Meditation teacher Daniel Ingram, author of Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha, on the pathology of our wandering minds.
Daniel Kaufman explains why Joan Didion considered second-wave feminism infantile. Plus: Why are millennials so idealistic?
A long-lost, never-before-shown 2006 conversation between Robert Wright and “new atheist” Sam Harris.
Theologian John Thatamanil contrasts the views of Trump and Pope Francis. Plus: Trump as an affront to God.
Richard Vague, author of The Next Economic Disaster, warns that today’s unprecedented borrowing could spell disaster. Plus: The loopholes Trump loves.
Margaret Wertheim, author of Physics on the Fringe, on the questions we should be asking about the mind.
Bill Scher and Matt Lewis on the conservative belief that all the GOP needed was a candidate strong enough to fight. Plus: Evan McMullin, Trump slayer?
Kevin Kelly, author of The Inevitable, argues that articulating our ethics is more challenging than embedding them in AI.
Political scientist Steven Teles dissects Trump’s vision of a larger yet less engaged military. Plus: Republicans without a party.
Ben Perry and Joseph Lam on the staying power of biblical metaphors. Plus: How metaphors shape discourse on slavery and sex.