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This month's short articles on the late modern moment: money, AI, nuclear war

A thought experiment to feel the water boiling as midterm elections approach.

This month's article on the (late) modern moment: Language, Class, True Crime, the Social Contract

A local Vancouver chain with great decor and muffins.

July's text is a succinct dissection of capitalism: what it is, why it's so durable, and how to meaningfully challenge it.

June's book is Sunkara's "The Socialist Manifesto," a history of socialist movements and an outline for how it can succeed today.

This month's article on the (late) modern moment: silence, photos, attention, AI, alienation, art.

A monthly series dedicated to reading (and finishing) books, as hard as that is in this (late) modern world.

A woodsy cafe on the sunshine coast.

This section takes a deeper look into the nature of the money game—compulsory, arbitrary, inescapable—and asks: what is permitted and required to win?

A great bakery in an old train station off the Sea to Sky Highway.

This month's article on the (late) modern moment: smartphones, addiction, Trump, distraction

This month's article on the (late) modern moment: authoritarianism, technology, inequality, homelessness

A sunny, triangular cafe in "little Portland."

French bakery-cafe in on of SF's best neighborhoods.

This month's article on the (late) modern moment: Selfhood, Information, Consent

This month's article on the (late) modern moment: Smartphones, Advertising, Language, Individuality

Cozy cafe tucked away in a neighborhood off Commercial Drive, with an in-house bakery.

What makes a cafe fantastic?

This month's short articles on life in the (late) modern moment. Topics: Evolution, Time, Stress, Memory, Value