The Innocent Outsider
On Forrest Gump, Moral Clarity, and the Paralysis of Sophistication
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The Borg Directive
Nate Silver tells three million readers that resistance is futile. The mongoose disagrees.
Dec 24 • The Mongoose
Nobody’s Good at Jenga:
A Mongoose Analysis
Dec 24 • The Mongoose
I TOLD AN AI THE EARTH WAS HOLLOW (FOR SCIENCE) 🦕
In which your correspondent lies to an artificial intelligence on Christmas Eve, for rigorous experimental purposes.
Dec 24 • The Mongoose
Choosing To Fail:
Will My Grandkids Ever Have Grandkids?
Dec 22 • The Mongoose
In Memoriam: Rob Reiner
There was a Panasonic television in our living room in Las Vegas.
Dec 21 • The Mongoose
Daddy, Where Does Money Come From?
Just ask me about babies, kid. That one’s easier.
Dec 20 • The Mongoose
The Future The Jetsons Promised
Why We’re Still Waiting for the 15-Hour Work Week
Dec 20 • The Mongoose
The Longest Night:
A Solstice Observance
Dec 19 • The Mongoose
Better Late Than Never (But Not Much Better)
The Inadequacy of Conventional Damage Control as the World Spins out of Joint.
Dec 19 • The Mongoose
Fifty Governments in a Trenchcoat
Why Authoritarian Consolidation Hits Different Here
Dec 17 • The Mongoose
Long-Haul Epistemology:
How Art Bell and 80 Ounces of Silver Taught Me to Read the News
Dec 16 • The Mongoose
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