Culture

A black and white image split into two sections: a half globe on the left and a crowd of people on the right, with the text "More Humans Are Better" in the center and the number 3 in the top right corner.
The overlooked virtues of a crowded world
In a world of rising cynicism, a celebration of our capacity to create, adapt, and thrive.
Jason Crawford
A graphic titled "Humanity vs. Nature" showing a human evolutionary timeline, biocentrism, ecocentrism, and ethos depictions of nature, including a tree, a bird, and marine life.
Why harmony with nature is a myth
Slowing growth and limiting development isn’t living in harmony with nature—it is surrendering in a battle.
Jason Crawford
Abstract digital collage featuring a hand holding a smartphone, the logo of The Onion, binary code, and a webpage against a green and blue background.
Entertainment
How the internet changed news, according to The Onion
Freethink spoke to Onion staffers about parodying news from the print era into the digital age.
Tim Brinkhof and Stephen Johnson
Surveillance
Using fashion to fool facial recognition
Censorship
Politics on social media is a good thing
Computer Science
The evolution of a dissident: How Ladar Levison became someone who said "no" to the FBI
Mike Riggs
Building Community
This week in ideas: Good things that happened in 2016
Mike Riggs
Urban Living
This week in ideas: Why D.A.R.E. didn't work, the future of cities, and is love actually actually good?
Mike Riggs
Leslie Dewan
Entrepreneurs
Leslie Dewan on learning from failure
Public Health
What we need right now is a little bit of Hans Rosling
Mike Riggs
Outer Space
Why the U.S. government treated satellites and machine guns as the same for 15 years
Jeff Foust
Activism
The fake disease that saved Rome's Jews
Mike Riggs