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The Displacement of Purpose. — Peter Adam Boeckel

There is no shortage of writing about artificial intelligence. Most of it sits at the two poles of collective imagination: radiant optimism or cinema…

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?

A new way to think about brainpower.

The Five Tools of Hedonic Design

Hacking the happiness treadmill

Body language, linguistic forensics and other nonsense

On Insulting Men for Not Reading Novels

Protect Your Shed

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

How to Be a Serious Reader

Why Smart People Believe Stupid Things

Your Backpack Got Worse On Purpose

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

Seth’s Top 100

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

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

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'

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