Keen On America
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Turning writing into a habit that lasts: Bec Evans on how to start and finish books and why binge writing isn't a bad habit
Jan 7, 202429 min
Why all crises of capitalism are caused by moral failures: Colin Mayer on the social responsibility of business in every industry, from oil to tobacco to genetic engineering and AI
Jan 7, 202445 min
That Will Be The Year: Keith Teare predicts the major political, economic and technological developments for 2024
Jan 6, 202437 min
How to learn to tell the truth about ourselves: Dr .Annie Zimmerman explains how therapy can allow us to break free from old patterns and transform our lives
Jan 6, 202431 min
The Illusion of More: David Newhoff explains why we don't need GenerativeAI to make good art
Jan 5, 202434 min
Eyeless in Digital Gaza: Eryk Salvaggio sifts through the debris of our AI age in which we can no longer trust anything we see
Jan 5, 202441 min
What it's like to be a Russian these days: Marzio G. Mian ventures behind the new Iron Curtain to find caviar, counterculture and a reborn cult of Stalin
Jan 5, 202442 min
Why Impeachment remains an Indelible Stain on the Presidencies of Nixon, Clinton and Trump: Michael J. Gerhardt's guide for engaged citizens to the the law of Presidential impeachment
Jan 4, 202438 min
How to break out of the tyranny of the travel search box: Rafat Ali on the impact of AI on the travel industry
Jan 4, 202439 min
Why OpenAI has an Uber problem
Jan 4, 202448 min
Why OpenAI has an Uber problem: Tim O'Reilly explains how all successful companies depend on successful ecosystems
Jan 4, 202448 min
A former mobster's history of organized crime in America
Jan 3, 202448 min
A former mobster reveals the history of organized crime in America: Louis Ferrante charts the meteoric rise of the Mafia from 1860s Sicily to 1960s America
Jan 2, 202448 min
We've Been Here Before: Alix Olson and Alex Zamalin offer both radically new and historically trusted strategies for resisting neo-liberalism
Jan 2, 202448 min
On our nostalgia for vinyl records and authoritative political leaders
Jan 2, 202436 min
Why predicting the future of tech is for fools: Keith Teare looks back at 2023 and gives some hints as to what might happen in 2024
Dec 29, 202339 min
Digging into the crate of Roman history: Hari Kunzru on our nostalgia for vinyl records and the reappearance of ethnic nationalism in Italy
Dec 29, 202336 min
How everyone, even Benjamin Netanyahu, has a soul: Noa Yedlin explains why literary humor isn't a funny thing and imagines the kind of character Netanyahu might be in a novel
Dec 28, 202348 min
Why bankers represents both the Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde of American capitalism: Gerard Epstein on how to bust the bankers' club and create a more equitable financial system for the rest of us
Dec 27, 202344 min
Against the chronic short-termism that undermines how we think about money and value: Charles Crowson explains why time really matters in economics
Dec 27, 202334 min
Why 2023 was the year in which we finally got to converse with AI: Kevin Surace explains why creative artists must master AI technology in 2024
Dec 26, 202339 min
The KEEN ON 2023 Fiction Awards: Bethanne Patrick's six favorite novels of the year
Dec 20, 202325 min
In Defense of Henry Kissinger's "pragmatic realism": Charles Kupchan critiques the illusional idealism that he believes has undermined American foreign policy over the last decade
Dec 19, 202338 min
Why the 21st Century will be the Asian Century: Kishore Mahbubani on the end of Western domination and the rise of Asian societies, economies and philosophies
Dec 19, 202341 min
International anarchy, murderous crime lords and the 21st century nation-state: Miles Johnson explains how the violence of today's international criminal gangs mirror the authoritarian politics of our age
Dec 18, 202334 min
How AI can fix the future of healthcare, education and climate: Mark Minevich imagines a planet positively powered by AI
Dec 17, 202342 min
Among the Criminal Bros: Max Marshall on a Fraternity crime story that reflects the rigged system of money and power in 21st century America
Dec 16, 202337 min
The victory of the gut over reason: Kevin Casas-Zamora worries about the fragile state of democracy around the world in 2023
Dec 16, 202341 min
On the Dire State of the Free Press in 2024: Andy Lee Roth explains how "solutions journalism" offers a more truthful alternative to corporate owned media in America today
Dec 15, 202342 min
Why AI will radically disrupt traditional internet search engines: Keith Teare on Google, OPenAI and the crisis of online search economics
Dec 15, 202329 min
How collaborating on #CrimeTime strengthened this couple's marriage: Jeneva Rose and Drew Pyne discuss their TikTok driven crime mystery based on an actual robbery in their Chicago apartment building
Dec 15, 202336 min
Is there really rampant anti-semitism at elite American universities like Columbia? Shai Davidai on what these universities should be doing to confront anti-semitism and foster a two-state peace between Israelis and Palestinians
Dec 14, 202342 min
The 19th century American explorer who exposed the brutality of the Russian imperial system: Gregory Wallance on the original George Kennan and his epic journey through the frozen heart of Russia
Dec 13, 202333 min
Wall Street's Assault on Democracy: Georges Ugeux explains how today's financial markets exacerbate inequalities, create unsustainable government debt and foment authoritarianism
Dec 13, 202331 min
Getting to Know Ella Fitzgerald Through Her Music: Judith Tick on the canonical jazz singer who transformed both American song and culture
Dec 13, 202334 min
Five of the Non-Fictional Best: Bethanne Patrick picks her favorite non-fiction books for 2023
Dec 12, 202336 min
How Not To Age: Dr Michael Greger offers a simple dietary approach to getting healthier as we get older
Dec 11, 202336 min
Why it's time stop declaring war on everything: David Keen on the "Wreckonomics" of how we now find ourselves locked into so many failed economic, environmental and political policies
Dec 11, 202340 min
How our brains mirror the history of human evolution: Min W. Jung on the neuroscience of imagination and abstract thinking
Dec 11, 202339 min
A Return to Normal Abnormality in Silicon Valley: Keith Teare on why even some of the most highly capitalized AI start-ups are now running out of runway and will not survive
Dec 10, 202333 min
In Praise of Ineffective Altruism: Amy Schiller on how philanthropy went wrong and how to fix it
Dec 9, 202333 min
Should we let go of Philip Roth? Hannah Gold gets into Roth's mind, his hands and his followers
Dec 9, 202336 min
In Defense of Trash Talk: Rafi Kohan on Muhammed Ali, Babe Ruth, Michael Jordan, Elon Musk and why talking smack is as old as the Bible
Dec 8, 202338 min
Why even the smartest machine vision won't eliminate bias: Jill Walker Rettberg on how algorithms are changing the way we see and are seen by the world
Dec 7, 202337 min
When Language Was Up For Grabs: Ben Lerner warns against falling in love once again with the promise of digital technology to democratize language
Dec 6, 202340 min
The First Neo-Liberal or the Last Conservative? Jennifer Burns on Milton Friedman, the most controversial American economist of the 20th century
Nov 29, 202344 min
Why American humor isn't really being cancelled by the woke police: Kliph Nesteroff's history of showbiz and its perennial culture wars
Nov 28, 202335 min
Why all great geniuses are also rebels: Bulent Atalay on how Shakespeare, Da Vinci, Newton, Beethoven and Einstein all shared similarly transgressive minds
Nov 28, 202333 min
The Closing of the American Conservative Mind: Peter Wehner on the nihilism of the evangelical right in America today
Nov 28, 202346 min
We live our lives in small details: Lauren Grodstein on why she changed her mind about writing a novel about the Holocaust
Nov 27, 202332 min