“America’s most popular declining sport.”
Peter Rubin
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What’s Happening to Reading?
“For many people, A.I. may be bringing the age of traditional text to an end.”
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The World’s Hardest Bluffing Game
“Why are some Iraqis so good at figuring out when a person is lying?”
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The Blind Leading the Gamers
“Ross Minor lost his eyesight at 8 years old. Today, he’s a hardcore gamer who runs YouTube and Twitch channels and consults for big studios. This is not—necessarily—an inspirational story.”
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How I Learned to Become an Intimacy Coördinator
“At a sex-choreography workshop, a writer discovered a world of Instant Chemistry exercises, penis pouches, and nudity riders to train for Hollywood’s most controversial job.”
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Everyone Is Already Using AI (and Hiding It)
“We can say, ‘Do it in anime, make it PG-13.’ Three hours later, I’ll have the movie.”
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The Curse of Kenya’s Long-Distance Runners
“Kelvin Kiptum had the world at his feet. Then it all ended in an instant.”
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The Epic Rise and Fall of a Dark-Web Psychedelics Kingpin
“Interdimensional travel, sex with aliens, communion with God. Anything is possible with just a sprinkle of DMT. Akasha Song’s secret labs made millions of doses—and dollars—until the feds showed up.”
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Pirates of the Ayahuasca
“There have been times in my life when I wouldn’t have taken seriously the possibility that a South American psychedelic could help ease the horror of systems collapse.”