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The Myth of Prometheus Is Not a Cautionary Tale
The Greeks didn't think fire was a mistake. (P.S. You're also getting Frankenstein wrong.)
Nov 15, 2023 • 
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Wanted: Manly Jobs for Manly Men
Or at least for manly men who don't have their acts together.
Apr 26 • 
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Catastrophe in my Geographical Homeland
Reports from the western Carolinas
Sep 30, 2024 • 
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Abundance, Progress, and the Future of American Politics
Zero-sum rhetoric may thrill "the base," but both parties have factions that offer something better.
Nov 10, 2024 • 
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Quality Matters, but You Also Need Luck
On "sleeping beauties," unpublished masterpieces, and how The Revolt of the Masses escaped obscurity.
Jan 21, 2024 • 
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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, 2023 • 
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Three Basic Facts that Affect Fertility
And often get overlooked by men worried about birth rates.
Jan 29, 2024 • 
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Synthetic Meat: The Reaction
I've been in a chicken-packing plant and, believe me, the prospect of growing meat from cells is progress, not "woke propaganda."
Dec 27, 2022 • 
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Libraries of Stuff and Turbo Charging America's Tipping Craze
Newly published work, plus my history with the L.A. Times.
Sep 5, 2024 • 
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Growing Up in a Cultural Bubble
Not the one you might assume
Aug 7, 2024 • 
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Purity, Sorcery, and Cancel Culture
What anthropologist Mary Douglas's work can tell us about the purity conflicts roiling our culture.
Jun 14, 2022 • 
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Sing, Digital Muse!
The biggest story of the day has nothing to do with Donald J. Trump.
Feb 4 • 
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