Exploring bleeding edge experiments, oddities, new and bizarre dicoveries, and fact-checking conspiracy theories since 2008. No question is out of bounds and no topic is too strange for a deep dive.
# science
According to pundits and politicians, we live in a world where talent and reward go hand in hand. But basic statistics says that’s simply not possible.
# oddities
Wealthy investors and tycoons are joining the ranks of doomsday preppers, planning elaborate post-apocalypse compounds and bunkers, or dystopian power grabs.
# science
Researchers found that not only do those with money and power think they’re smarter, they’re likely to exaggerate their upward mobility.
# science
Wealth and power don’t just change how you live and your priorities. They also change how your mind works in disconcerting ways.
# politics
The problem with wealth inequality isn't that it exists, it's how easily the 1% are running up the score and how angry they are that they're not being uniformly worshipped.
# politics
You can make a lot of money and still feel like you're just barely getting by. It's all a matter of math and geography...