Essay/ Politics & Government Everyday politics Imperial Chinese conscription shows how ordinary people exercise influential political skills, even in a repressive state Michael Szonyi
Idea/ Childhood & Adolescence How New York’s wealthy parents try to raise ‘unentitled’ kids Rachel Sherman
Idea/ Meaning & the Good Life How Schopenhauer’s thought can illuminate a midlife crisis Kieran Setiya
Essay/ Politics & Government The bloodstained leveller Throughout history, plagues and wars have left greater equality in their wake. Can we get there again without violence? Walter Scheidel
Idea/ Economics Conspicuous consumption is over. It’s all about intangibles now Elizabeth Currid-Halkett
Essay/ Personality First impressions count A judgment of competence is made in a tenth of a second on the basis of facial features. Thus political decisions are made Alexander Todorov
Idea/ Computing & Artificial Intelligence Quantum cryptography is unbreakable. So is human ingenuity Joshua Holden
Essay/ History The Masada mystery Have archaeologists proven the ancient tale of mass suicide in the Judaean desert or twisted science for political end? Eric H Cline
Idea/ Meaning & the Good Life Why the simple life is not just beautiful, it’s necessary Emrys Westacott
Essay/ Childhood & Adolescence The end of adolescence In the 20th century it offered a bridge from the innocence of childhood to the responsibilities of adult life. Not any more Paula S Fass
Idea/ Fertility, Pregnancy & Childbirth Can surrogacy ever escape the taint of global exploitation? Katharine Dow
Idea/ Politics & Government The right to vote should be restricted to those with knowledge Jason Brennan
Idea/ Ecology & Environmental Sciences Why we must keep the fires of the magical firefly burning Sara Lewis
Essay/ History of Science Hazard lines The Fukushima disaster shows why the line between high and low risk is individual. Can we learn to manage our own safety? Timothy Jorgensen
Idea/ Stories & Literature How philosophy came to disdain the wisdom of oral cultures Justin E H Smith
Idea/ Political Philosophy How free market ideology perverts the vocabulary of democracy Jason Stanley