Thoughts unfit for contemporary survival
From the steam engine to the printing press, from Bletchley Park to Geneva: a conversation with Swiss ambassador Thomas Schneider on regulating AI by context, building trust, and hosting a global summit where the host sets the agenda
Film festivals were invented as propaganda, not out of love for cinema. Ehsan Khoshbakht, curator of Locarno's retrospective on the Hollywood blacklist, on how a small lie becomes a spectacle — and why nobody involved was actually paranoid.
Trump probably has mental health problems. But diagnosing him misses the point — and may do more harm than good. The real issue was always visible: not a clinical condition, but a character that was never fit for power.
Should voting be as easy as ordering pizza? E-voting promises convenience and higher turnout. But paper ballots offer transparency anyone can understand. Sometimes friction isn’t a bug—it’s a feature.
