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If America won't build the future, China will gladly do it
The US isn't the only nation capable of technological progress.
How the fight for evolution prepared us to fight for democracy
Thinking of democracy as a threatened species can help us preserve its future.
The pendulum always swings, until it doesn't
Have we finally reached a moment when American politics will not swing back?
The happiest nations on Earth are strongly secular
This correlation has staying power.
When it’s hell on the surface, it’s time to go deep
The perspective is out there.
The future of murder
A 'guided missile for the poor' is changing the face of targeted killing.
You are one of the most important humans who have ever lived
It isn't the end of the world. But give it a minute.
A less crowded future
Almost no one saw this coming.
The passing of the American era
For better and worse, it's over.
Is oligarchy the human condition?
Let's stop pretending that this is a departure from the norm.
The unforgiven generations
We will be remembered for nothing else.
Weather whiplash: How the future will have to design for resilience
Climate change isn't headed for an extreme. It's headed for every extreme.