The Effective Altruist Manifesto
The fictitious account of a man who just wanted to do the most good he could.
Articles in Culture & Politics (187)
How Should Values Influence Social Science Research?
Examining the difficult relationship between “politics” and scholarship.
What To Do Once We’ve Defunded The Police
One idea: give the freed-up monetary resources back to the people through participatory budgeting.
What Gets Lost
Ciara Moloney revisits soaps and sitcoms lost to time, and the hyper-possessive rituals of copyright.
What’s New About Free College?
The fight over free education is much older than you think.
The Right-Wing Myth of the Left-Wing Mob
Trump is spreading delusions about a totalitarian “political correctness gone mad.” Nobody should help further this lie.
The Fake Nerd Boys of Silicon Valley
Managing Editor Lyta Gold on Star Trek, Silicon Valley’s lack of imagination, and the arrival of an unexpected future.
How Do We Actually Build Solidarity?
“Solidarity” is a word that gets thrown around a lot on the left. But what does it really mean? And how do we take it from a concept to reality?