“Is reincarnation real? Is communication from the ‘beyond’ possible? A small set of academics are trying to find out, case by case.”
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He Thought He Knew Horses. Then He Learned to Really Listen.
“Warwick Schiller made his name as an expert trainer. An enigmatic little horse completely changed his outlook.”
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Rebuilding Myself After Brain Injury
“What does it mean to be a writer when my words have vanished?”
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How Do You Change a Chatbot’s Mind?
“When I set out to improve my tainted reputation with chatbots, I discovered a new world of A.I. manipulation.”
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They Asked an A.I. Chatbot Questions. The Answers Sent Them Spiraling.
“Generative A.I. chatbots are going down conspiratorial rabbit holes and endorsing wild, mystical belief systems. For some people, conversations with the technology can deeply distort reality.”
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Arundhati Roy on How to Survive in a “Culture of Fear”
“Those of us who’ve been very unsafe as children, we seek out the unsafe. We seek out the lack of security, and if you have security, you blow it up.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Notable stories on chasing manhood, naming Gaza’s dead, searching the stacks for a rare book, leaving music behind, and opting out.
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What Happened to Cameron Crowe? He Has Answers.
“Life is the best writer, and sometimes you have to let life show you a little bit of what that is.”
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Friction: A Reading List on Why Inconvenience Can Be Meaningful
Five stories that explore the risks and rewards of life’s little hurdles.
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Why Is Florida Executing So Many Prisoners?
“In most of the country, executions are a thing of the past. But one state has been carrying them out at a record pace.”
