“Civilization does not advance through new energies or new machines alone. It advances when symbolic systems cross a threshold—when they become simple enough to spread, strong enough to endure, and flexible enough to…

“Near Abilene and Amarillo, where wind turbines stretch across the plains like rows of white tuning forks, Alphabet/Google has built new facilities designed to inhale vast amounts of renewable power directly from the…

“Inside this quiet masterpiece lies a peculiar literary Russian doll: the reference to another, entirely imaginary book, called The Infinite Mistake. Its title alone sounds like the punchline to philosophy’s longest joke. The…