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People like their jobs, even British people
This paper investigates the role of work in providing meaning, purpose, community, and other non-monetary benefits. Using an original cross-national survey of 8,234 working-age adults across the UK, US, Denmark, and Indi…
The Power and Roots of Aspirations
Aspirations have become a common theme in empirical economics studies but there is no unified understanding of the range of outcomes they influence, the factors that shape them, and how to measure them. We survey this gr…
AI promises miracle cures. We expect grounded planes
On the ouster of Jensen Huang, the broadening AI backlash, and the dull desperation of Anthropic and OpenAI’s IPO pitch.
Editors were once heroic literary figures, spotting and nurturing hidden talent. Conglomeration in publishing has changed all that
Editors were once heroic literary figures, spotting and nurturing hidden talent. Conglomeration in publishing has changed all that
The history of the telephone: It was a curiosity, then a luxury item, and then an ordinary necessity
The history of the telephone: It was a curiosity, then a luxury item, and then an ordinary necessity
Camus in love. He exchanged nearly 1,000 letters with Maria Casarès. They are intimate, poetic, unbridled
Camus in love. He exchanged nearly 1,000 letters with Maria Casarès. They are intimate, poetic, unbridled
Janet Malcolm’s journalistic persona was terrifyingly sharp. But her personal letters? “Messy, confusing, repetitive, and frequently boring”
Janet Malcolm’s journalistic persona was terrifyingly sharp. But her personal letters? “Messy, confusing, repetitive, and frequently boring”
Major literary organizations rarely recognize works of science fiction. With M. John Harrison winning the Booker Prize, will that finally change?
Major literary organizations rarely recognize works of science fiction. With M. John Harrison winning the Booker Prize, will that finally change?
Richard Posner described himself as cold, callous, snobbish, selfish, and cruel. It's a good line, but it wasn't true
Richard Posner described himself as cold, callous, snobbish, selfish, and cruel. It's a good line, but it wasn't true
In the silken, seductive, perilous literary world of Saki, wolves howl, cats speak, and epigrams are matters of life and death
In the silken, seductive, perilous literary world of Saki, wolves howl, cats speak, and epigrams are matters of life and death