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Stop Striving and Have a Baby
Growing up rich in Manhattan, I was taught that becoming a parent meant your life was over. My baby daughter has taught me something else.
Nicholas Clairmont
Could You Live Without a Computer? I Can.
I no longer feel distracted, manipulated, or judged. I’m not living in the digital realm anymore. These days, my real life is all I have.
August Lamm
What Makes Europe Better than America?
We’re wealthier. They’re healthier. But who’s the winner?
Chris Arnade
When Owning a House Is a Fantasy
‘In the pantheon of bad choices, the attempt to build my own house towers above all others. I have lost money in LA real estate, which practically…
Meghan Daum
Will You Be a Dancing Monkey in the Age of AI?
The big AI question is not whether it will make us feel stupid. It is whether it will make us more competent in managing the lunatic carnival that is…
Martin Gurri
Tyler Cowen: Why I (Often) Choose My Phone Instead of Flesh and Blood
Admonishments against the online world miss why it is profoundly human: Without the internet, I would not know most of the people I learn from the most.
Tyler Cowen
Tyler Cowen: Why I’m Joining The Free Press
It is precisely because this start-up can fail that the people here work harder, and likely smarter, than the competition.
Tyler Cowen
What 23andMe Told America About Itself
The disintegration of the DNA-testing company is not just the collapse of a business. It’s the collapse of a culture obsessed with identity.
Kat Rosenfield
Right Young Things: A Night Out with the MAGA Kids
I went to the Trump Tower party for young, single conservatives. Here’s what I overheard.
Maya Sulkin
WATCH: The Future of Money with Brian Armstrong
Bari Weiss
1HR 9M
The Rule of Law After the Vibe Shift
Can Trump make America great again by executive order? Or is he trashing the Constitution?
Charles Lane
The Prophet of Trump’s Second Term
Today’s political vocabulary—ruling class, Deep State, uniparty—comes from Angelo Codevilla’s pen. His students are now enacting his vision in…
Matthew Continetti
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