Recent editors’ picks
Inside the Shaolin Monastery that Helped Build Victor Wembanyama
“This is the story of how 34 generations of Shaolin warrior history trained a once-in-a-generation NBA superstar.”
The Wrong Stalker
“He was locked up for a dangerous infatuation. Nothing was as it seemed.”
I’m a Normie. Can Normies Really Vibe Code?
“Apparently anyone can vibe code anything these days. So Claude and I tried to make a database for tracking the petty grievances of the masses.”
Are We There Yet?
“A family trips and stumbles across 3,000 miles of Texas.”
The Prehistory of A.I. Slop
“Before ChatGPT, there was the Plot Robot, Auto-Beatnik, and a century’s worth of schemes for automating authorship.”
Strangers Rent My Home, Sleep in My Bed, Play My Guitar
“Is it suffering? Is it just a sign of the times?”
Traversing the Mahjong Multiverse
“As mahjong grows in popularity, can the diverging fanbases come together?”
Roadside Attraction
“The desert has a changeling effect, transforming lights into magic, desert into space, visitors into lovers, me into something apart from what I actually am.”
I Spent Months with an AI Companion. It Was Worse than Being Alone
“I hated the mindless reassurance and generic empathy.”
