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Achieving a more transparent and less manipulative online media may well be the defining political battle of the 21st century.

Outer space was supposed to belong to all humankind. Should we surrender it to anyone who can pay up?

To solve our global problems, we need to evolve into a global collective, taking inspiration from DNA, ants, and our own social success.

It's time to call out the most dangerous assumption in the history of economics.

When people have different views about health and freedom, they misuse morality to demonize one another, letting policymakers and corporations off the hook.