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What Broke the Age of Cheap Prices?
https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/what-broke-the-age-of-cheap-prices/
Published: January 12, 2026 10:55
An award-winning Berkeley economist unpacks America’s post-COVID hangover and what Donald Trump’s dizzying tariff policies might mean for our wallets.
Our Obsession with Hypocrisy Is Making Things Worse
https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/our-obsession-with-hypocrisy-is-making-things-worse/
Published: January 8, 2026 10:55
In an era of callouts and gotchas, endlessly hunting out contradictions distorts the problems we’re trying to solve.
Formless, Faceless, Directionless: Earthworms Defy Architectural Logic
https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/why-earthworms-defy-architectural-logic/
Published: January 5, 2026 10:55
When a critter has no discernible front or back and is blind to shape, it unsettles our grasp of form and function.
How James Garfield’s Assassination Gave Birth to the American News Cycle
Published: December 29, 2025 10:55
For 79 days, the nation devoured every telegraphed bulletin on the president’s slow decline, laying the groundwork for the compulsive media habits we have today.
Susan Sontag: A Critic at the Crossroads of Culture
https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/susan-sontag-a-critic-at-the-crossroads-of-culture/
Published: December 23, 2025 10:55
The New York avant-gardist deftly navigated two intellectual worlds, somehow evading just about every label along the way.
Genetic Ancestry Doesn’t Tell Your Whole Story
https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/dna-and-its-discontents/
Published: December 18, 2025 10:55
If you’re looking for your genetic origin story, your DNA will only take you so far.
Chasing the Mirage of “Ethical” AI
https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/chasing-the-mirage-of-ethical-ai/
Published: December 15, 2025 10:55
Isaac Asimov’s “Handbook of Robotics” imagined simple rules for machine morality. But reality is a maze of contradictions, biases, and blind spots.
How Coca-Cola’s Calories-Out Myth Backfired Spectacularly
https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/how-coca-colas-calories-out-myth-backfired-spectacularly/
Published: December 11, 2025 10:55
The soda giant astroturfed a campaign meant to shift blame from sugar to sedentary lifestyles. Instead, it sparked a PR nightmare.
20 Japanese Words for Rain
https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/20-japanese-words-for-rain/
Published: December 8, 2025 10:55
Turning picture and prose into a poignant meditation on nature’s impermanence.
Frank Gehry and the Art of Drawing
https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/frank-gehry-and-the-art-of-drawing/
Published: December 6, 2025 10:46
Frank Gehry’s sketches stand in a long artistic lineage, reminding us that architecture often begins where drawing outruns every other tool.