The Art of Prediction and the Arc of the Moral Universe
Plausible forecasts may help us avert the worst political calamities.
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Starting Out
Posted on June 1, 2023
in THR Web Features
Image: THR illustration/The Historic New Orleans Collection.
When the going was good for a fledgling writer.
The Art of Compression
Posted on May 31, 2023
in THR Web Features
Image: Revenge Kid and Tengu Monster (detail), 1881, by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Taiso) (1839-1892).
The very short story can conjure a fiction out of almost nothing.
Rancho Rajneesh
No one works in Rajneeshpuram. They “worship.” Worship includes grading roads, plowing fields, pursuing the many lawsuits brought by Bhagwan in Oregon.
A New Rule of Education for the Age of AI
Posted on May 24, 2023
in THR Web Features
Image: THR illustration/Shutterstock.
The answer cannot simply come in the form of another list of dos-and-don’ts.
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