Recent articles
May 22, 2026
How Dropout Cracked Internet Comedy
Sam Reich on building “better internet” and not “worse Netflix”
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May 15, 2026
What’s the AI Endgame?
Chris Hayes on anxiety, automation, and how to emotionally survive the AI boom
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May 14, 2026
Too Much Is Happening Too Fast
The AI boom is meant to overwhelm you.
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May 8, 2026
Flipping Off Phones
Why more people are trading in their smartphones for dumb ones
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May 1, 2026
Did a Human Write This?
The tool that knows if you used ChatGPT
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April 24, 2026
How Short-Form Clips Took Over the Internet
You’re not watching the show. You’re watching the clips.
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April 17, 2026
Breaking Free From Alex Jones
A former Infowars employee on radicalization, lies, and getting out
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April 10, 2026
How Fake People Became Real Influencers
AI avatars are redefining influence and trust online.
www.theatlantic.com
April 7, 2026
An Incredibly Weird Time to Be Alive
The world witnessed the best and worst of humanity in a single week.
www.theatlantic.com
April 3, 2026
Is AI Going to Turn Us All Into Middle Managers?
What AI is actually doing to the workforce
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March 27, 2026
What Is Twitter’s Legacy, 20 Years Later?
An early Twitter exec reckons with the monster he helped create.
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March 20, 2026
How AI Is Reshaping the Battlefield
Anthropic, the Pentagon, and the question of AI use in the military
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March 18, 2026
A Disturbing New Low in the Polymarket Era
Maybe turning war into a casino was a bad idea?
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March 14, 2026
Awareing Ourselves to Death
Doomscrolling is over. Now, everyone is “monitoring the situation.”
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March 13, 2026
Why Is It So Hard to Make a Good Weather App?
We asked the Dark Sky guy what it takes to get the forecast right.
www.theatlantic.com
March 6, 2026
Did Netflix Ruin Movies?
The art (and anxiety) of the streaming era
www.theatlantic.com
March 5, 2026
The Central Lie of Prediction Markets
Polymarket and Kalshi promise the wisdom of the crowds. They deliver something very different.
www.theatlantic.com
February 27, 2026
What Do the People Building AI Believe?
Inside San Francisco’s AI subculture
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