Jenna runs a 35-person coffee roastery in the foothills of North Carolina. It’s the kind of place where everyone knows… Read more
When Fewer Babies Meet Rising Prices. Rethinking Inflation in an Aging World
Most people think of inflation as a four-letter word in economic form. Prices go up, wages struggle to keep pace,… Read more
AI maybe the new king but soon Quantum will be guarding the castle
Here’s the thing about breakthrough technologies: they don’t announce themselves with fanfare. They creep up on us, quietly building momentum… Read more
Unequal. Unjust. Unacceptable: A Global Dashboard of Redistribution and Inequality
What happens when we stop asking how much people make and start asking how fairly it gets shared? That question… Read more
GPT Ate My Homework
The man sits in his kitchen at 2:47 p.m. on a Tuesday in late August, laptop open, coffee cold, staring… Read more
LeBron: Endgame
A $5 billion war chest. Global investors from Saudi Arabia to Singapore. And LeBron James at the center of it… Read more
Semiconductors and the Art of Missing the Moment
There’s an old saying in the semiconductor world: chips are the new oil. That metaphor, like most good ones, has… Read more
Gerrymandering and the Betrayal of the American Ideal
If the Founding Fathers were alive today and happened to glance at Texas’s latest congressional redistricting map, they wouldn’t just… Read more
Racing Toward Redemption: A Black Man Wins at Indy
Nobody’s shouting it from the rooftops, and maybe that’s part of the problem. But Sunday, Bubba Wallace won the Brickyard… Read more
Naming the Pain: Narrative Labor, Language Mummification, and the Hidden Costs of Writing with AI
Large language models such as ChatGPT and Claude offer powerful capabilities, but long-form creative work remains a persistent failure point…. Read more