Social physics is an emerging (and ominous-sounding) discipline that wants to “connect the dots” of our data—but, ideally, as a force for good.
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Two new novels—Kenneth Calhoun’s Black Moon and Karen Russell’s Sleep Donation—depict epidemics of insomnia as apocalyptic nightmares, while revealing the true value of sleep: the chance to clear our heads and define our desires.
Anne Michaels’ Correspondences speaks to shared history and shared tragedy, but this fellowship is not always a welcome one.
What can Charlie Chaplin’s only novel—published in February for the first time ever—tell us about an icon whose legend has seemingly ossified?
On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the Rwandan Genocide, a Hutu from Burundi shares his story of surviving President Paul Kagame’s alleged secret war of vengeance, one obscured by the fight to overthrow Congo dictator Mobutu Sese Seko.
In Simon Doonan’s latest book, The Asylum, the Barney’s Creative Ambassador shares New York fashion gossip, from urine-drinking editors to amateur taxidermist photographers, and what makes for good fashion journalism: knowing the references.
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