In his latest book, Fantasyland, Kurt Andersen covers the first five hundreds years of American magical thinking.
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This season of Game of Thrones has been especially political, and episode 7 relates to the social and political climate of the U.S. like never before.
How relatable was Trump’s speech? To evaluate this objectively, you could look at what reading level it was at.
A rare counter-example to the flood of Temperance maps, this Prohibition-era chart celebrates alcohol in its many forms
A new psychology study finds that Christians and atheists behave differently to members of their own groups.
A string of terror attacks across the globe have shaken the world’s most powerful nations to their core. As a result of these tragic events, and the fear-mongering from politicians […]
The newest viral video is from… 1947?
“The starting point for understanding inequality in the context of human progress is to recognize that income inequality is not a fundamental component of well-being.”
From its symbolism within the Seven Kingdoms, to its political allegory for all of us beyond it, the season seven finale is an epic set-up for the final showdown.
In 2016 Americans spent $16.4 billion on cosmetic plastic surgery. What does that say about the health of our psyche?
From Abraham Lincoln’s founding of the National Academy of Sciences in 1863, to the US currently leading the world in the Nobel Prize count (a third of which we owe to immigrants), America was built on science. What happens when we doubt and defund it?
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A new study says there are two main categories of politically correct people – PC egalitarian and PC authoritarian.
American ingenuity is often foreign-born. With 51% of tech unicorns (valuation over a billion dollars) having an immigrant founder, we take a look at the Top 20 tech influencers with strong immigrant ties.
Storytelling isn’t an escape from reality, it’s a deep dive into it.
Gulp. Is that you, Santa?
A recent study shows that migrant workers in the U.K. are three times less likely to be absent from work than their native counterparts.
A report by UK’s parliamentary committee tackles the issue of non-integration in the country’s Muslim communities.
Americans understands very well what feels wrong – and there’s a piece of U.S. economic policy that the establishment and educated elites haven’t been fully honest about, says Pia Malaney.rn
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A new risk analysis shows how the danger of terrorist attacks compares to other causes of American deaths.
The only way the furies are stopped is by “giving them a place of honor.”
A ban on fast food would save multitudes more than the travel ban ever could.
A Silicon Valley investor is spending millions on a publicity campaign aimed specifically at Elon Musk.
New Zealand is enticing people to join their growing tech scene by offering an expenses-paid trip to check out the country, get interviewed, and make a giant career move.
The first (double) episode has come and gone, but here’s what I hope for the series. “We are what we are, and we’re doing the best we can. It is not […]
Billionaire George Soros, the subject of countless conservative conspiracy theories, funds the opposition to President Trump’s agenda.
A California man is suing Apple for not enabling a lockout feature on iPhones. He’s not the only one.
Scientists are starting to run for office to bring evidence-based reasoning back to government.
Slavoj Žižek examines the situation out of which refugees are created, and criticizes conservatives and liberals alike for their “conspiracy theories”.
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“If all that liberals can do in response is continue to lie about the causes of terrorism and lock arms with Islamists, we have some very rough times ahead,” writes Sam Harris.
“Behind every rise of fascism is a failed revolution,” said the Frankfurt School thinker Walter Benjamin. Here, Slavoj Žižek revives that statement in the context of the failed left.
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