Future Perfect Archive
Archives for November 2018
Harvard researchers want to see what adding calcium carbonate could do to the stratosphere.
The world is a complicated place. Bayes’ theorem can help us navigate it.
Bezos is giving to nonprofits that provide homeless services. But there’s a downside.
Evidence Action’s commitment to research and transparency should be a model for other nonprofits.
Since you asked (many times).
A simple guide to choosing a career where you can make an impact.
Here are some great candidates.
Our focus on “overhead” doesn’t help us learn what really matters.
It’s so much bigger than Trump.
When the number of victims in a tragedy increases, our empathy decreases.
For the love of God, if you have $1.8 billion to donate, don’t give it to your alma mater.
The “vulnerable world hypothesis,” explained.
Francesca Minerva explains how death threats for an article about abortion led to the journal’s creation.
We fuel them. We build next to them. We ignite them.
Heat, wind, and drought — and long-term climate trends — conspired to create the deadly Camp Fire.