SpaceAugust 17, 2026 · 6 min read
Pluto was never the problem
A quarter-century after the demotion, the argument about what counts as a planet says more about us than about the rock at the edge of the solar system.
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Technology5 min read
The quiet takeover of the default setting
Nobody votes on defaults. Almost nobody changes them. That makes the checkbox nobody reads the most powerful object in modern software.
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Culture4 min read
Reading in an age built for skimming
Attention did not collapse. It was redistributed — and long-form writing is quietly winning some of it back.
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