Society

A collage featuring the text "Forgotten Hardships," with images of distressed people, a graph with a declining trend, and various historical imagery in red and black tones.
Life was dirty, difficult, and dangerous for almost everyone who ever existed
9 minutes of cruel history may cure the anti-progress delusion.
Jason Crawford
Global Development
A new vision for the advancement of humanity
The world needs a moral defense of progress based in humanism and agency.
Jason Crawford
A person holds up a cardboard sign with the message "psychedelics are not a crime" in a crowded room.
Drugs
Psychedelic drugs and the law: What’s next?
The push to legalize magic mushrooms, MDMA, LSD, and other hallucinogens is likely to heighten tensions between state and federal law.
Ben Seal | Knowable Magazine
Surveillance
China’s spy balloon: Inflatable eyes in the sky have been used for centuries
Frank Ledwidge
Business
No, 90% of new businesses don’t fail. Here’s why.
Jason Feifer
Neuroscience
Why changing your mind is a feature of evolution, not a bug
David McRaney
private social networks
Building Community
Will 2023 be the year of the private social network?
Shubham Agarwal
AI
The dawn of AI has come, and its implications for education couldn’t be more significant
Vitomir Kovanovic
Education
“Personalized curriculums” could get kids to care about school again
Maya Gunawardena
3 rules to express your thoughts so that everyone will understand you
Kevin Dickinson
Family
Parents: Don’t focus on happiness, help build resilience instead
Becky Kennedy
Neuroscience
How neuroscience can make us better parents
Philip Perry
Education
How college in prison is leading professors to rethink how they teach
Mneesha Gellman