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
foldable house
Startups
Startup that created Elon Musk’s foldable house opens a new factory
Kristin Houser
Biology
The Singularity: When will we all become super-humans? 
Jonny Thomson
Family
Nurturing dads raise emotionally intelligent kids
Kevin Shafer
Education
Winners announced: $50K Beautiful Minds competition on innovating higher ed
In partnership with Lumina
Freethink Team
Global Development
We need to know about progress if we’re concerned about the world’s large problems
Max Roser | Our World in Data
Education
Introducing the Beautiful Minds competition on innovating higher education
In partnership with Lumina
Stephen Johnson
apprenticeship program
The apprenticeship that pays for your college degree
In partnership with Lumina
Blockchain
Behind the crypto hype is an ideology of social change
Rick Wash
Homelessness
These innovative projects are tackling homelessness around the world
Patrick Henry
Transportation
Paris plans to be completely cyclable by 2026
Paige Bennett