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Is There an Ideal Amount of Income Inequality?
A conversation with this month’s Ingenious, Venkat Venkatasubramanian.
Why Curiosity Can Be Both Painful and Pleasurable
The emerging neurology of one of our most human characteristics.
Modern Media Is a DoS Attack on Your Free Will
How the attention economy is subverting our decision-making and our democracy.
The Perils of Letting Machines into the Hive Mind
We think we know more than we do—including how machines will behave.
Why Hasn’t Evolution Made Another Platypus?
The debate over whether evolution is predictable or haphazard.
How We Cope with the End of Nature
As our environment crumbles, we seek solace in animatronic moose.
Getting Googled by Your Doctor
Will mental health clinicians become liable for missing your latest Facebook post?
Sexism Killed My Love for Philosophy Then Mary Astell Brought It Back
How one woman philosopher reinvigorated another.