Quillette

The Communication Revolution

Like the first iPhone, Gutenberg’s Bible opened up avenues of development that entrepreneurs have been exploiting ever since.

James Hannam

27 Sep 2023 · 10 min read

Art & Culture

Champlain Gives It Another Go

In the twelfth instalment of an ongoing Quillette series on the history of Canada, Greg Koabel describes France’s halting efforts to create a permanent Canadian settlement in the early 1600s.

Greg Koabel

27 Sep 2023 · 29 min read

‘Augie March’ Turns 70

An Interview with Saul Bellow’s biographer Zachary Leader.

Riley Moore

22 Sep 2023 · 12 min read

Strange New Sci Fi

If truth is the first casualty of war, then perhaps good fiction is the first tragedy of culture war.

Johnny Schmidt

21 Sep 2023 · 16 min read

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Old Model, New Tricks

On the 85th anniversary of his death, a look back at the legacy of Nikolai Kondratiev and its implications for the coming age of GenAI.

Elliot Leavy

26 Sep 2023 · 6 min read

Male or Female: There's Nothing In Between

Since the dawn of our species, the evolution of two distinct sexes has been fundamental to human reproduction. There is no such thing as a ‘sex spectrum.’