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Apr
16

The Grandmas Who Took on Climate Change, Why Our Civilization’s Paralyzed, and the Myth of the Boy Genius

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Apr
16

Trump’s History-Making Trial, What Happens When Things Suck and Nobody’s Happy, Plus, Is a Better Economy Worth…Giving Up On Democracy?

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Apr
14

Weekly Open Thread!

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1 min read
Apr
13

The Big Idea: Are We All Languishing? Plus, The Joyless Age, and What Happens When a World Has Nothing to Look Forward To

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Apr
09

What Optimism and Pessimism Are in the 21st Century, a Reflection on “Are We Doomed?,” And Two Narratives of the Human Journey

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9 min read
Apr
09

The Eclipse, Thinking Civilizationally, GDP 2.0, and the Next Step in Humanity’s Journey

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9 min read
Apr
07

Weekend Open Thread

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Apr
06

Trump’s Latest Swindle, The Horror in Gaza, and the End of Humanism

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10 min read
Apr
05

Introducing GDP 2.0, What it Means, and Why it Matters (for a Civilization in Crisis)

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11 min read
Apr
04

Why the 21st Century is a Tragedy, the Horror in Gaza, Climate Change, and Our Imploding Moral Calculus

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8 min read