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Existential Comfort Without God

Can natural explanations to life’s big questions be as consoling as religious ones?

September 15, 2021

The Transcendence of Tantric Sex

A psychologist argues science can take a lesson from ritual about how to heal.

August 18, 2021

This NFT Painting Is a Work of Art

Machines are the new descendants of Picasso.

August 18, 2021

The Economic Case for Vaccine Passports

Requiring vaccine passports would not violate any individual rights that a well-ordered society would choose to defend.

August 17, 2021

The Math That Says Egalitarianism Is Possible

You don’t have to be entirely pessimistic about the future of wealth inequality.

August 11, 2021

The Natural Harmony of Faces

How the golden ratio might contribute to cinema’s hold on us.

August 3, 2021

The Fine Line Between Reality and Imaginary

We do not see things as they are. We see them as we are.

July 28, 2021

Life Always Wins. Follow Me

A botanist is introduced to escapees from the atomic bomb in Hiroshima.

July 27, 2021

Reports of a Baleful Internet Are Greatly Exaggerated

Our digital technologies can in fact be cognitive aids.

July 21, 2021