The Art of American Sophistication
The New Yorkerby Adam Gopnik·7 Sept 2026
The prompt, let’s say, is “American sophistication.” What does it make the L.L.M. in our heads, trawling the riverbed of our old reading and viewing, produce? Whom do we think of first?
Briefly Noted Book Reviews
The New Yorkerby The New Yorker·7 Sept 2026
The Breakup, by Kurt Andersen (Random House). This comic novel is set in a hysterical vision of the year 2045, in which what was once the United States has been split apart by a civil war between...
Science, pigs and money: the race between the US and China to make animal-to-human transplants viable
El País Englishby Daniel Mediavilla·7 Sept 2026
A year ago, an open microphone during a conversation between Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin illustrated modern humans’ faith in science and technology and the idea that we are machines made of...
Spare a Thought for the Kenyan Essay Writers Who Used to Help Students Cheat Before AI
Gizmodoby Mike Pearl·7 Sept 2026
In 2024 there was this documentary called the Shadow Scholars, shown on the U.K.’s Channel 4 last year with the title “The Shadow Scholars Fake Essay Scandal.” It was about the army of educated but...
DR BEN CARSON: The woke machine is lying in wait for a political comeback
FOX Newsby Ben Carson; M D·7 Sept 2026
We all remember how bad it got. Just a few short years ago, it felt like every major institution — from corporate America, to media, to universities, to Hollywood, to our own government — had...
Get lifetime access to structured philosophy lessons for $30
Mashableby StackCommerce·7 Sept 2026
TL;DR: Get lifetime access to Roots Daily Reflections & Philosophy for $29.99 (reg. $59), including 217 lessons and 27 guided learning paths.
A Clockwork Orange to come to stage in eerily prescient adaptation
ABC News Australiaby Hannah Story·7 Sept 2026
When Margaret Thanos read A Clockwork Orange for the first time last year, she was struck by the similarities between the dystopia of the novel and society today.
Nigeria's Q2 2026 data narrative: A triumph of reforms or just recovery?, By Uddin Ifeanyi
Premium Timesby Ifeanyi Uddin·7 Sept 2026
All of this leads to the one question that accompanied me through every page of the report: Is Nigeria’s economy now growing faster because the reforms put in place by the incumbent federal...
Sonia Gandhi’s Second Act: Writer and Critic
Frontlineby Ajaz Ashraf·7 Sept 2026
Sonia Gandhi’s memoir, Belonging: A Journey of Love, penned after she decided to limit her role in politics, boosts her second coming, this time as a writer and critic.
Jamaica takes its case for reparations for Britain's role in slavery to King Charles III
The Independentby Danica Kirka·7 Sept 2026
Jamaica is taking its campaign for Britain to pay reparations for the ravages of the trans-Atlantic slave trade to King Charles III.
Bertrand Russell Explains Why Karl Marx’s Philosophy Produced the Disaster of Communism
Open Cultureby Colin Marshall·7 Sept 2026
In 1927, Bertrand Russell delivered a lecture titled “Why I Am Not a Christian.” At the time, such a declaration was still fairly bold, as was the reasoning he provided for it.
A new book on Indian laws demystifies the ‘right to privacy’ and examines how it has improved lives
Scroll.inby Priya Jain·7 Sept 2026
Justice Jasti Chelameswar focused on the distinction between “freedom from intrusion” and “freedom of decision”.
Ratko Mladic is gone. The racial ideology that produced him is not
Middle East Eyeby Amina Shareef·7 Sept 2026
Ratko Mladic is gone. The racial ideology that produced him is not Many of us will have the fortune of being warmly remembered after death.
Jamaica to petition King Charles over slavery reparations
DW Englishby Shakeel Sobhan·7 Sept 2026
The Jamaican government will petition King Charles III on Monday as the country seeks "reparations for the African ancestors who suffered under hundreds of years of enslavement," the Culture...
Raising them right: Aren’t all families secretly a bit like The Traitors?
TheJournal.ieby Niamh O'Reilly·7 Sept 2026
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The Pirahã People
Everything Everywhereby Gary Arndt·7 Sept 2026
Podcast Transcript Deep in the Amazon rainforest lives a small society that has challenged some of our most basic assumptions about language, numbers, time, memory, and even how human beings...
Courts must resist rehearing arbitral awards on merits to build global arbitration hub: Darius Khambata
Bar and Benchby Neha Joshi·7 Sept 2026
If India has to develop as a preferred arbitration seat, courts in the country must resist the temptation to re-hear arbitration disputes on merits, Senior Advocate Darius Khambata said on...
When schooling destroys learning
The South Firstby John Kurien·7 Sept 2026
Synopsis:The education system promises salvation but delivers only anxiety, trapping a generation in endless competition, debt and disappointment. Ivan Illich had seen this coming.
Telling a young child they are ‘smart’ seems like a good idea. New research shows how it could encourage them to cheat
The Conversation Australiaby Elena Vasseleu, Lecturer in Early Childhood Education and Development, University of Wollongong·7 Sept 2026
Parents and teachers might think telling kids “they’re smart” is a helpful way to build self-confidence and support positive development.
Our planet has a time problem – and it may be about to get weirder
New Atlasby Mike McRae·7 Sept 2026
Every second counts in a high-paced, high-tech world. Except when it shouldn’t. The 28th General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) in Versailles in October is expected to settle a debate...
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