‘Superintelligence,’ Ten Years On AI catastrophe is easy to imagine, but a lot has to go consistently and infallibly wrong for the doom theory to pan out. Sean Welsh 2 Jul 2024 · 12 min read
Recycling Plastic Is a Dangerous Waste of Time The recycling industry—and the world at large—has yet to fully reckon with a bombshell study that dropped last year. Frank Celia 17 Jun 2024 · 17 min read
The Future of the Space Industry The privatisation of space travel is cutting the cost of rocket launches and powering innovation. Rainer Zitelmann 26 May 2024 · 12 min read
ChatGPT’s Moral Compass We hear much talk of “aligning AI with human values” but relatively little delineation of what these values are. Sean Welsh 20 May 2024 · 15 min read
From Caregivers to Social Reformers Directing physicians to treat their patients as racial statistics rather than an individuals is a grievous misdirection of their skills. Ronald A. Lindsay 13 May 2024 · 12 min read
The End of the World as We Know It Far from enhancing American national security, or the security of the world, nuclear weapons will lead us to the edge of destruction. Lawrence M. Krauss 6 May 2024 · 7 min read
One Year Since the AI Pause Petition Just because we can imagine something terrible happening, that does not mean it will happen. Mathias Sundin 22 Mar 2024 · 10 min read
Vaccine Hesitancy and the Covid Pandemic Overselling Covid vaccines during the pandemic has backfired and played into the hands of the anti-vaccine movement. Roger Bate 15 Mar 2024 · 10 min read
Identity Satiation Some rarely discussed phenomena can shed light on why the focus on identity and introspection has coincided with a rise of mental health issues, including identity disorders. Brandon McMurtrie 8 Mar 2024 · 6 min read
On Biology and Politics Why the Left must take human evolution seriously. Patrick Whittle 18 Feb 2024 · 22 min read
Getting Better All the Time Hannah Ritchie’s new book offers reasons to be cheerful about the present and the future. Sean Welsh 15 Feb 2024 · 12 min read
Is the CRISPR Revolution Finally Coming to Europe? The European Parliament has at last voted to make it easier to grow and consume genetically engineered food. But the road ahead remains bumpy. Steven E. Cerier / Jon Entine 12 Feb 2024 · 13 min read
Is Life Coaching Just Modern Sophistry? The popularity of a trend does not necessarily make it ethical. Andrew White 8 Feb 2024 · 13 min read
Sex Differences in the Brain and the Mind Men’s and women’s brains are biased to notice and process different aspects of the social and physical world. David C. Geary 18 Jan 2024 · 12 min read
Intelligence and Health Outcomes The importance of cognitive ability to disparities in human health is being overlooked. Robert J. Morris 12 Jan 2024 · 9 min read