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Our Horizon of Possibilities: How Algorithms Contract Our World

Algorithms curate our feeds based on what we've already chosen. Understanding how that process works changes what we can do about it.

On Insulting Men for Not Reading Novels

NOW and then, there is a lecture given to men about how they must read, chiefly novels, and how that would make them better people, like women.

Discourse is Not Going Closed Source

Cal.com just closed their source code, arguing AI has made open source too dangerous. After 13 years of building Discourse in public, we're staying o…

Beyond gene-edited babies: the possible paths for tinkering with human evolution

CRISPR will get easier and easier to administer. What does that mean for the future of our species?

Underrated ways to change the world, vol. II

OR: why you should sell onions on the internet

Why aren't smart people happier?

The creative software industry has declared war on Adobe

What can slime mould teach us about biological memory? | Aeon Essays

Iran war: 10 frequently used words and their meanings

Protect Your Shed

Why Smart People Believe Stupid Things

The Five Tools of Hedonic Design

How to Be a Serious Reader

Body language, linguistic forensics and other nonsense

If You’re So Smart, Why Aren’t You Happy?

Is Claude Mythos “Terrifying” or Just Hype? - Cal Newport

Russia Has Massed 500 Tanks For An Attack On Kupyansk. Thousands Of Ukrainian Drones Await Them.

‘How to Live in this World’ | J. Krishnamurti

Seth’s Top 100

Mitt Romney’s checks plan: up to $350 per month, per kid for parents

Pokémon Legends: Arceus Review

Why do we need to be right?

Jennifer Rudolph Walsh on Breaking the Busy Stigma, Finding Essentialness, and Transcending Bullshit | Goop

The Translator’s Funeral, a new short story by Rónán Hession

Katy: a short story by Bryan Washington

On writing better documents

Choosing Love: Scarlett Lewis on Overcoming Tragedy

An Astronaut's Guide to Mental Models

| J. Krishnamurti

¡A´hooo!, el grito de resistencia de Los cogelones, desde Neza

Forget the Iowa Fiasco. Trump Is the Democrats’ Real Problem.

American torture

9 Questions Interesting People Ask to Cut Through the Small Talk

Digital Censorship: New digital rules risk diluting Supreme Court safeguards - The Times of India

Diamonds Aren’t Special and Neither Is Your Love

Is the "Death Drive" Real?

Better logging with Emoji

The 3-ladder system of social class in the U.S.

The Untold History of Facebook’s Most Controversial Growth Tool

Deliberate Anti-Productivity

Apple Privacy Chief: North Dakota Bill 'Threatens to Destroy the iPhone as You Know It'