The Present

Elite organizations tend to get conspiracy theorists going.

“Think R2D2,” Walmart wrote in a press release. Others are thinking “layoffs.”

Why an early Facebook investor is now Facebook’s biggest critic.

Being a successful caregiver is part of today’s definition of manhood.

The 2020 presidential candidate said companies like Amazon should “pay their fair share” as automation begins to displace human workers.

Polls show that more Americans today define socialism as an ideology of “equality” than one espousing government control of the economy.

Lauren Miranda sent a nude selfie to a boyfriend years ago. Somehow one of her students discovered it.

Michael Dowling, Northwell Health’s CEO, believes we’re entering the age of smart medicine.

Big tech is making its opening moves into the health care scene, but its focus on tech-savvy millennials may miss the mark.

Physicist plans to karate-chop them with super-fast blasts of light.

That’s the strategy behind a program being tested in one Indiana school district.

The U.S. has a talent shortage and the formerly incarcerated have paid their debt to society. Let’s solve two problems with one idea.

IF your goal is to persuade people, that is.

In her new Netflix special, Amy Schumer gets real about fear.

Can 6,500 mercenaries “fix” Afghanistan? The U.S. is resurrecting privatized warfare.

Few students will become architects, but architecture may be able teach them more about real-life problem-solving than geometric proofs.

Harassment isn’t about your intention. It’s about your impact, explains Michael Kaufman.

Landlords aren’t the ones getting rich off of renting properties; slumlords are.

Some are worried this represents an Orwellian move. At heart, it’s not.

What gives us color now may give rise to our cyborg future.

Finland’s educational system was driven by a culture that supports a strong social contract, one the United States currently lacks.

Be a man? Why this once trusty advice now fails men.

While there’s plenty to be worried about, it’s important to remember that we’re making progress, too.

The 21st century is experiencing an Asianization of politics, business, and culture.

On Thursday, New Zealand moved to ban an array of semi-automatic guns and firearms components following a mass shooting that killed 50 people.

The Bill Gates-backed venture promises to remove CO2 from the atmosphere at a rate of under $100 per tonne.

Here’s why universal basic income will hurt the 99%, and make the 1% even richer.

Yes, a coup d’état.

“Here I want to remind all of you of a fact that the U.S. publicly defines outer space as a new battlefield,” a Chinese foreign minister said.

The Canadian professor has been on the Joe Rogan Experience six times. There’s a lot of material to discuss.