But in recent years, intelligence has evolved from being something held by those we once looked up to, into something else entirely: a product. The world's largest technology companies are investing hundreds of billions of dollars in increasingly capable ... See more
75,000 years ago a Neanderthal died a violent death. A wooden spear thrust through his body from the front pierced his lungs and major arteries, and exited from his back, probably via his heart. The neat round hole in his well-preserved left scapula, unea... See more
What does it mean to be a man? In the early 21st century, masculinity is contested and fraught with anxiety; influencers offer models of manliness involving fast cars, sexual conquests, and building up muscle. Before the rise of feminism, they suggest, in... See more
Listen to this essay On the evening of 8 September 1930, the German mathematician David Hilbert stepped up to a microphone in Königsberg and addressed his countrymen by radio. He was 68, recently retired, and at the height of his fame. The talk was a defe... See more
Jean-Paul Sartre wrote that at death we become 'prey to the Other'. From the instant we die, we lose the power to control who we are (or rather were). Those who outlive us determine everything about us. Friedrich Nietzsche was particularly unfortunate in ... See more
