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Second Thought: The Playboy Mansion of Nerds
Plus: Sydney Sweeney gives her best performance yet. Your future robot servant. And more!
Suzy Weiss
Two Drinks with . . . ‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli
He was called ‘the most hated man in America’. He spent four years in prison, and months under house arrest. But now he’s free, in love, and drinking…
Suzy Weiss
Is Trump Getting Played by Xi?
If so, America’s agrarian past may be its future.
Matt Pottinger
We Are the Slop
They say my generation is wasting our lives watching mindless entertainment. But it’s worse than that: We’re not just consuming slop—we’re turning our…
Freya India
Is the Internet Too Fragile?
After the AWS outage, Mehdi Daoudi, the CEO of internet performance monitoring company Catchpoint, says that we need to start taking the risks of our…
Tanner Nau
Ancient Wisdom: A Middle Digit to the Digital Age
Why do I have to put up with all these computer shortcuts, which usually turn out to be longcuts? Now in my late 80s, time is running out, and I have no…
Joseph Epstein
Things Worth Remembering: How to Save All the Lonely People
In 1996, David Foster Wallace tried to explain how technology could destroy us. No one paid attention. But he was right.
Ted Gioia
My Favorite Actress Is Not Human
Tilly Norwood doesn’t need a hairstylist, has no regrettable posts, and if you wish to see a virgin on-screen, this is one of your better chances…
Tyler Cowen
Suzy Weiss: Is It Time to Go Internet Sober?
I went to an Internet and Technology Addicts Anonymous meeting. Here’s what I learned.
Suzy Weiss
Why Gen Z Hates Work
When you spend hours each day watching influencers get rich without much effort, you forget what it takes to succeed in this world.
Maya Sulkin
A TikTok Deal? Don’t Count On It.
On Monday, the U.S. announced the ‘framework’ of a TikTok deal with China. Does that mean a deal is actually on the way? Or is it just another head…
Joe Nocera
How the West Lost Its Soul
We’ve abandoned the founding religious story that has sustained us for 1,500 years. The result is the greatest age of abundance we’ve ever known—and a…
Paul Kingsnorth
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