~aeon | Bookmarks (102)

Evolution isn’t linear and it doesn’t have a masterplan – a microbiologist explains the role of randomness in the process - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

In order to make headway on knotty metaphysical problems, philosophers should look to the methods used by scientists - by Nina Emery Read at Aeon

‘We can make beautiful things, even in a place like Guantánamo’: how Moath al-Alwi preserves his humanity in prison - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

For Indians to be truly free, Gandhi argued they must take up traditional crafts. Was it a quixotic hope or inspired solution? - by Benjamin Studebaker Read at Aeon

Members of a Japanese religious movement carve out happy lives in small-town Colorado in this short documentary - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

For those who hear voices, the ‘broken brain’ explanation is harmful. Psychiatry must embrace new meaning-making frameworks - by Justin Garson Read at Aeon

The brilliant Trinidadian thinker is remembered as an admirer of the US but he also warned of its dark political future - by Harvey Neptune Read at Aeon

This is what an old lesbian looks like: the huge, joyful project capturing queer elder women’s stories before they’re lost - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

The tide has turned – evidence shows ordinary citizens in the Western world are now richer and more equal than ever before - by Daniel Waldenström Read at Aeon

A close look at the exquisite work of a master luthier as he transforms pieces of wood into a world-class cello in six months - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

It’s not just the planet and not just our health – the impact of a warming climate extends deep into our cortical fissures - by Clayton Page Aldern Read at Aeon

A year at a public school in rural Indiana chronicles how community and education intersect in the American Midwest - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

Modernists and historians alike loathed the millions of new houses built in interwar Britain. But their owners loved them - by Michael Gilson Read at Aeon

For John Rawls, liberalism was more than a political project: it is the best way to fashion a life that is worthy of happiness - by Alexandre Lefebvre Read at Aeon

In a transfixing melding of art and science, a pianist improvises to a star system’s ‘unusually harmonious’ ratios and rhythms - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

Generative AI has lately set off public euphoria: the machines have learned to think! But just how intelligent is AI? - by Deepak P Read at Aeon

Two personal perspectives and the views of world religions on the moral considerations of conceiving one child to save another - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

If human knowledge can disappear so easily, why have so many cultural practices survived without written records? - by Helena Miton Read at Aeon

Experimenting with Japan’s tree surplus, two artists create crayons to help cultivate a closer relationship with forests - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

For far too long, medicine has ignored the valuable insights that patients have into their own diseases. It is time to listen - by Charlotte Blease & Joanne Hunt Read at Aeon

The stunningly complex behaviour of plants has led to a new way of thinking about our world: plant philosophy - by Stella Sandford Read at Aeon

Are those who ponder existence far ahead, or far behind? A search for meaning and purpose in the novel ‘The Moviegoer’ - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

What makes touch on some parts of the body erotic but not others? Cutting-edge biologists are arriving at new answers - by David J Linden Read at Aeon

After violence erupts on the streets of Milwaukee, musicians perform as an act of healing and a protest against hopelessness - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon