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The Beauty That Moral Courage Creates

A lovely paradox of doing good in the world is that it does you good too.

OpenAI’s Ambitions Just Became Crystal Clear

But when you promise the world a revolutionary new product, it helps to have actually built one.

First My Mother Died. Then My Home Got Hit by a Tornado.

My street got leveled by 150-mph winds. Why do I feel somehow at ease?

The Talented Mr. Vance

J. D. Vance could have brought the country’s conflicting strands together. Instead, he took a divisive path to the peak of power.

An Awkward Truth About American Work

Direct-selling schemes are considered fringe businesses, but their values have bled into the national economy.

‘We’re Definitely Going to Build a Bunker Before We Release AGI’

The true story behind the chaos at OpenAI

What AI Thinks It Knows About You

What happens when people can see what assumptions a large language model is making about them?

Time for Scary Movies to Make Us Laugh Again

Final Destination has nailed down a formula that other horror films should learn from.

At Least Two Newspapers Syndicated AI Garbage

Slop the presses.

How the Passionate Male Friendship Died

The “perfect” platonic bond used to be between two men. What happened?

Put Down the Vacuum

Americans need to get off the tidiness treadmill.

When William F. Buckley Jr. Met James Baldwin

In 1965, the two intellectual giants squared off in a debate at Cambridge. It didn’t go quite as Buckley hoped.

Why a Dog’s Death Hits So Hard

I loved my mom more than my dog. So why did I cry for him but not for her?

The End of Rule of Law in America

The 47th president seems to wish he were king—and he is willing to destroy what is precious about this country to get what he wants.

The Most Ingenious Hawk in New Jersey

A zoologist observed a Cooper’s hawk using a pedestrian signal as a cue to ambush its prey.

‘The Worst Internet-Research Ethics Violation I Have Ever Seen’

The most persuasive “people” on a popular subreddit turned out to be a front for a secret AI experiment.

Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid

It’s not just a phase.

The Trump Administration Is Tempting a Honeybee Disaster

Bees are dying. Federal funding cuts aren’t helping.

The Game That Shows We’re Thinking About History All Wrong

A radical tweak makes Civilization more realistic—and more depressing.

Weight-Loss Drugs Aren’t Really About Weight

To figure out who will benefit most, doctors should consider a particularly toxic kind of fat.