Is There Really a Map of Human Emotion?
Happiness and sadness seem like obvious opposites. Anger feels very different from sadness. Fear, somehow, can feel much closer to it. That…
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The Semiconductor Market 2026 Just Hit $425 Billion in a Quarter and AI Is Still Flooring the Accelerator
The semiconductor industry apparently looked at its previous records and decided they were merely suggestions. Global semiconductor revenue climbed past $425…
Why Reading May Matter More Than Ever in the Age of AI: A Takeaway from PISA 2025
Humanity has never had this much access to information. Almost any question can be answered within seconds. Search engines can find…
Why Do We Fear Different Things?
Put two people in a dark cemetery at midnight and you might get completely different reactions. One might happily walk…
Students Who Use AI Every Day May Be Falling Behind
For the past few years, the sales pitch around AI in education has been remarkably simple: give students better tools…
Are Stupid People Easier to Anger?
In a previous article about why some people are so much easier to anger than others, I briefly floated a slightly…
Why Are Some People So Much Easier to Anger Than Others?
Someone cuts you off in traffic. You think: Idiot. Then you keep driving. Someone else experiences the exact same event and immediately begins auditioning…
Mobile Gaming Is Shrinking in 2026. So Why Is the App Economy Still Growing?
For a long time, the economics of smartphone apps were fairly easy to understand. There were apps. And then there were games,…
Zuckerberg’s AI Manifesto: The Decentralization of Superintelligence
For most of the AI era, the loudest questions have been about intelligence. How smart will AI become? Will it surpass…
The Reputation Afterlife: Why Shameless Confidence Can Outlive Competence
Some people can spend an entire evening replaying a mildly awkward sentence they said seven years ago. They remember the…
Solid-State Batteries Explained: The Battery Revolution That Is Always “A Few Years Away”
For years, solid-state batteries have occupied a very comfortable position in the technology industry. They are close enough to appear…
Infinite vs. Finite Games: Are You Playing Life to Win or to Keep Playing?
It is a surprisingly common experience. We spend years believing that happiness waits behind the next achievement: a promotion, a…
The Seduction of Certainty: Cognitive Closure
Ask five people why a company is failing, and you may receive five different answers. The CEO is incompetent. The…
The Psychology of Doomscrolling: Why Your Brain Can’t Stop Scrolling
“I’ll just check my phone for a minute.” Thirty minutes later, you’ve somehow learned about a volcanic eruption, a celebrity…
The Psychology of Gacha: Why Humans Love Paying for Random Rewards
“It’s just one more pull.” Those five words have probably emptied more wallets than any luxury brand ever could. Of…
Workplace Burnout Is Not Just an Employee Problem. It Is a Business Problem.
In many workplaces, burnout does not officially exist. Employees may become exhausted, cynical, forgetful, emotionally numb, and increasingly unable to…
Gen Z Work Ethic: Why Young Workers Are Rejecting Corporate Culture
I know plenty of younger people who have little interest in the traditional corporate package: commuting every morning, sitting in…
Steam’s $11 Billion 2026 Revenue Reveals the Real Power of Old Games
The videogame industry is currently performing one of its favorite magic tricks: generating more money than ever while repeatedly insisting…
PC Shipments Slip in Q2 2026 as Component Costs Turn Up the Heat
The global PC market lost momentum in the second quarter of 2026, with shipments of desktops, notebooks, and workstations falling…
The End of Startup Fantasy: Unicorns, Unit Economics, and Other Imaginary Creatures
There was a time, not very long ago, when working at a startup sounded like joining the future before everyone…