Features

The Silver Lining

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In a break from constructing predictive models, Nate Silver crafted an entirely new universe to answer the question “What if Hillary won?” Following a prolonged radio silence, this latest dispatch from Earth 2 explains why we haven’t heard from him since.
Essays & Reviews

Real Human Being

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...the human features its own aspirations and ways of relating—which, taken together, make up what Wynter calls a culture’s “descriptive statement.” Wynter argues that the West, through imperial expansion and...

Mara

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...hands grab the gitaruru, move it from side to side. You relish the music of rice grains moving against each other, the counterpoint of rice moving against the gitaruru’s fibres....