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15 Scenarios That Could Stun the World in 2026

Futurists, political analysts and other forecasters on the possible “Black Swan” events of the new year.

A Return to Nagasaki

Three Job Searches, Three AI Roles: What Actually Worked

Listen now | Inside the searches that landed Netflix, OpenAI, and Abridge

EVs were meant to bypass oil. Now they’re stuck at the Strait of Hormuz

The war has blocked the only sea route for the high-grade, low-carbon aluminum EVs need. There's no quick substitute.

Ten maps to understand the occupied West Bank

Since 1967, Israel has occupied the West Bank. Here are 10 maps showing how military control affects Palestinian lives.

Why India is falling for expensive chocolate?

On Self-Respect: Joan Didion’s 1961 Essay from the Pages of Vogue

What’s Worrying Jonathan Haidt Now? - Cal Newport

Bhutan’s crypto experiment shows how hard digital money is in the real world

Offline 23 hours a day | Derek Sivers

Seth’s Top 100

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

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

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

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

9 Questions Interesting People Ask to Cut Through the Small Talk

Katy: a short story by Bryan Washington

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

On writing better documents

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'

How poetry can make us both laugh and think (providing added reasons to read it)

Seeing the Pentagon Papers in a New Light

Spotify Invents A New Way To Recommend Music—By Monitoring Your Speech

5 ways to support parents right now

Thunder in Her Head - The American Scholar

11 Habits that changed my life (and will yours too)

Media that matters: Peter Walker talks Digital Media Art