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Whiggism Is Still Wrong
Vivek Ramaswamy says he wants to "make hard work cool again." He isn’t the first.The American Conservative -
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‘Atoms for Peace’ Was Never All That Peaceful—And the World Is Still Living With the Consequences
The U.S. sought to rebrand nuclear power as a source of peace, but this message helped mask a violent history.Made by History -
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Unraveling Ulysses S. Grant's Complex Relationship With Slavery
The Union general directly benefited from the brutal institution before and during the Civil War.Smithsonian -
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After Melville
In every generation, writers and readers find new ways to plumb the depths of Herman Melville and his work.The Baffler -
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Henry Kissinger
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Margaret Mead, Technocracy, and the Origins of AI's Ideological Divide
The anthropologist helped popularize both techno-optimism and the concept of existential risk.Res Obscura -
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Climate Crisis
The levels of carbon currently in the Earth's atmosphere are unprecedented in the historical and geological records. Still, the climate crisis does have a history.