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We Have to Talk About Doubt

How to tell the difference between scientific and conspiratorial skepticism.

September 1, 2021

Playing Go with Darwin

New research elevates evolution from a tactical process to one of strategic possibility.

December 15, 2020

The Damage We’re Not Attending To

Scientists who study complex systems offer solutions to the pandemic.

The Hidden Life of Viruses

The COVID-19 crisis has made the dark energy of evolution visible.

The Case for Professors of Stupidity

The greatest problem facing the world today is a rule system.

January 29, 2019

The Typewriter’s Love of the Desert

Reflections on Sam Shepard’s time at the Santa Fe Institute.

August 3, 2017

Five Short Stories About the Life and Times of Ideas

A complexity theorist explores how science and culture co-evolve.

April 16, 2015

Ingenious: David Krakauer

The systems theorist explains what’s wrong with standard models of intelligence.

April 16, 2015