Author: Adam Lee

In the service of recapturing a mythical perfect past, humans have committed the most terrible evils.

COVID has taught us that we don’t have to accept the annual onslaught of cold, flu, and other diseases.

Libraries serve the lofty purpose of making knowledge free and available to everyone, without fear or favor. That’s why they’ve come under attack from wannabe censors and book burners.

[Previous: The end of the labor economy] The age of the robots is coming. Technology is getting better and better each year, allowing robots to do previously-unimaginable tasks like sewing clothes or picking fruit. With AI improving by leaps and bounds, they’ll be able to do more and more by themselves. We can look forward…

Iran is more secular than you might think, and its people are rising up against theocratic rule.

Artists erupted in protest when they learned that AI art engines like Stable Diffusion were trained on their copyrighted works. This revelation has ignited a debate about the meaning of fair use.

Defenders of Hasidic Judaism claim they’re happier, whatever their educational gaps—but there are reasons to doubt this self-serving conclusion.

Vaccines have saved tens of millions of lives already, and more are coming soon that promise to deliver us from the worst killers of humanity.

A media exposé sheds light on the shockingly poor education offered at Hasidic Jewish private schools.

NASA is crashing a spacecraft on purpose to test technology that could save the planet from a killer asteroid.