Robert Wright's Nonzero

The women who took on Trump ... Will progressives lose their anti-Trump mojo? ... Trump: Crazy or crazy like a fox? ... Will bullying the press backfire? ... If Trump breaks norms, should the media respond in kind? ... Inside the alt-right ...

Dale’s book What Is Buddhist Enlightenment? ... Why is Vipassana getting more press than Zen? ... What is distinctive about Zen? ... Dale’s meditation practice ... Using mindfulness for good—and evil ... A naturalistic conception of karma ... How Buddhism adapts to Western culture ...

Why James started a new spiritual community, Blue ... Coming-of-age in the Blue community ... Blue’s startup spirituality ... What’s a Blue service like? ... The future of Blue ...

How Mark got his start studying under Reinhold Niebuhr ... Using religion to justify violence ... The appeal of ISIS’s apocalyptic vision ... What Obama got right—and wrong—in his response to terrorism ... Will Trump’s war on terrorism lead to another 9/11? ... What would Reinhold Niebuhr say about religion and violence today? ... Reinhold Niebuhr’s Christian realism ...

Was Trumpism inevitable? ... How did Trump the sinner capture the evangelical vote? ... How immigration made and strained U.S. culture ... The moral polarization of America ... What makes America great? ... Do progressive vs. conservative fights need a referee? ...

Will Trump’s agenda stall in Congress? ... Can Trump become Mr. Popularity? ... How do you solve a problem like Obamacare? ... Where will DeVos take public education? ... The weirdness of the Trump-Russia thing ... Trump as symptom of a larger problem ...

How will U.S. foreign policy change in 2017? ... Hints about what’s to come from Trump’s cabinet picks ... "Mad Dog" Mattis, the realist? ... The puzzle of Steve Bannon ... Russia good, China bad? ... The apocalyptic visions that keep Bob and Jim up at night ...

John Paul's job working toward peace on Earth ... How curiosity and creativity can ease conflicts ... The risks of peace-making ... Is there hope for Syria? ... Religion’s role in fueling—and calming—violence ... John Paul's advice for cultivating moral imagination ...

Bob’s NY Times article on evolution and purpose ... Was evolution likely to produce the Internet? ... The counter-entropic role of life ... Is moral progress built into history? ... Social and political dimensions of moral progress ... The psychology of terrorism ... What can we do to fight tribalist impulses? ...

What is transhumanism? ... Is immortality possible? ... Using wormholes to resurrect the dead ... Could you rewind the universe? ... Transhumanism as a religion ... Why Giulio calls himself a theist ...