2026-06-05 23:00:33
Ten years after Brexit became Britain’s fate, the City carries on. But a deeper challenge may lie ahead.
2026-06-05 21:00:32
Princeton just took a courageous stand grounded in the real world.
2026-06-05 20:00:35
The most moving scene in Homer is not the death of the great heroes, Patroclus or Hector, but the tail-wagging of a pet dog, Argos. After 20 years away, ten fighting the Trojans and ten wandering the seas, Odysseus returns to his hometown of Ithaca disguised as a beggar. As he approaches his family palace, where his wife is being besieged by leeching suitors, he encounters his childhood pet Argos, which he raised from a puppy into a magnificent hunting dog, swift as a stag and bold as a lion, bu
2026-06-05 18:30:32
This article is adapted from the forthcoming book “City on the Edge: Technology, Politics and the Fight for the Soul of San Francisco.”
2026-06-05 18:00:34
In the digital future, what do you want your money to be? An instrument explicitly backed by a government? Or an IOU from a private firm that might not be as stable as it claims?
2026-06-05 18:00:32
Contrary to popular belief, rearranging deck chairs on a sinking boat can theoretically be of some benefit, if you’re clearing a path to the lifeboats, say, or keeping panicky people busy. Very quickly, though, you’ll have to confront the real problem, which is that you are on a sinking boat.
