“But we’re at the beginning of a new technological era—and the easiest way to mismanage a technology is to misunderstand it.”
Search results
Posted inReading List
One Thing After Another: A Reading List for Lovers & Makers of Lists
Five stories celebrating the power and beauty of lists.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Elon Musk’s Shadow Rule
“How the U.S. government came to rely on the tech billionaire—and is now struggling to rein him in.”
Posted inCuration
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
In this edition: inside a cyberscam compound, behind bars but ahead of the times, up into the beyond, away from home, and under the night sky.
Posted inCuration
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Featuring stories by Jeannette Cooperman, Jackson Arn, Andrew Hui, Myriam Gurba, and Simon Hattenstone.
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Children Who Lost Limbs In Gaza
“More than a thousand children who were injured in the war are now amputees. What do their futures hold?”
Posted inEditor's Pick
Country Music’s Culture Wars and the Remaking of Nashville
“Tennessee’s government has turned hard red, but a new set of outlaw songwriters is challenging Music City’s conservative ways—and ruling bro-country sound.”
Posted inEditor's Pick
Is the Army’s New Tactical Bra Ready for Deployment?
“It’s fire-resistant but not bulletproof, and was developed with help from eighteen thousand female soldiers.”
Posted inReading List
Remember the Titans: An ‘Attack on Titan’ Reading List
The influential anime didn’t just upend kaiju tropes—it delivered an unsettling look at imperialism and hubris.
Posted inTop 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week we’re recommending stories by Andrew R. Chow, Jonathan Blake, Maurice Tamman, Laura Gottesdiener, and Stephen Eisenhammer, Drew Anderson, and Ben Buckland.
