humanity

Mega-rich entrepreneurs are taking us where no human being has gone before.

The lost practice of face-to-face communication has made the world a more extreme place.

If you don’t want to know anything about your death, consider this your spoiler warning.

Comedian Pete Holmes details his struggle with faith, sex, and God.

Don’t denigrate immigrants, says Jared Diamond. You are one.

Here’s why stars fade out — and so do we.

A scientific look into a ubiquitous phenomenon.

Philosopher Alan Watts thoughts on the the all-pervading presence of nature.

Why an early Facebook investor is now Facebook’s biggest critic.

Be a man? Why this once trusty advice now fails men.

Here’s why universal basic income will hurt the 99%, and make the 1% even richer.

The distance between the American dream and reality is expressed best through literature.

100 years ago, you could expect to live to 54. Our luxurious, 80-year-long lives come at a cost.

Human value is tied to the job market. Will automation be a full-on crisis?

Why is math the universal language? NASA’s Michelle Thaller solves that one.

Healthy Housing Foundation has purchased four properties in Los Angeles, with more planned.

The same 32 symbols show up in prehistoric European cave art.

Upload your mind? Here’s a reality check on the Singularity.

The countdown continues! The 4th most popular video from 2018 involves humanity hiding behind a tree.

Most people think human extinction would be bad. These people aren’t philosophers.

Dialogue and an open mind can go a lot further than angry rhetoric.

Towards the end of his life, Francisco Goya began painting terrifying scenes directly onto the walls of his house.

Where is God? Michelle Thaller lays out a cosmic view of religion, science, and the human condition.

Are we doomed?

If your dream vacation involves a luau, dark tourism probably isn’t for you.

Job automation will need to strike a delicate balance — we want enough to make our lives more comfortable, but no more than that.rn

Stephen Hawking considers the future of humanity in a talk at Oxford University.