Is Silicon Valley Corrupting Stanford?
Theo Baker is no ordinary college senior. His student newspaper articles brought down Stanford’s president. Now he’s written a book about the making of the young tech elite. How to Rule the World: An ...
22 Touko 57min
Putin Is Losing His Grip on Russia
Russia’s surprising recent Internet shutdown did more than disrupt daily life: it also crippled the regime’s own communications and propaganda. It’s one of a series of strange events—from a diminished...
15 Touko 50min
What to Know Before Trump Attacks Cuba
There’s been remarkably little public debate about a potential U.S. attack on Cuba. President Trump said last week that he “will be taking over” Cuba “almost immediately”—and similar threats led to m...
8 Touko 50min
How Humans Take Back the Internet From AI Bots
AI-powered bots and slop content are everywhere now, making it harder to tell who’s human. Will the Internet become so bot-ridden that it’s simply unusable? Or will people be forced to prove their ide...
1 Touko 58min
Elon Musk Is Reinventing Capitalism
Elon Musk is one of the most influential figures of our era. He remade the space, car, social media, and AI industries. He shaped the Ukraine War. He helped put Donald Trump back in office and beca...
24 Huhti 47min
Why Orbán Lost and What Happens Next
The world is still making sense of Viktor Orbán’s historic election loss in Hungary—a small country with outsized global significance. Why were Orbán’s generational efforts to stack the electoral dec...
14 Huhti 1h
Inside the Hidden World of Think Tanks
Think tanks—the non-profit research centers that try to influence policy—are strange and mysterious places. Depending on who you ask, think tanks are invaluable sources of expertise, intellectual hir...
10 Huhti 43min
What Trump Really Wants From China
President Trump was meant to fly to Beijing this week for major trade talks, but instead he’s staying home to manage the Iran War. It’s an apt metaphor for America’s decades-long failure to refocus on...
3 Huhti 52min
