Some of the smartest people I know are working three jobs, and none of them are full time. A startup CEO I met last month described his team […]
Art / Education / Ethics / Healthcare / Policy
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Art’s Journey to Wisdom Travels the Path of a Public Good
Modern economies reward efficiency, not reflection. Our institutions—schools, platforms, governments—are calibrated to deliver outcomes, track progress, and benchmark success. In this landscape, the arts are often treated as […]
Healthcare / Policy / Rights and Equality
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Why the Next Superpower Will Subsidize Daycare
NYC has one of America’s most watched mayoral races ongoing. Perhaps the most surprising issue dominating headlines is not crime or housing. It is childcare. Candidates are proposing […]
Education / Healthcare / Policy
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How Measles Came Back to America
It began with a cough. Then a fever. By the time the red rash appeared on Ian Rojas’s neck, the pediatric unit at Dallas Methodist had already started […]
Education / Technology
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The Future of Labor Is Already Clocked In
In 2024, a junior associate at a boutique law firm in Chicago began training a GPT model to write like his managing partner. There was no directive. No […]
Ethics / Homelessness / Policy
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Learning from What Already Works
Homelessness in America is not a crisis of ideas. It is a crisis of follow-through. Every few years, headlines declare a renewed focus. Tent encampments become election issues. […]
Climate / Education / Ethics / Policy
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The Broken Bridge Between Research and Policy
Most people believe that if a study proves something works, the system will change. That is not how it goes. We live in a country where the machinery […]
Policy
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The Quiet Erosion of American Curiosity
The story begins in a university lab, just after midnight. The hum of a centrifuge fills the room. A young scientist, sleeves rolled up and elbow-deep in yeast […]
Finance / Healthcare / Policy
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Who Pays for Dinner?
The House Agriculture Committee just passed a $300 billion proposal that answers one question with brutal clarity: Who pays for dinner in America? The answer is not the […]
Climate / Healthcare / Policy
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Lines on Maps
Maps have always been powerful tools for understanding our world, but with the rise of computational cartography, they are evolving into something even more dynamic and insightful. Computational […]