“They’re a little eccentric” is a phrase I suspect most of us have heard used to describe a certain kind of memorable person. For me, it evokes my childhood dentist — an elderly man who favored colorful bow ties and humming loudly as he worked, and who once wagged his finger in my face and […]
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‘We Have a Deep Hatred of Taking Food Seriously’: An Interview with Alicia Kennedy
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A Coder Considers the Waning Days of the Craft
“So maybe the thing to teach isn’t a skill but a spirit.”
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Tailing a robotaxi for hours and hours is weird. And revelatory. And jealousy-inducing. But a driverless world is coming for all of us. So close the door and buckle up.
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The Man Who Thinks He Can Live Forever
“The goal is to get his 46-year-old organs to look and act like 18-year-old organs.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week we have stories from David Roth, Dhruv Mehrotra and Andy Greenberg, Thomas Dai, Cameron Maynard, and Katherine Rundell.
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There Is No A.I.
“But we’re at the beginning of a new technological era—and the easiest way to mismanage a technology is to misunderstand it.”
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Weighing Big Tech’s Promise to Black America
“Floyd’s killing sparked widespread protests in the streets and calls for racial justice in Fortune 500 boardrooms. But while corporate America’s official responses often felt like crisis PR disguised as philanthropy, Netflix’s approach stood out.”
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Confessions of a Viral AI Writer
“Despite my success with AI-generated stories, I’m not sure they are good for writers—or writing itself.”
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The Butterfly Redemption
“For the women who raised them, it’s surprisingly hard to let go.”
