Articles of Note

Do computers place us at the dawn of a new era in the study of culture? Probably. Will we learn something we don't already know? Probably not... more »

New Books

An orthodoxy has taken hold: Reading ? especially Shakespeare ? makes you healthier, stronger, kinder. Nice thought, but not necessarily true... more »

Essays & Opinions

Alain de Botton is a Twitter aphorist, a playful essayist, a self-promoter, a self-help guru. What he is not is a philosopher... more »