Cognition means thinking, but decades of research show the mind works less like a computer and more like biological wetware shaped by culture and experience.
By The Spotlight Desk · 4 min read
David Frum, a staff writer at The Atlantic and former Bush speechwriter, hosts a weekly podcast and has authored 10 books on U.S. politics.
By The Spotlight Desk · 2 min read
Susquehanna International Group is paying 2027 quant interns $8,600 a week plus free housing, roughly seven times the median U.S. weekly wage.
By The Spotlight Desk · 3 min read
Philadelphia 76ers confirm weeks of talks with LeBron James' agent Rich Paul, but Cleveland, Miami, Golden State and Minnesota remain firmly in the running.
By The Spotlight Desk · 3 min read
The Supreme Court struck down caps on coordinated party spending in a 6-3 ruling, restoring financial leverage that could reshape who makes it onto the ballot.
By The Spotlight Desk · 4 min read
A European fertility group wants international caps on sperm donor offspring, while AI researchers turn to 'world models' to teach machines about physical space.
By The Spotlight Desk · 3 min read
A University of Wisconsin psychologist argues the clipped way we command chatbots could bleed into human conversation and wear down social norms.
By The Spotlight Desk · 3 min read
Linguist Maryellen MacDonald studies how speaking sharpens the brain, and now asks whether the way we talk to AI is changing how we talk to people.
By The Spotlight Desk · 3 min read
Richard Fontaine, CEO of the Center for a New American Security, has spent years arguing that US competition with China is structural, not episodic.
By The Spotlight Desk · 3 min read
A closer look at the life-first founder framework, its operating logic, and where the case that lifestyle design produces better business outcomes holds up.
By The Spotlight Desk · 4 min read