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Chapter one
In the Maze
Numbers | Technology
The Moon Is Full of Money
Capitalism in space.
Biology | environment
What the Meadow Teaches Us
Feeling is the physics of the organic world.
Culture | Psychology
How to Choose Wisely
From Yelping to dating, there’s a better way.
Chapter two
Machine Minds
Culture | Sociology
Is Tribalism a Natural Malfunction?
What computers teach us about getting along.
Biology | Evolution
Why Hasn’t Evolution Made Another Platypus?
The debate over whether evolution is predictable or haphazard.
Matter | Physics
A Letter to Einstein from the Future
Two Princeton physicists catch Albert up.
Numbers | Artificial Intelligence
Your Next New Best Friend Might Be a Robot
Meet Xiaoice. She’s empathic, caring, and always available—just not human.
Chapter three
Bugs & Brains
Biology | Insects
Manhattan’s God of Insects
Lawrence Forcella reminds us why we loved bugs as kids.
Ideas | Psychology
The Perils of Letting Machines into the Hive Mind
We think we know more than we do—including how machines will behave.
Biology | Animals
Loyalty Nearly Killed My Beehive
My queen was a dud, and her replacement had been murdered.
Numbers | The Web
Modern Media Is a DoS Attack on Your Free Will
How the attention economy is subverting our decision-making and our democracy.
Chapter four
Out of the Shadows
Numbers | The Web
Google Thought I Was a Man
How Facebook and Google build a picture of who you really are.
Biology | Neuroscience
Why Curiosity Can Be Both Painful and Pleasurable
The emerging neurology of one of our most human characteristics.
Biology | Neuroscience
The Woman Who Got Lost at Home
A developmental disorder promises a new window onto the brain’s secrets.
Numbers | Economics
Is There an Ideal Amount of Income Inequality?
A conversation with this month’s Ingenious, Venkat Venkatasubramanian.
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