Ok I get it: the title of this piece reads very high and esoteric. But please do bear with me. I really think we're onto something. What I want to do today is to discuss Michael Oakeshott and explore ...

This article looks at God and religion from the position of rationalism, an approach to life based on reason and evidence. Rationalism is an approach to life based on reason and evidence. Rationalism ...

While considerable ink has been spilled describing how technology generally and applications such as Facebook and Twitter in particular reinforce tribalism, a curious related phenomenon has emerged ...

Those who know me also know that Kepler, the brilliant 17th-century German astronomer, is my scientific hero, a real source of inspiration. And since today is my birthday, I am giving myself a small ...

One morning in the summer of 2015, I sat in a featureless office in Berkeley as a young computer programmer walked me through how he intended to save the world. The world needed saving, he insisted, ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

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