Small No Kings event puts love ahead of politics in rural Kansas town where immigrants are detained . Thank you Kay! ... "One step at a time!"

What to do about the deadly misfits among us? First, recognize the problem.

An instructive new biography of Peter Matthiessen chronicles his many paradoxical attempts to escape who the world expected him to be.

I want to feel, as Walt Whitman did, that America and democracy are inextricable.

Recognition for the work and other good things that we do in our lives is something we all hope to receive at some point. I've had many great bosses and mentors who were very good at offering the occasional pat on the back for a job well done. I've also had those who either could not or would not offer any kind of recognition for a job well done, no matter the circumstances. We've all been there.

Physicist Sean Carroll explains how classical physics could mean our choices were never really ours.

Dan Neil takes a test flight of the Pivotal BlackFly, a series-produced electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle made for consumers

A succession of well-known authors and intellectuals, formerly cold to religion, are turning—or returning—to Christianity. A Related Post

Our personalities are strongly formed by memories. Among the most significant may be those whose details have faded.

Experimenting with the math and data behind large language models can be exhilarating—and revealing.

The largest private employer in the U.S. increased wages in a bid to jump-start sales. Investors needed to be convinced. Quick Summary Walmart’s 2015 decision to raise its starting wage to $9 an hour, impacting nearly half of its one million U.S. hourly workers, initially caused a 10% stock drop. Since 2015, Walmart’s U.S. sales have grown annually, with global sales reaching $681 billion last year, and its shares have more than doubled in five years. Average hourly pay for

A paradigm shift is coming as evidence emerges that we are more than our brains. Related : Plausibility of consciousness' continuity beyond death (UII w/Claude)

The president’s Caribbean boat strikes are setting a dangerous new precedent. Related

DM Good morning. It seems the most important skill required to gain the full benefit (... even threshold value) from A.I. LLMs is "rigorous inquiry," ...which is typically propelled by wide-spectrum, insatiable curiosity. Conversely and paradoxically, this seems the least available (and respected?) skill within the general population; and perhaps even amongst most professionals. Furthermore, future trends seem unfavorable: ... as fast, easy, superficial brain food is increasi

A week of ostentatious bigotry in American politics

Everyone sooner or later faces a dark night of the soul. Don’t hide from yours; learn from it.

High-performing leaders often face internal limiting beliefs that hinder their effectiveness and career growth. Identifying and reframing these hidden blockers can unlock greater leadership potential and improve team and organizationaloutcomes.

No one will deny that marriage is hard. In fact, there’s evidence it’s getting even harder. This week on the show, we revisit a favorite episode about the history of marriage and how it has evolved over time. We talk with historian Stephanie Coontz and psychologist Eli Finkel, and explore ways we can improve our love lives — including by asking less of our partners.

Seven years ago, I took a bet with Charles Murray about whether we’d basically understand the genetics of intelligence by now

It’s hard to predict how the artificial-intelligence bubble will play out, but here’s a clue. Keep an eye on usage of AI, measured in units known as ‘tokens.’ It’s soaring. Related Also Related Also Related Quick Summary of First Link Above AI companies are experiencing significant financial losses due to unexpectedly high demand for data processing, despite falling unit costs. Google’s AI token processing increased from 9.7 trillion monthly to 1.3 quadrillion, a substantial