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Long careers spent covering politicians have taught David Brooks and Jeffrey Goldberg the importance of putting politics in its place.
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The philosopher Shelly Kagan has gained millions of fans online while arguing that we can embrace physicalism without giving up meaning, morality, or human exceptionalism.
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Jonathan Haidt sounded the alarm on phones in schools. He thinks what’s coming will be even worse.
What Is the Meaning of Mystical Experience?
The novelist and playwright Ayad Akhtar tries to do justice to feelings of radiance without religious language.
The Atlantic What Is Humanity’s Place in the Cosmos?
A lifelong fascination with terra incognita led the astrophysicist Priyamvada Natarajan to map out the universe’s most enigmatic phenomena.
The Atlantic What Is the Good Life?
The philosophy professor Meghan Sullivan doesn’t just want to teach her students about virtue; she wants to make them better human beings.
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As we learn to think more and more highly of the bots, we will learn to think less and less highly of our fellow humans.
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In the DSA era, liberals need to remember their history and fight for their values.
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