From landscaped gardens to road systems, the Persians were among the first to create many things we still enjoy today.

As SpaceX slashes launch costs, governments are gaining new capabilities, while potentially outsourcing their sovereignty to Musk's private empire.

AI is unlocking unprecedented capabilities — and exposing new vulnerabilities just as quickly.

In this excerpt from Separation of Powers, Cass Sunstein explains how the U.S. Constitution prevents such a concentration of authority from turning democracy into despotism.

From global DNA screening standards to safeguards for benchtop synthesizers and AI tools, a new biosecurity playbook is taking shape.

At COP30, Indigenous leaders came with a message the world can’t ignore: 5% of the global population is safeguarding 80% of Earth’s biodiversity. A $1.8B pledge was made to support their land rights — but will the money follow their lead?

In this excerpt from "The Hypocrisy Trap," Michael Hallsworth explains why accusations of hypocrisy don’t always damage credibility.

In this excerpt from "Strange Stability," Benjamin Wilson explores how the concept of "deterrence" went from explaining criminal behavior to becoming a nuclear strategy.

“Old systems of the past are collapsing, and new systems of the future are still to be born. I call this moment the great progression.”

Real progress demands rules built for uncertainty — not for the few innovations dominating today’s tech landscape.

To turn technical breakthroughs into real-world change, AI must overcome the friction of politics, policy, and human institutions.

Jennifer Pahlka, author and Code for America founder, on what comes after Elon Musk’s failed attempt at government efficiency — and how we can modernize federal agencies to improve people’s lives.

The case that a bipartisan movement structured around progress and reform may be reaching critical mass.

Ryan Holiday on why wisdom depends on failure, experimentation, and the courage to admit when we’re wrong.

It's time to write the human genome, argues microbiologist Andrew Hessel.

In "We the People," Harvard historian Jill Lepore examines how the U.S. Constitution became unamendable and its implications for the health of the democracy.

Why the best CEOs make their first year both a personal transition and a profound moment of institutional renewal — with this quartet of skills.

“This is a world in which we've essentially given ourselves the tools to stop the construction of the most important product in American lives in the places where Americans often most want to move.”

In “On Liberalism," Cass Sunstein argues that liberalism can only endure if we reclaim its core commitments and revive its spirit of freedom and hope for the future.

“Fraud is a trillion dollar problem, about $5 trillion today with that number increasingly rising annually.”

NASA's 1958 charter's top priority was, "the expansion of human knowledge of phenomena in the atmosphere and space." Is this how it ends?

The JFK Memorial at Runnymede provides a link between America's and Britain's founding documents.

Today’s technologist archetypes share a blind spot. Brendan McCord, founder of the Cosmos Institute explains why “philosophy is essential” when building planetary-scale technology.

“Fraud never sleeps. It's really a global problem. Fraud is a trillion dollar problem, about $5 trillion today, with that number increasingly rising annually.”

"If we did create beings that were more like non-human animals, we ought to treat them much better than we now treat non-human animals."

"I'd prefer to think about a different axis, which is, should government be more or less effective? Should government work faster or slower?"

“We are beginning to take our first steps out into the cosmic ocean… and the water seems inviting.”

Trump may make America great again — just not in the way he had intended.

Follow the money and you'll follow history.