Guest Thinkers — December 21, 2010

Foreign Policy

A weekly newsletter featuring the biggest ideas from the smartest people

My new piece in Foreign Policy is now on-line here.

A weekly newsletter featuring the biggest ideas from the smartest people

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AI skeptic Gary Marcus on AI’s moral and technical shortcomings

The cognitive scientist argues the current AI environment is failing us as consumers and a society. But it’s not too late to change course.

Starts With A Bang

Gold, frankincense, and myrrh: one gift was made in a neutron star

When three wise men gifted baby Jesus with gold, frankincense, and myrrh, they had no idea one was made from colliding neutron stars.

Starts With A Bang

The 16 stories that shaped physics and astronomy in 2024

There was a lot of hype and a lot of nonsense, but also some profoundly major advances. Here are the biggest ones you may have missed.

Strange Maps

Mapped: The strange link between obesity and corruption

In post-Soviet nations where ministers have a relatively high BMI, corruption tends to be high, too.

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Why we ghost

The psychology of people who cut off all communication—and how that affects their partners.

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