Science & Technology
Politics & Rights, Science & Technology
Alex Epstein’s What’s the Deal With the Green New Deal?
Helen Hamann September 11, 2019
Alex Epstein’s “What’s the Deal With the Green New Deal?” elucidates complex issues surrounding the Green New Deal and makes clear how we ought to respond to it.
Politics & Rights, Science & Technology
Entrepreneurs in Space
Timothy Sandefur July 26, 2019
New frontiers typically have been explored and tamed, not by government entities but by entrepreneurs who, thanks to the profit motive, have found more efficient and sustainable pathways to discovery and innovation. There’s no reason why the final frontier can’t be settled the same way.
Good Living, Science & Technology
Deriving More Joy from One of Life’s Richest Sources
Jon Hersey June 5, 2019
Thanks to relationship scientists, we have more tools than ever to wring ever more joy from one of life’s richest sources: romantic love.
Science & Technology
Thanks to Science, Allergies Don’t Have to Keep You Down
Timothy Sandefur May 24, 2019
Allergy medications enhance the lives of millions of people, and contrary to some “experts,” there’s nothing vain or immoral about them.
Arts & Culture, Reviews, Science & Technology
Leonardo Da Vinci by Walter Isaacson
Joseph Kellard May 10, 2019
Isaacson’s Leonardo Da Vinci distills this complex Renaissance man whose achievements in art and science have enriched posterity.
History, Philosophy, Reviews, Science & Technology
John Locke and Natural Philosophy by Peter Anstey
Jon Hersey April 26, 2019
Peter Anstey reveals how John Locke’s pessimism about a science of nature began evaporating in light of Isaac Newton’s achievements.
Biographies, History, Science & Technology
Salk and Sabin: The Rivalry That Killed Polio
Tim White April 26, 2019
Salk and Sabin never worked together, but their combined efforts made possible a world in which almost no one suffers from polio.
Science & Technology
Flying Is Safer Than Eating
Timothy Sandefur April 6, 2019
We owe a debt of gratitude to the countless engineers and pilots who have managed to make air travel among the safest things human beings do.
Good Living, Science & Technology
Minding Your Time: Three Ideas
Jon Hersey December 29, 2018
Here are a few things that have helped me to schedule work, measure time, and leverage its scarcity.
Good Living, Reviews, Science & Technology
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear
Jonathan Townley December 29, 2018
After reading Clear’s blog for years, I expected Atomic Habits to be quite useful. But, I was astonished by how useful it is.