Opinion & Analysis LONG READ
Reading in an Age of Distraction
We read more words than any generation in history and finish fewer of them whole. A reflection on what deep reading gives…
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Opinion & Analysis LONG READ
Why Attention Is the Scarce Resource of the Age
Information became abundant and free; the thing it consumes did not. Understanding attention as the genuinely scarce resource explains more about the…
Opinion & Analysis LONG READ
On the Limits of Prediction and Forecasting
We are surrounded by confident forecasts and have learned almost nothing about which ones to believe. A case for treating uncertainty as…