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Everything is going to be fine
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Does Computer Science Need Computers?
The theoretical side of the field doesn’t require computing machines. But many questions would never have been posed without them. The post Does Computer Science Need Computers? fi
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In Hilbert Space, All Things Are Quantumly Possible
To explore quantum phenomena, we must leave the familiar world and enter the abstract realm of Hilbert space. The post In Hilbert Space, All Things Are Quantumly Possible first app
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The fog of hunger
From childhood, women are trained to restrict their appetite. And there’s a huge, hidden, cognitive price to pay for it- by Sarah BergRead on Aeon
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A vocabulary for the future: touch
A mesmerising blend of words and images make touch a doorway into the deepest questions in physics and philosophy- by Aeon VideoWatch on Aeon
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How to rediscover your purpose later in life
You don’t have to ‘reinvent’ yourself to live happily after 60. There’s a better approach grounded in lifespan psychology- by Denise TaylorRead on Psyche
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An AI Built on Ubuntu Ethics
Western-built systems ride over the values of connection and community that animate African ethical life.
Aeon
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The Two Cultures Clash
Snow said the sciences and the humanities had stopped speaking. Leavis's reply was savage, and the argument never ended.
Aeon
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Seneca on the Antidote to Anxiety
"We suffer more often in imagination than in reality." Two thousand years old, and still the whole argument.
The Marginalian
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Reclaiming Friendship
A visual taxonomy of the concentric circles of human connection, against a word the internet flattened.
The Marginalian
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Will We Ever Find Alien Civilizations?
An astronomer on why every claim of extraterrestrial life dissolves under scrutiny, and what would survive it.
Quanta Magazine
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Chesterton's Fence
Before you tear it down, work out why somebody bothered to put it there.
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The Fermi Paradox
The universe is vast and old, and the maths says it should be crowded. So where is everybody?
Wait But Why
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The Tail End
Your remaining time with the people you love, counted in occasions instead of years. It is fewer than you think.
Wait But Why
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Absurd Trolley Problems
Explore absurd variations of the classic trolley problem dilemma.
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The Moral Machine
Test your ethical judgments on self-driving car dilemmas in an interactive experiment.
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Improvisation as a Way of Life
Using improvisation principles to adapt creatively to life's unpredictability.
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The Meaning of Ritual in a Secular Age
Role and psychological significance of rituals in modern secular societies.
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