A Matter of Degrees

Also: Why are we here? And why isn't Credit Suisse? (#434)

Time to take AI seriously

Real talk from kids, and why no country is too small to make a difference (#433)

Truth dare

+ Democracy and capitalism, life and death, and a very special image from space (#432)

How they read Putin's mind

+ How it all works, Plastic Roads, Japanese Ink (#431)

What the hack?

+ The strange death of the centre right, What teens think parents should know about phones (#430)

Charting a greener future

+ How do you serve a friend in despair? (#429)

Not again!?

The next pandemic, an immortal life, and 140 rules on how to behave (#428)

This has been fine, for ten years

+ Fake names, burner phones, and subtitles everywhere (#427)

All roads lead to...well, shit

An issue about money, love, and money again (#426)

10 places not to visit in 2023

+ Companies that are changing the world for the better, and people who can't tell left from right (#425)

The Case for Abolishing Elections

+ What if we completely changed our criteria for what's worth our time and money? (#424)

99+1 good news

+ Conflicts to watch, Online Gurus, Trend defying milllennials (#423)

Featured

💖 Best of 2022

Ten pieces of journalism that made a difference.

Lessons from fire-fighting

+ The wonders of science, and the difficulty of handling kids and artificial intelligence (#422)

Gamechanger?

+ Essential vocabulary for 2023, How to be an excellent gift giver, A perfect first book (#421)

Science non-fiction

+ Why we cry, Questions to ask yourself every decade, We're a curious bunch of pessimists (#420)

Despair is unproductive

+ Well-behaved bubbles and above-average humans (#419)

Sigh of relief

+ An astonishing map, good reasons to quit and a decent dose of optimism (#418)

Low bar, surprisingly cleared

+ Despair is a luxury, phone calls are torture (#417)

Free in ways you’re not

+ The most powerful person in the world and how he plans to change the world (#416)

Crypto...but hear me out

+ Meet some people who are changing the world for the better (#415)

How Far We've Come

+ The value of throwing soup, the whitest white and a moment of magic in a text editor (#414)

How the war ends

Also: Humans playing god and listening to audiobooks (#413)

Citizen Future

An issue about the future – with citizens, without Putin, with hope, without sex (#412)

Vanguards of the Revolution

Accidents don't exist — neither do cognitive biases (#411)