Aristocrats of “Merit”
Tyler Cowen’s "Average Is Over"
Science & Technology
"The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not." — Gertrude Stein
Of Good Horses and Bad Science
Steve Jones's "The Serpent's Promise" is not just a “retelling” of the Bible, but a critique of religion and a clarion call for science to replace it in human affairs.
OkCupid’s XOXO for Big Surveillance
Love in the time of lab rats.
Muttnik: Canine Rocketeers in the USSR
Rigged with a faulty cooling system, Sputnik 2 was a lemon and killed Laika in three hours, frying her like Icarus.
Evolution Between the Sofa Cushions
Life has evolved its way around our pesticides, antibiotics, and chemotherapies.
A Labyrinth of Terror Made of Coral and a Fragile Global Wonder
Coal meets coral: what could possibly go wrong?
On Risk and Personal Belief
Fear paralyzes, irrationality kills.
The Manipulators: Facebook’s Social Engineering Project
The revelation that Facebook manipulates user experience to study human behavior heralds a new stage in the history of the Internet.
Different Voices
Digital Cosmopolitanism and the Commercial Web
Contemplation vs. Consumption: Making Sense of the Commercial Web
How does the commercial web shape our behavior online?
Fooled by Climate Change
Climate change science vs. climate change debate
Faking Galileo
From the LARB Quarterly Journal: Spring 2014.
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