The Dao of Using Your Smartphone
We can aim to harmonize with our phones through ritual.
Wonder-Working Powers
Posted on April 13, 2023
in THR Web Features
Image: Aurora borealis over Jokulsarlon, Iceland; John A. Davis/Shutterstock.
Philosophers are not the only cultivators of wonder.
The Leaning Tower of Progress
What might the world look like if we refined our understanding of progress?
David Hume’s Guide to Today’s Politics
The primary social forces disrupting American society today are modern versions of two false religions.
The Beatles and the Glory of Creative Risk
Posted on March 27, 2023
in THR Web Features
Image: Beatles tribute in Yekaterinburg, Russia, by Fedor via Unsplash.
It took the roiling events of 1963 to open the ears and hearts of the American public to the Beatles.
On Fiction’s Lawlessness
Posted on March 23, 2023
in THR Web Features
Image: A Shandean illustration including archival snippets from a Cruikshank engraving, the famous marbled page, and one of Sterne’s squiggles.
If there is a war between database and narrative in Cervantes and Sterne, it is a merry one.
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