The Inventor’s Reward

From surviving on wild plants and game to controlling our world with technology, humanity’s journey of progress is a story of expanding human agency.

Although human beings arrived on Earth just ~300,000 years ago, we’ve transformed the entire planet completely. Here’s how we did it.

Maps show the oldest company in (nearly) every country – and a few interesting corporate trends.

If the people controlling AI are biased, the output will also be. Free speech scholar Jacob Mchangama makes the case for completely open-source AI.

In “Warhead,” neuroscientist and national security adviser Nicholas Wright explains how the brain navigates warfare and why it is our ultimate weapon (and instrument for peace).