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Question Time: Week Two
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Mar 15
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Question Time: Is ChatGPT a mad genius? And why do I write so casually about my medical adventures?
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Mar 20
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From the Archives (Oscars Edition)
The Oscars need to find ways to recognize that popular taste isn’t always bad. You don’t win fans by insulting your audience.
Mar 12
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Synthetic Meat: The Reaction
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Japan's Old Age Crisis and Ours to Come
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Purity, Sorcery, and Cancel Culture
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On the Effectiveness of Charitable Giving
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From the Archives: Live Longer and Prosper
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The Ethics of Higher Education
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From the Archives: Live Longer and Prosper
Is "adaptive reuse" the secret to responding creatively to extended old age?
Mar 6
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Japan's Old Age Crisis and Ours to Come
What happens when people live to be very old and don't have a passel of kids to take care of them?
Mar 6
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The Ethics of Higher Education
The American university evolved from three very different models, all of them threatened by two trends, one often critiqued by the left, the other by…
Feb 16
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Taking Shopping Seriously
Why do people buy things they "don't need"? And why should we care? (Be sure to read to the end.)
Feb 3
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From the Archives: The Industrial Heritage of Patchwork Quilts
Do-it-yourself crafts only exist when you no longer have to do everything yourself.
Jan 26
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On the Effectiveness of Charitable Giving
There are no guarantees, and what matters in the long run may not be what you think.
Jan 22
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Synthetic Meat: The Reaction
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Purity, Sorcery, and Cancel Culture
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