For two centuries, technology has transformed how we live and work, from the steam engine to the internet. It is tempting to assume that progress will always continue. Yet history offers a sobering ...

In the last ten years, AI systems have developed at rapid speed. From the breakthrough of besting a legendary player at the complex game Go in 2016, AI is now able to recognize images and speech ...

Elections aren’t just about choosing representatives—they’re also about declaring collective priorities. Project 2025 explicitly intends to reshape the federal government in order to decimate civil ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters. At Vox, our mission is to help you make sense of the world — and that work has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our own. We ...

Like e-mail messages, memos are common in many workplaces. A memo may serve as an informal proposal to pitch a new idea to a supervisor or manager. It can also provide a quick, concise way for ...

In 1861, the American scientist and educator William Barton Rogers published a manifesto calling for a new kind of research institution. Recognizing the “daily increasing proofs of the happy influence ...

Karen Casey is the Head of People and Culture at Canidae Pet Food. Karen has dedicated over 25 years to human resources leadership. Most behaviors we seek in ourselves and in our organizations are ...

If you were, for whatever macabre reason, seeking the most catastrophic moment in the history of humankind, you might well settle on this: About 10,000 years ago, as people first began to domesticate ...

A growing and influential intellectual movement aims to understand why human progress happens – and how to speed it up. Garrison Lovely investigates. You’re a typical American in 1870. You live on a ...

We’re in a golden age of progress in artificial intelligence. It’s time to start taking its potential and risks seriously. By Kevin Roose For the past few days, I’ve been playing around with DALL-E 2, ...

Can you imagine a Pride Month without rainbows? It wasn't until 1978 that Gilbert Baker created the original Pride flag. Gilbert’s striped flag was inspired by past rebellions, including the American ...