Bookmarks (1141)

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    The AI Mona Lisa Explains Everything

    Depending on how you look at it, generative AI is either astonishingly powerful or totally pointless.

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    Phones at School Are a Disaster

    Smartphones impede learning, stunt relationships, and lessen belonging.

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    Sterilizing Cats, No Surgery Required

    A single shot might someday replace spaying as a tool for cat-population control.

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    Chris Christie Isn’t Here to Make Friends

    The former New Jersey governor is entering the Republican primary raring for a fight, but voters...

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    One More Screen for Your Face

    Apple has unveiled its vision for a world beyond the iPhone. Are things any different?

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    The Secret Presidential-Campaign Dress Code

    As candidates descend on Iowa and other early-voting states, the “everyman” cosplay picks up.

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    Welcome to a World Without Endings

    Thanks to AI, every painting can now have an expanded border, every minor character a ChatGPT-written...

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    Poland Is Not Ready to Accept a New McCarthyism

    On Sunday, half a million Poles marched to defend the country’s democracy against a ruling party...

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    A Love That Can Be at Once Platonic and Romantic

    In Past Lives, distance and quiet are key to understanding a soaring intimacy.

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    The Murder Rate Is Suddenly Falling

    The first five months of 2023 have produced an encouraging overall trend for the first time...

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    No One Knows What ‘Race Neutral’ Admissions Looks Like

    How should colleges and universities replace affirmative action if the Supreme Court does indeed strike it...

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    Get Rid of the Debt Ceiling Once and for All

    Regularly putting the entire economy at risk is in no way “fiscally responsible.”

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    In Defense of Humanity

    We need a cultural and philosophical movement to meet the rise of artificial superintelligence.

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    Six Books That Feel Like Puzzles

    These titles represent an eclectic mix of various styles and moods, but any one of them...

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    What Do We Owe Our Friends?

    A culture that prioritizes romance and family relationships can push people to undermine their friendships.

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    The Arab Spring Is in Its Death Spiral. Does the West Still Care?

    Tunisia was the best case, Sudan the last hope, Syria the bloodiest of all: The countries...

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    The Novelist Who Truly Understood the South

    A new collection of Charles Portis’s work makes the case for his place in the American...

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    How Parking Ruined Everything

    America has paid a steep price for devoting too much space to storing cars.

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    Ron DeSantis’s Joyless Ride

    The ultimate performative politician doesn’t seem to enjoy the in-person performance of politics.

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    Wild, Wondrous Food Findings

    Atlantic writers have challenged conventional food wisdom time and time again.

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    A New Cold War Could Be Much Worse Than the One We Remember

    China is a more formidable adversary than the Soviet Union ever was, and the world is...

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    What People Misunderstand About NIMBYs

    Asking a neighborhood or municipality to bear the responsibility for a housing crisis is asking for...

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    A Spidey Sense We Haven’t Seen Before

    In Across the Spider-Verse, even more thrilling than the dazzling visuals is the hero’s bold psychological...

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    AI Doomerism Is a Decoy

    Big Tech’s warnings about an AI apocalypse are distracting us from years of actual harms their...

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    The Labor-Shortage Myth

    Things are finally looking up for the American worker. Why does the government see that as...

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    A Tragically American Approach to the Child-Care Crisis

    The U.S. is returning to a tired old playbook: If at first you fail to make...

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    Inside the Meltdown at CNN

    CEO Chris Licht felt he was on a mission to restore the network’s reputation for serious...

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    The Key to America’s Victory in the Second World War

    Ernie Pyle understood that the war would be won, or lost, in the realm of steel,...

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    Why Putin’s Secret Weapon Failed

    Russia’s gambit to deter support for Ukraine by restricting energy supplies flopped—thanks to concerted action by...

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    Photos of the Week: Bull Vault, Buddha Wash, Bass Guitar

    A diving championship in England, Darth Vader on trial in Chile, Manhattanhenge in New York City,...

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    The Problem With Comparing Social Media to Big Tobacco

    The surgeon general issued a warning about social media’s impact on teens. What do we know...

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    What Trump’s Recording Could Reveal

    The reported existence of a tape says something important about how the former president operates.

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    The Filmmaker Who Knows What’s Wrong With Your Relationships

    To Nicole Holofcener, the writer-director of You Hurt My Feelings, every partnership is about figuring out...

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    Lordy, There Are Tapes

    Trump’s fear of damaging press was so much greater than his fear of criminal accountability that...

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    They Still Love Him

    Trump may be unpopular nationally, but within his own party, the devotion has not subsided.

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    Seven Tips From Susan Sontag for Independent Thinking

    What would the intellectual powerhouse think about our culture of groupthink and self-righteousness?