Death Has Two Timelines
Why promises like former President Jimmy Carter’s, to stay alive to vote one last time, have such appeal
Why promises like former President Jimmy Carter’s, to stay alive to vote one last time, have such appeal
Lauren Groff captures the precise moment when someone realizes their memories are theirs alone.
A short story
The alliance between the billionaire and the politician is pure strongman politics.
Our phones are being overrun.
The evidence is convincing: The betting industry is ruining lives.
Sometimes, the best thing a parent can do is nothing at all.
Oliver Burkeman has become an unlikely self-help guru by reminding everyone of their mortality.
A former FEMA director describes the devastation in western North Carolina and what comes next.
Understand AI for what it is, not what it might become.
The senator from Ohio conspicuously refused to repeat his running mate’s biggest lie.
Many of America’s corporate executives have had enough of the remote-work experiment.
New data on the end times
In a culture devoid of moral education, generations are growing up in a morally inarticulate, self-referential world.
Around the anniversary of October 7, a conversation about Israel, pain, and peace with the author of Sapiens
In books about the aftermath of October 7, Israelis and Palestinians seek recognition for their humanity.
The company is in trouble, and anyone who has spit into one of the company’s test tubes should be concerned.
In many domains, the conventional wisdom among progressives is mistaken, oversimplified, or based on wishful thinking. The economics of immigration is not one of them.
How Jews became collateral damage in a Republican power struggle
You’re bound to come across the “Dark Triad” type of malignant narcissists in life—and they can be superficially appealing. Better to look for their exact opposite.