“For Kant, great poems take a concept – it could be a transcendent concept like ‘eternity’ or ‘God’ or an interesting, normal concept like ‘envy’ – and drag it to a place halfway between pure reason and experience, where concepts fall apart but the imagination itself turns into a form of reason.”
Why poetry is a variety of mathematical experience | Aeon Essays
Machine learning theory is shedding new light on how to think about the mysterious and ineffable nature of art
aeon.co
November 19, 2025 at 1:07 PM
“For Kant, great poems take a concept – it could be a transcendent concept like ‘eternity’ or ‘God’ or an interesting, normal concept like ‘envy’ – and drag it to a place halfway between pure reason and experience, where concepts fall apart but the imagination itself turns into a form of reason.”
Great read on Spain fifty years after the fascist dictator Francisco Franco’s death— and its subsequent embrace of democracy.
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
Half a century after the death of Franco, Spain is a far better place
But new problems risk undermining its success
www.economist.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Great read on Spain fifty years after the fascist dictator Francisco Franco’s death— and its subsequent embrace of democracy.
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
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Across South Asia governments are being toppled by gen Z protestors and negotiating bailouts with the IMF.
But not India. What gives?
economist.com/finance-and-...
But not India. What gives?
economist.com/finance-and-...
What explains India’s peculiar stability?
In a tricky neighbourhood the country remains calm
economist.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Across South Asia governments are being toppled by gen Z protestors and negotiating bailouts with the IMF.
But not India. What gives?
economist.com/finance-and-...
But not India. What gives?
economist.com/finance-and-...
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FIFA awarding a "peace prize" to Trump would be so absolutely on-brand, a truly genius innovation.
November 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
FIFA awarding a "peace prize" to Trump would be so absolutely on-brand, a truly genius innovation.
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For the first time in about 70 years, net immigration to America could be zero. Beneath the noise of tariff and budget fights, migration may well be the biggest economic story of 2025.
My latest for @economist.com: Welcome to Zero Migration America
Link: www.economist.com/finance-and...
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My latest for @economist.com: Welcome to Zero Migration America
Link: www.economist.com/finance-and...
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October 7, 2025 at 8:42 PM
For the first time in about 70 years, net immigration to America could be zero. Beneath the noise of tariff and budget fights, migration may well be the biggest economic story of 2025.
My latest for @economist.com: Welcome to Zero Migration America
Link: www.economist.com/finance-and...
🧵 below
My latest for @economist.com: Welcome to Zero Migration America
Link: www.economist.com/finance-and...
🧵 below
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Brilliant
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w6w...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w6w...
A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE | Official Teaser | Netflix
YouTube video by Netflix
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September 3, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Brilliant
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w6w...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w6w...
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spotify launches a new "spam" feature www.theverge.com/news/765771/...
Spotify is adding DMs
A new way to bug friends with song recsommendations.
www.theverge.com
August 26, 2025 at 1:55 PM
spotify launches a new "spam" feature www.theverge.com/news/765771/...
@j-amesmarriott.bsky.social Hi James. I broadly agree with this column. But I disagree with the blanket contention that oral cultures "tend not to produce masterpieces of analytic philosophy." Ancient India, a largely oral society, produced great and very influential works of analytic philosophy.
Not reading or writing would be unthinkable
The evidence is clear: those who don’t read or who outsource their essays to AI lose the facility for complex thought
www.thetimes.com
July 15, 2025 at 5:56 PM
@j-amesmarriott.bsky.social Hi James. I broadly agree with this column. But I disagree with the blanket contention that oral cultures "tend not to produce masterpieces of analytic philosophy." Ancient India, a largely oral society, produced great and very influential works of analytic philosophy.
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In a wild twist, The Economist disapproves of state-run grocery stores, as Zohran Mamdani proposes. I walk through why:
www.economist.com/united-stat...
www.economist.com/united-stat...
Should cities run their own supermarkets?
New York’s mayoral frontrunner thinks they should
www.economist.com
June 30, 2025 at 6:47 PM
In a wild twist, The Economist disapproves of state-run grocery stores, as Zohran Mamdani proposes. I walk through why:
www.economist.com/united-stat...
www.economist.com/united-stat...
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BREAKING: Palestinian witnesses and hospitals say Israeli forces opened fire toward hundreds of people waiting for aid trucks in central Gaza, killing at least 25 people.
Israeli forces fire on people waiting for aid in Gaza, killing 25, witnesses and hospitals say
Palestinian witnesses say Israeli forces and drones opened fire toward hundreds of people waiting for aid trucks in central Gaza.
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June 24, 2025 at 6:59 AM
BREAKING: Palestinian witnesses and hospitals say Israeli forces opened fire toward hundreds of people waiting for aid trucks in central Gaza, killing at least 25 people.
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Imagine being lectured by RFK Jr about how to be healthy and then having Mark Zuckerberg tell you how many friends normal people should have
May 2, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Imagine being lectured by RFK Jr about how to be healthy and then having Mark Zuckerberg tell you how many friends normal people should have
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I know this is upsetting to some people but it is important for health research and treatment for *all people* to be able to make a distinction between biological males and females. The facts of biology, though, don’t mean we can’t be nice to each other.
The U.K. Supreme Court rules that Britain's equalities law defines a woman as someone born biologically female. The ruling means a transgender person with a certificate that recognizes them as female should not be considered a woman for equality purposes.
UK Supreme Court rules that equalities law defines a woman as someone born biologically female
The Supreme Court has ruled that the U.K. equalities law defines a woman as someone born biologically female.
bit.ly
April 16, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I know this is upsetting to some people but it is important for health research and treatment for *all people* to be able to make a distinction between biological males and females. The facts of biology, though, don’t mean we can’t be nice to each other.
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"In Musk’s dark view of the world, civilization is under threat because of a declining population. He is driven to correct the historic moment by helping seed the earth with more human beings of high intelligence, according to people familiar..." www.wsj.com/politics/elo...
The Tactics Elon Musk Uses to Manage His ‘Legion’ of Babies—and Their Mothers
The world’s richest man juggles more than a dozen children and ‘harem drama’ along with running his companies and advising Trump. He recently took a paternity test in a battle with one woman over mone...
www.wsj.com
April 16, 2025 at 3:33 PM
"In Musk’s dark view of the world, civilization is under threat because of a declining population. He is driven to correct the historic moment by helping seed the earth with more human beings of high intelligence, according to people familiar..." www.wsj.com/politics/elo...
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This is how Kaganovich talked about Stalin.
April 11, 2025 at 1:53 AM
This is how Kaganovich talked about Stalin.
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Fox removed the stock market ticker from their broadcasts.
April 3, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Fox removed the stock market ticker from their broadcasts.
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Apple's fall in share price today is worth more than all but 4 EU listed companies.
Don't know if that's more embarrassing for Europe or America.
Don't know if that's more embarrassing for Europe or America.
April 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Apple's fall in share price today is worth more than all but 4 EU listed companies.
Don't know if that's more embarrassing for Europe or America.
Don't know if that's more embarrassing for Europe or America.
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what if liz truss but absolutely no way to get rid of her
April 2, 2025 at 9:27 PM
what if liz truss but absolutely no way to get rid of her
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The Trump tariffs hit Antarctic islands inhabited by zero humans and many penguins: www.wired.com/story/trump-...
Trump Tariffs Hit Antarctic Islands Inhabited by Zero Humans and Many Penguins
The Heard and McDonald Islands are among the dozens of targets of President Donald Trump's latest round of tariffs. But they have no exports, because no one lives there.
www.wired.com
April 2, 2025 at 11:49 PM
The Trump tariffs hit Antarctic islands inhabited by zero humans and many penguins: www.wired.com/story/trump-...
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The rise of anti-Semitism is real, Jonathan Chait writes. “But the Republican campaign to use it as a justification to extend political control over universities has nothing to do with protecting Jews”: theatln.tc/VN7wmJCf
March 11, 2025 at 9:19 PM
The rise of anti-Semitism is real, Jonathan Chait writes. “But the Republican campaign to use it as a justification to extend political control over universities has nothing to do with protecting Jews”: theatln.tc/VN7wmJCf
Europe should wake up and realise that their American daddy is not going to foot the bills anymore. They gotta make all the nasty sacrifices that independent adulthood demands. They need to shed their image of a weak, wobbling, decadent, eternally -vacationing continent, and get to some real work.
France can't get from 2% to 3.5% more spending on defence without cutting somewhere else. It can't borrow more (debt-to-GDP is well over 100%) and it can't tax more (trust me I've lived there).
Either France benefits from EU-level borrowing or it cuts social spending or people work more.
Either France benefits from EU-level borrowing or it cuts social spending or people work more.
Emmanuel Macron calls for a new target of spending 3, 3.5% of GDP on defense. It’s the first time France publicly comes up with a new number. www.lefigaro.fr/internationa...
March 3, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Europe should wake up and realise that their American daddy is not going to foot the bills anymore. They gotta make all the nasty sacrifices that independent adulthood demands. They need to shed their image of a weak, wobbling, decadent, eternally -vacationing continent, and get to some real work.
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We should worry about migrant rape gangs, says the man who just pressured Romania to free the Tate brothers so they could return to the U.S.
March 3, 2025 at 2:54 AM
We should worry about migrant rape gangs, says the man who just pressured Romania to free the Tate brothers so they could return to the U.S.
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Herman Melville's "Moby Dick" has perhaps the most memorable opening line in all of Western literature: "I hope you motherfuckers like reading about whales"
February 16, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Herman Melville's "Moby Dick" has perhaps the most memorable opening line in all of Western literature: "I hope you motherfuckers like reading about whales"
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I'm not going to read beyond the headline. I want it to be a surprise
Something is happening inside the Earth, scientists say
Something is happening inside the Earth, scientists say
The core of the Earth is undergoing surprise structural changes, researchers believe.
www.independent.co.uk
February 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I'm not going to read beyond the headline. I want it to be a surprise