The Man Who Changed 8 Billion People’s DNA—Without Having Children
How one failed painter rearranged the genetic lottery for hundreds of millions of people—without passing on a single gene of his own.
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Essays
Deep dives into ideas that are easy to miss and hard to stop thinking about.
The Universe Is Not a Coffee Mug
On causality, infinite regress, and the strange possibility that existence may not require a reason at all.
Read essayBritishers Ruled Two-Thirds of the World. Do They Still?
The flags changed. The children didn’t. And where children weren’t enough, the laws, language, and institutions finished the job.
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