Politics

The invented language more popular than Klingon

Esperanto is a language that was invented by a medical doctor in the 1880s, who desired to create a universal language to promote world peace.

How the Internet is making us all extremists

Let’s be clear: extremism doesn’t begin with a pulled trigger. It ends there. And the Internet, despite all the wonders it has done for the world, has probably been one of the best incubators for extremist thought.

Researchers think that they can predict criminals using facial features—here’s why it won’t work

More and more people are developing AIs that can catch and judge criminals. But is it actually as helpful or accurate as it looks?

The American political system is rigged against minorities

83% of the American Congress is white while only 62% of America’s population is white. The reason, I believe, is because of how the system was set up.