Stories by rntn

The Illusion of Meritocracy

How the lentil was tamed – and helped human societies thrive

A Rare Look Inside Britain's 'Sublime Society of Beefsteaks'

How to Tackle Truth Decay

Considering intentional stratospheric dehydration for climate benefits

The worst possible way to be rejected for a job

Adam Smith Understood That We Need Each Other

Everything is rising at a scary rate: Why car, home insurance costs are surging

Crash of the Titan: a short history of Apple's doomed car project

Digital Watermarks Are Not Ready for Large Language Models

Biden sensitive personal info EO does little but spotlight data market threat

Neural mechanism for conserved value computations integrating information/reward

Sorting the Self: Assessments and the cult of personality

Elon Musk's legal case against OpenAI is hilariously bad

Oregon undoes groundbreaking drug decriminalization law

Super Micro joining S&P 500 after stock price soars more than 20-fold in 2 years

Go ahead and alter the atmosphere, no one's going to stop you – probably

As banks buy up bitcoins, who else are the 'Bitcoin whales'?

EV maker Fisker says it may go out of business