The Highlight Archive
Archives for May 2019
We need an algorithmic bill of rights. AI experts helped us write one.
Here’s how going viral changed his life.
When Kimberlé Crenshaw coined the term 30 years ago, it was a relatively obscure legal concept. Then it went viral.
Electroconvulsive therapy can help people with severe depression. But it has a controversial past.
Raj Chetty and the rise of woke economics, life after going viral, and more.
Raj Chetty has an idea for introducing students to econ that could cause a seismic shift in the field.
From painting to poetry, music to math, we can view AI as a collaborator rather than a competitor.
Scientists are trying to accelerate evolution to make plastics rot. A tiny new organism is showing them how.
Seemingly simple mobile games made us all way too comfortable with giving away our personal information.
If we want a better legislature, we have to make the job more appealing.
Eight things I wish people understood about my old job.
Coworking spaces, friendship apps, and adult dorms are selling human connection.
A 2019 profile of Dooce.com founder Heather Armstrong.