Philanthropy by the Numbers
Aaron Horvath
Measurable impact has crept into everyday understandings of charity.
The Way We Don’t Live Now
David K. Anderson
The case for reading Anthony Trollope begins by recognizing that he should be read because he is not of our time.
Real Time
Wilfred M. McClay
Do we really believe that the meaning of our lives comes to us most reliably through a steady immersion in snatches of “real time,” complete with quantified and time-stamped certifications of their “reality”?
Supply Chain Sublime
Richard Hughes Gibson
The Amazon economy has unquestionably changed consumption.
Current Issue
Of Continuing Interest
A selection of articles from the archives
Enchantments of the One and Zero Mirror
Antón Barba-Kay
What is the relationship between our conception of ultimate purpose and digital technology?
To Make the World Select for Democracy
John M. Owen IV
Cosmopolitan liberalism has reshaped international institutions and practices.
Body and Soul at Table
Wilfred M. McClay
Food is a strong proof of our animality; it is equally strong evidence of how we transcend it.