The Anthropocene Is a Joke
A questioning of the theory of the anthropocene, a newly minted geological age based on the level of human intervention in the planet’s geology.
Three Years of Misery Inside Google, the Happiest Company in Tech
A look at some challenging times at the technology behemoth.
What goes right and wrong when games like Diablo 3 take a decade to make
The story of the 10 year project to deliver the next instalment in an iconic game series.
What Happened to Aung San Suu Kyi?
Ben Rhodes, a former advisor to Barack Obama, writes about Aung San Suu Kyi’s journey from icon of democratic protest, to working as part of a regime committing ethnic cleansing. Some readers are suggesting that her former position only ever amounted to Western democracies projecting what they wanted to see.
The Launch
A look behind the scenes at the science and business planning involved in the 20 year quest to make the perfect apple.
The business of sleep
A piece looking at the science of sleep, and how this essential human need is in conflict with the new attention economy.
The Weird, Dark History of 8chan
The story behind the online message board 8chan: “an anonymous digital safe haven for the type of discussions that made many of its users unwelcome elsewhere on the web: abhorrent racism, violent misogyny, and rampant anti-Semitism.” The site is in the news again after the El Paso shooting as the shooter used it to post an anti-immigration screed just a few minutes before opening fire.
Alan Dershowitz, Devil’s Advocate
A deeply researched profile of the now notorious defence lawyer Alan Dershowitz. Dershowitz made his name with a string of high profile clients including Claus Von Bulow, O.J Simpson, Harvey Weinstein, and latterly Jeffrey Epstein.
There are places you cannot go
The story, spanning 40 years, of the friendship between Cambodian Nhek Veng Huor and the American Cindy Coleman. The story is haunted by the spectre of the murderous Khmer Rouge regime, under whose rule “one in four Cambodians died”.