The science behind dogmatic thinking, photographing miracles, mapping human migration and more in #TheEdit.

• The Ideological Brain: what drives us to political extremes? Neuroscientist Leor Zmigrod takes a compelling look at the biological and environmental factors that foster dogma and intolerance – Financial Times
• To understand global migration, you have to see it first. New estimates based on location data from Meta reveal a picture of humanity in motion – The New York Times
• The miraculous fate of a photographer of miracles. Kate Friend set out to make a series about the places where the Virgin Mary is said to have appeared. Her pilgrimage took a curious turn – New Yorker
• How people are really using Gen AI in 2025. With custom GPTs (AI tailored for narrower sets of requirements), how are people using AI today? – Harvard Business Review
• Justin Vernon – Being Bon Iver. A sweet and searching conversation between Krista Tippett and the man behind Bon Iver, full of wisdom and revelation. He experiences deeply, metabolises creatively and keeps growing – On Being
• Equanimity; it’s not stillness, it is a mobility of the mind. To grasp the power of this lauded quality, think of it less as a mountain than as a flexible, even playful way of seeing – Psyche
• What are tariffs? Why do they exist, how do they change business, and can they rewire a global business model? – The Beautiful Truth