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It’s Time to Talk: Islam and the Future of Tolerance
We need to talk openly about the world we live in because evil thrives on silence and secrecy. I’d go so far as to say that it can’t exist without them.
People in the City Are Too Damn Close Together
Urbanization is increasing rapidly, worldwide. It's good for innovation, but is it good for people?
1,001 Night Stand: Salman Rushdie’s Scary New Fairytale
The sleep of reason brings forth monsters. So does the sleep of imagination.
White People Problems
This isn’t the Matrix. Should you wish to face the ugly reality, there’s no red pill you can swallow.
Sleep, Work, War, and Other Things We Can’t Agree On
There is no sense whatsoever that we are on the same page here, working toward some roughly agreed upon vision of a better future.
The Tao of Selma (or, the Problem with Productivity)
The trouble with productivity as a value is that it treats a morally ambiguous act as a moral good. What, specifically, do we want to be producing more of?
What Happens to Your Heroes When You Grow Up?
Is it like that Corn God myth? Do you devour them?
We Know Nothing of War
If you have to say "never forget," you've probably already forgotten.
The One Time I Got Into a Fistfight
I attacked a famous artist for no apparent reason.
Why the Edge of the Unknown Is the Best Place to Play
For songwriter and a scientist alike, the delight is in peering into the unknown, reaching in, and pulling some strange, new thing out of the darkness.
The Thing That’s Annoying You Isn’t Necessarily the Problem
Irritation is a powerful force. It has the whiff of righteousness.
Get away from me, Mr. Zen
It's subtle and pernicious as hell how this happens. How we transform something that's supposed to make us more open and balanced into a shiny new prison of things, jargon, and obligations.
Dreamers and Deciders: Will We Ever Get Along?
Are you Homo Curiosus or Homo Definitus?
‘Dadbod,’ ‘Mansplaining,’ and Other Stereotypes We’re Totally OK With
"Mansplaining" and "Manspreading," too, are thriving on the chatterweb. Like "Dadbod," they satirize a world of ridiculous men who have no idea what's going on.