Future Perfect Archive
Archives for August 2020


America’s new epidemic is likely making a previous epidemic deadlier.


Computers are getting closer to passing the Turing Test.


Now is the perfect time to face your fear of mortality. Here’s how.

Ditching fossil fuels would pay for itself through clean air alone.


The US’s coronavirus epidemic is among the worst. Here’s what you need to know.


One study found that sitting in a discussion section on the ethics of meat led students to lower their meat consumption.


Pay more attention to what Gates is doing overseas than what he’s saying about the United States.


Bezos has quietly started a new company that appears involved in the historic push.


The US has everything it needs to decarbonize by 2035.


Kids who were treated for intestinal worms in 1999 earn far more now than kids who weren’t.


A conversation about love and suffering in Christianity.

The last agreement limiting America’s and Russia’s nuclear arsenals is months away from expiring.


In the past year, she’s given away $1.7 billion.