Though wary of organized religion, the physicist believed that the harmony of universal laws pointed to a higher power.
Gerald Holton | Mar 2
Tracing the boundaries of reason through Lucretius and Descartes, and what they reveal about the cognitive limits of both humans and machines.
Andrea Moro | Feb 17
A decade on, the technological implications of “The Stack” are still unfolding, challenging our sense of reality at every scale.
Benjamin H. Bratton | Feb 5
Scientists, novelists, and philosophers have spent centuries studying the boundaries between sleep and wakefulness. Each descent only deepens the mystery.
Antonio Melechi | Feb 2
Tech titans keep imbuing AI with spiritual significance. The question is whether they’re building a savior — or a world-eating leviathan.
Shira Chess | Jan 29
The same technology that’s ruining essay writing as a pedagogical tool can help students learn how to reason via conversations.
David Weinberger | Jan 20
When a critter has no discernible front or back and is blind to shape, it unsettles our grasp of form and function.
Teresa Stoppani | Jan 5
After a mind-bending trip at nineteen, McKenna spent his adult life transforming a molecule into a cultural sacrament.
Graham St John | Nov 20, 2025
Engaging in ritual for ritual’s sake only deepens nihilism.
Nolen Gertz | Sep 15, 2025
An excerpt from the Slovenian philosopher and cultural theorist’s 1991 book “Looking Awry: An Introduction to Jacques Lacan through Popular Culture.”
Slavoj Žižek | Aug 15, 2025
