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Is There Life After Smartphones?
“This year, I set out to better understand what was driving this shift — what was causing so many young people to feel fed up with their phones.”
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Forget the A.I. Apocalypse. Memes Have Already Nuked Our Culture.
“From our jokes and slang to the White House’s policy messaging, internet ‘brain rot’ has escaped our phones to take over … well, everything.”
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‘Their Power Feels Like Mine’: A Dog Sled Racer Says Goodbye to Her Pack
“After years of racing, I wanted to take my sled dogs back into the wilderness.”
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Why Does A.I. Write Like … That?
“If only they were robotic! Instead, chatbots have developed a distinctive—and grating—voice.”
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How to Make Art Out of Confederate Monuments
“A new show featuring decommissioned statues forces a reckoning with American history at a moment when Donald Trump is trying to stop just that.”
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Can Andre Agassi Enjoy Pickleball More Than He Hated Tennis?
“After years of relative quiet, the public is meeting ‘Andre 2.0’ — a pickleball booster, an open book and a guy eager to build a less tortured relationship with competition.”
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Does Luck Exist?
“Lee John Whittington, a philosopher of luck, didn’t think ‘unluckiness’ was a quality people had. Then he met his wife.”
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What I Found on the 365-Mile Trail of a Lost Folk Hero
“The Old Leatherman, a sort of real-life Northeastern Sasquatch, gave me an excuse to step outside my own life.”
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George Saunders Says Ditching These Three Delusions Can Save You
“He’s as flawed a human being as anyone else, one who’s still wrestling with questions about how best to move through life with a modicum of grace and compassion.”
