The CCP’s Culture of Fear
Roughly two thousand years ago, the arrival in China of Buddhism from India brought major changes not only to China’s belief systems but to many aspects...
Hollywood’s Master Builder
Revisions of the modern architectural canon have been going on for almost as long as modern architecture itself. But our perceptions of what constitutes excellence in...
In the Fire
The Egyptian writer, doctor, and agitator Nawal El Saadawi passed away in Cairo on March 21, 2021, at the age of eighty-nine. Despite decades of threats,...
The Human Costs of AI
In 2015 a cohort of well-known scientists and entrepreneurs including Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk, and Steve Wozniak issued a public letter urging technologists developing artificial intelligence...
A Mind in Pain
The Irish writer Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu is now best known for two works: the Gothic novel Uncle Silas and Carmilla, the first great tale of...
A Poet’s-Eye View
Bong Joon Ho’s film Parasite (2019) unfolds in two of the most memorable domestic spaces in recent cinema: the Kim family’s squalid apartment, on a Seoul...
Book Riot’s Deals of the Day for September 30, 2021
Today’s edition of Daily Deals is sponsored by Today’s Featured Deals $3.99 The Five by Hallie Rubenhold Get This Deal $0.99 The Accidental Alchemist by Gigi...
How my recovery community helps keep me sober
When I joined Google as a site reliability engineer in 2018, I wasn’t a typical Noogler. I was 40 years old, seven years sober and starting...
Best Decision Making Tools & Software 2021
For many businesses, decisions are left up to managers and executives while individual contributors focus on their day-to-day work. However, 86 percent of businesses feel that...
Replacement Circuit Announced!
Breaking News! Round 20 of the F1 2021 calendar has been announced and it will be Qatar. It will host its first ever Grand Prix on...
