Future Perfect Archive
Archives for July 2019
As the Venezuelan government clamps down on aid coming into the country, donors have turned to cryptocurrencies.
It’s one of the biggest government actions on kidneys in decades.
“Every billionaire is a policy failure.”
Neurophilosopher Patricia Churchland explains her theory of how we evolved a conscience.
In the age of fake news, researchers worry conspiracy theories would abound before we could figure out how — or if — to reply to an alien message.
How much longer till we all die off? 760 years, give or take.
Proponents of the law say it’s necessary to avoid confusing consumers. That...doesn’t sound right.
It scans for Quran passages, Dalai Lama photos, and other things the authorities don’t want you to bring into Xinjiang.
Our podcast explores one of the biggest gifts of recent times.
Today’s “working robber barons” have used a tax break to create a $110 billion charity stockpile, called donor-advised funds. It isn’t getting any smaller.
The controversial billionaire philanthropists are launching a new anti-interventionist think tank.
You’ve heard of the racial wealth gap. Meet the racial philanthropy gap.