Ethereum’s Founder on What Crypto Can — and Can’t — Do
When most people hear “crypto,” the first thing they think of is “currencies.” Cryptocurrencies have skyrocketed in popularity over the past few years. And they’ve given rise to an entire ecosystem of...
30 Sep 20221h 37min
We Know So Little About What Makes Humanity Prosper
Why do some countries produce far more science Nobel laureates than others? Why did Silicon Valley happen in California rather than Japan or Boston? Why did the Industrial Revolution happen when it di...
27 Sep 20221h 31min
Why Russia Is Losing the War in Ukraine
When Russia invaded Ukraine in February, the question most analysts were asking was not whether Russia would win. It was how fast. On almost every quantifiable metric from military strength to economi...
23 Sep 20221h 17min
The Single Best Guide to Decarbonization I’ve Heard
In August, Joe Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act, which included $392 billion towards a new climate budget — the single largest investment in emissions reduction in U.S. history. The C...
20 Sep 20221h 41min
Now All Biden Has to Do Is Build It
In the past few months, Joe Biden’s agenda has gone from a failed promise to real legislation.Taken together, the CHIPS and Science Act and the Inflation Reduction Act (along with the Bipartisan Infra...
16 Sep 20221h 9min
We Build Civilizations on Status. But We Barely Understand It.
“We see status virtually everywhere in social life, if we think to look for it,” writes Cecilia Ridgeway. “It suffuses everyday possessions, the cars we drive, the clothes we wear, the food brands we ...
13 Sep 20221h 29min
Opinion Roundtable: Behind America’s Public School Battles
Today we’re bringing you a special episode from New York Times Opinion: a roundtable, hosted by Lulu Garcia-Navarro, about how parents view the role of school. America’s schools have emerged as a batt...
10 Sep 202240min
The Subtle Art of Appreciating ‘Difficult Beauty’
When is the last time you paused — truly paused the flow of life — to appreciate something beautiful? For as long as we know, humans have sought out beauty, believing deeply that beautiful things and ...
6 Sep 20221h 14min
