Culture

A black and white image split into two sections: a half globe on the left and a crowd of people on the right, with the text "More Humans Are Better" in the center and the number 3 in the top right corner.
The Techno-Humanist Manifesto
The overlooked virtues of a crowded world
In a world of rising cynicism, a celebration of our capacity to create, adapt, and thrive.
Jason Crawford
A graphic titled "Humanity vs. Nature" showing a human evolutionary timeline, biocentrism, ecocentrism, and ethos depictions of nature, including a tree, a bird, and marine life.
The Techno-Humanist Manifesto
Why harmony with nature is a myth
Slowing growth and limiting development isn’t living in harmony with nature—it is surrendering in a battle.
Jason Crawford
Abstract digital collage featuring a hand holding a smartphone, the logo of The Onion, binary code, and a webpage against a green and blue background.
Entertainment
How the internet changed news, according to The Onion
Freethink spoke to Onion staffers about parodying news from the print era into the digital age.
Tim Brinkhof and Stephen Johnson
Series| Crossing the Divide
Crossing the Divide trailer
Building Community
How skate punks are ushering in a new era of freedom in myanmar
Building Community
Skatepunks of Myanmar
Urban Living
5 fascinating ways humans are adapting to cities
Building Community
The untold story of Rio’s largest favela
Building Community
The hidden side of "slum" life
Building Community
Teaser of 'The hidden side of slum life'
Failing
3 times our brightest minds made bad predictions
Series| Wrong
We’re all gonna starve!
Series| Coded
How an exiled cryptographer is protecting journalists in his native Ethiopia