Working in both the child welfare system and a homeless shelter, Kelly Kolberg got an up-close look at the difficulties facing children who age out of the foster care system. “I started seeing our ...

Language is the foundation of business, culture, and consciousness. But AI isn’t just using our words—it’s reshaping them. Quietly, subtly, it’s dismantling the architecture of thought by eroding what ...

You’re reading Open Questions, Joshua Rothman’s weekly column exploring what it means to be human. This summer, I reread the novel “Aurora,” by Kim Stanley Robinson, a science-fiction writer whom I ...

"Have you seen the bubble room?" I stood in that spectacular corner of the high-rise building with an impressive view of the city below. I took pictures to remember the place. But as I walked away, I ...

Source: Shannon Nicholson/Used With Permission Consider, trauma isn’t just a memory—it’s also a physiological loop. This might be a new way to think about trauma for you. Experiences don't live just ...