Progressives should care that the global population is set to fall
At the dawn of the Covid pandemic, I wrote a newsletter about the approaching virus that highlighted what I saw ...
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The life-or-death case for self-driving cars
I have some bad news: You are almost certainly a worse driver than you think you are. Humans drive distracted. ...
OpenAI’s nonprofit structure was supposed to protect you. What went wrong?
A version of this story originally appeared in the Future Perfect newsletter. Sign up here!Right now, OpenAI is something unique ...
Luigi Mangione and the long legacy of the Unabomber Manifesto
Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old accused of brazenly gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson turned celebrated vigilante, was indicted by a ...
Silicon Valley got Trump completely wrong
Last year, a coterie of tech billionaires rallied behind Donald Trump’s candidacy. Many had not been lifelong Republicans. In 2016, ...
Will the courts break up Google? The tech giant’s big problems, briefly explained.
Google just lost a huge antitrust case. A federal judge in Virginia ruled on Thursday that the search giant illegally ...
The everyday electronics that won’t survive Trump’s trade war
Less than six months ago, after an inappropriate amount of research, I bought a new toaster for $30. My old ...
The real argument artists should be making against AI
Every artist I know is furious. The illustrators, the novelists, the poets — all furious. These are people who have ...
In defense of cheap things
A version of this story originally appeared in the Future Perfect newsletter. Sign up here!We live in a consumerist society. ...
Why are car headlights so blindingly bright now?
Glaringly bright, blue-hued headlights filled my hatchback earlier this year as I drove 80 miles an hour on the highway ...
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