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The New York Times published a roundtable discussion between @DAcemogluMIT, @deanwball, @clarashih & myself about the future of AI & who wins at work. I think it is a really nice overview of the core debates on the topic, and has some fun examples. nytimes.com/2026/06/09/magaz…
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Albert Brooks was offered roles that went to Tom Hanks, Billy Crystal, Robin Williams, and Steve Martin. He turned them all down and reshaped American entertainment his own way. theatlantic.com/magazine/arc…
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A spectacular reading list: theatlantic.com/newsletters/…
This is such a perceptive, lovely profile of Jodie Foster by Jordan Kisner. It includes: sneaker shopping, a great interview with Mel Gibson, and so much fascinating insight into Foster's very complicated relationship to fame theatlantic.com/magazine/arc…
This was extremely difficult reporting and the piece @mikespiesnyc wrote is so powerful, moving, sensitive, and fair. theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv…
So many unbelievable, damning details about Romney's GOP colleagues in this piece (adapted from @mckaycoppins' incredible book). But this one about the ketchup salmon keeps haunting me theatlantic.com/magazine/arc…
.@JenishaWatts is a remarkable person, colleague, and writer, and I can't say enough good things about this essay theatlantic.com/magazine/arc…
This profile of @dreamhampton by @skornhaber is riveting and smart and each quote is better than the last theatlantic.com/magazine/arc…
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In our new issue, I have a big story about AI and the human future drawn from conversations with Sam Altman and others at OpenAI’s San Francisco headquarters, and in East Asia during the closing stretch of Altman's recent world tour.
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After four University of Idaho students were murdered, TikTok and Reddit sleuths swarmed the campus. The community is still struggling with the wreckage they left behind.
My dispatch from Moscow, Idaho:
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This is definitely the first Tom Hanks profile I've read to involve local newspaper clippings from the 1930s. It’s also lovely and wise in typical Chris Heath fashion theatlantic.com/magazine/arc…
Hoo boy this essay by Honor Jones is phenomenal. It's also the largest quantity of words I've read since giving birth a few months ago and it made me cry a whole lot theatlantic.com/family/archi…
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New Interview: I talked to Alan Dershowitz about getting shunned, the January 6th committee, and the end of his friendship with Larry David. newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/a…
Lowen is one of the best editors and people I've ever worked with. He is a dream colleague. Anyone who hires him is very lucky
This Hannah Giorgis piece is a fascinating look at why there are so few interracial couples on reality TV--and also contains some eye-popping behind-the-scenes details about how Love Is Blind producers ginned up racial tensions theatlantic.com/culture/arch…
We're flooding the environment with light and sound, to disastrous effect. @edyong209's cover story on "sensory pollution" is full of beautiful sentences, sharp insights & great photos, especially one displeased turtle that is now burned into my brain theatlantic.com/magazine/arc…
"Think of it as an unpaid internship in monarchy." This piece is fascinating and fun theatlantic.com/magazine/arc…
Laura Bennett retweeted
There was so much fantastic stuff on Slate this week, in text and audio ... it's been a joy to spend a big chunk of time today catching up 🧵
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Here's a cool new job at one of the best places to work in journalism: Wanna be Slate's first-ever senior editor of ADVICE?
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