Politics vastly increases AI moral hazards Jimmy Alfonso Licon · ·Feb 16, 2026 · 22 min read · AI & Tech
Kafka’s Approach to Creative Block and the Four Psychological Hindrances That Keep the Gifted from Living Up to Their Gifts Maria Popova · The Marginalian ·Feb 15, 2026 · 15 min read · Culture
Hannah Arendt on Love and How to Live with the Fundamental Fear of Loss Maria Popova · The Marginalian ·Feb 14, 2026 · 14 min read · Culture
The Monarchs, Music, and the Meaning of Life: The Most Touching Deathbed Love Letter Ever Written Maria Popova · The Marginalian ·Feb 13, 2026 · 15 min read · Culture
Why Smart People Can’t Agree on Whether AI Is a Revolution or a Toy Alberto Romero · The Algorithmic Bridge ·Feb 13, 2026 · 11 min read · AI & Tech
Notes on Complexity: A Buddhist Scientist on the Murmuration of Being Maria Popova · The Marginalian ·Feb 12, 2026 · 10 min read · Culture
What Happened With Bio Anchors? Scott Alexander · Astral Codex Ten ·Feb 12, 2026 · 19 min read · Culture
How We Grieve: Meghan O’Rourke on the Messiness of Mourning and Learning to Live with Loss Maria Popova · The Marginalian ·Feb 10, 2026 · 26 min read · Culture
You Spent Your Whole Life Getting Good at the Wrong Thing Alberto Romero · The Algorithmic Bridge ·Feb 7, 2026 · 12 min read · AI & Tech
A Life of One’s Own: A Penetrating Century-Old Field Guide to Self-Possession, Mindful Perception, and the Art of Knowing What You Really Want Maria Popova · The Marginalian ·Feb 7, 2026 · 17 min read · Culture
Dying Mothers, the Birth of Handwashing, and the Bittersweet True Love Story Behind ‘Frankenstein’ Maria Popova · The Marginalian ·Feb 6, 2026 · 14 min read · Culture
Yes to Life, in Spite of Everything: Viktor Frankl’s Lost Lectures on Moving Beyond Optimism and Pessimism to Find the Deepest Source of Meaning Maria Popova · The Marginalian ·Feb 6, 2026 · 14 min read · Culture
OpenAI Won the Consumer Mindshare—And Paid For It With Everything Else Alberto Romero · The Algorithmic Bridge ·Feb 5, 2026 · 10 min read · AI & Tech
Kandinsky on the Spiritual Element in Art and the Three Responsibilities of Artists Maria Popova · The Marginalian ·Feb 5, 2026 · 19 min read · Culture
How Pioneering Physicist Lise Meitner Discovered Nuclear Fission, Paved the Way for Women in Science, and Was Denied the Nobel Prize Maria Popova · The Marginalian ·Feb 5, 2026 · 16 min read · Culture
We Are Confused, Maladapted Apes Who Need Enlightenment Dan Williams · Conspicuous Cognition ·Feb 2, 2026 · 24 min read · Public Health
Moltbook: After The First Weekend Scott Alexander · Astral Codex Ten ·Feb 2, 2026 · 29 min read · Culture
The Middle Passage: A Jungian Field Guide to Finding Meaning and Transformation in Midlife Maria Popova · The Marginalian ·Feb 2, 2026 · 12 min read · Culture
Notes on Complexity: A Buddhist Scientist on the Murmuration of Being Maria Popova · The Marginalian ·Feb 1, 2026 · 10 min read · Culture
Good and Bad Arguments Against Immigration Crackdowns Ben Burgis · Philosophy for the People ·Feb 1, 2026 · 19 min read · Foreign Policy
Telling Is Listening: Ursula K. Le Guin on the Magic of Real Human Conversation Maria Popova · The Marginalian ·Jan 31, 2026 · 12 min read · Culture
