally meant the end of a life... Read More