philosophy
Prisoners of Prestige
Columbia panicked. Brown calculated. And the rest were left negotiating from a position that Brown had already weakened. This is a textbook prisoner's dilemma. Nobody made the call.
ethics
culture
The Ring, the Dragon, and Jia Baoyu
Fairy tales can look different depending on where we hear them.
tech
What Peter Thiel Gets Wrong About Stagnation, Innovation, and Progress
Thiel says we’ve stopped dreaming. I think we’ve started thinking. This is what happens when complexity catches up with ambition.