Stories by hhs

The mind and times of Bernard Mandeville, the wickedest man in Europe

Game theory shows that it often makes sense for judges to rule at random

Our speech of many parts

CPR in space could be made easier by chest compression machines

The word 'artisanal' has lost its meaning and dignity

What to do about "mirror life"?

Researchers uncover similarities between human and AI learning

Robots learn to work together like a well-choreographed dance

Why lawmakers don't want to ban their own stock trading

New interpretations suggest the "heat death" hypothesis might not hold (2023)

Can China cope with a deindustrialised future?

The Sovereign Individual is a retelling of a very old story

Folding and unfolding

Debt has always been the ruin of great powers. Is the U.S. next?

Alibaba creates AI chip to help China fill Nvidia void

Military spending and war

The big idea: Turn lobbying into a high-stakes financial market

Engineers send quantum signals with standard internet protocol

Will an astronomical anomaly challenge the idea of scientific revolutions?

The big idea: A marketplace for legacy admissions

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