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What Silicon Valley gets wrong about taste
And why we like the things we do.
Aug 12
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Celine Nguyen
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How diplomats see the world
A glimpse inside the boring-by-design U.S. fact-checking machine.
Aug 5
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Abi Olvera
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July 2026
What should we do about all this AI money?
A conversation between two veterans of philanthropy in the Bay Area.
Jul 30
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What happens to countries that don't build frontier AI?
Most countries will never have frontier AI. They’re the ones who should worry.
Jul 29
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Anton Leicht
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How two socialist brothers helped automate America’s hardest job
Revisiting the forgotten inventors of the cotton picker.
Jul 22
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Dylan Matthews
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The politics of foreign aid
An interview with Julianne Weis, formerly of USAID and Aid on the Hill.
Jul 16
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Clara Collier
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The gender equality paradox that wasn't
Do women seek STEM jobs mostly because they "have" to? A viral study and popular talking point rests on shaky methodology.
Jul 9
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Gabrielle Sorensen
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What's the state of PEPFAR now?
An interview with PEPFAR's former chief science officer.
Jul 2
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Clara Collier
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The case against randomized controlled trials
Everyone knows RCTs are the gold standard of evidence...right?
Jul 1
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June 2026
What is it like to live in a world you believe is about to end?
The doomers are all right.
Jun 24
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Ozy Brennan
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Can we pay to prevent global war?
The development community treats war as inevitable. We’re learning how to pay to prevent it.
Jun 17
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Write for us! Now accepting pitches for Issue 16: Flourishing
Usually, we like to back up our claims with numbers, but right now, we’re in a more reflective mood.
Jun 16
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