Stories by mitchbob

1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History

In Defense of Algebra

Conlon Nancarrow: The Prince of the Player Piano (2015)

Firesign: The Electromagnetic History of Everything as Told on 9 Comedy Albums

How Bad Is Plagiarism, Really?

“Collaboration” is bullshit

Laid Off in Midlife, China's Reform Generation Braces for Downward Mobility

Garry Kasparov: The Chess Master and the Computer (2010)

Can Jonah Peretti Save BuzzFeed from Extinction?

'Hybrid organ': a union of trees and fungi could revolutionise forest management

Striking gambit: Erling Haaland invests in new world chess championship

Shenzhen Express: The successes and failures of China's remarkable new economy

The strait of Hormuz blockade will strangle US defense industry

Gerd Faltings awarded the 2026 Abel Prize

Life in Hitler's Capital

Kagi's Orion browser hits public beta on Linux

Iceland's Chief 'Lava Cooler' Is Bracing for the Next Eruption

Can a "Living Drug" Cure Autoimmune Diseases?

A Superpower Goes Offline

The Pentagon Went to War with Anthropic. What's Really at Stake?

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