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modest proposals Aug. 31, 2020

The Case for Adding 672 Million More AmericansA population of a billion would (maybe?) solve all the country’s problems.

By Matthew Yglesias

book excerpt Sept. 24, 2019

‘The Long-Term Survival of Our Civilization Cannot Be Assured’Energy expert Vaclav Smil believes we must walk away from growth to keep the climate stable. Not that he thinks we will.

By Vaclav Smil

the internet is for porn Oct. 25, 2018

How Smartphones Got a Conservative Nation Hooked on PornIn 2012, three Indian politicians were forced to step down after they were caught watching porn during a session of Parliament.

By Ravi Agrawal

excerpt Aug. 17, 2018

The City Born in a DayNew York wasn’t built in a day, but Oklahoma City was, in a bizarre but uniquely American government-sanctioned raid known as the Land Run.

By Sam Anderson

select all Aug. 1, 2018

The Company That Invented the iPhone in 1990How a group of ex-Apple employees went from insanely great to greatly insane, accidentally inspiring a generation in the process.

By Adam Fisher

select all Apr. 17, 2018

The Untold Story of Jaime Levy, Punk-Rock Cyber-Publishing PioneerHow a punk-rock kid from L.A. created some of the coolest publications of the 1990s.

By Claire L. Evans

select all Apr. 16, 2018

Selling Crack to Children: Inside the Silicon Valley Grift Machine“Without rampant, unchecked fraud, I came to realize, the entire digital media business would collapse.”

By Corey Pein

politics Jan. 3, 2018