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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/…
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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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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…
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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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My new piece for @NewYorker is about the journalist Vicky Ward and Vanity Fair, and why sexual abuse allegations against Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell did not appear in a 2003 story. newyorker.com/news/annals-of…
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On this week's episode of ONE YEAR 1995: how the Macarena took over the world, and how it became a cultural pariah slate.com/podcasts/one-year/…
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I'm telling you, we truly struggle with presents in my family. But so do a lot of other people, in even more stress-inducing and expensive ways. Cancel it all! slate.com/human-interest/202…
This @jdesmondharris pitch/piece about why adults should stop giving each other gifts has me laughing out loud: slate.com/human-interest/202…
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This week's episode of ONE YEAR 1995 is from Evan Chung (@silentreading_) -- a fascinating look at one of the first sites to ever go viral, and what its demise says about online entertainment, fandom, and a bunch of other stuff slate.com/podcasts/one-year/…
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Thoughtful, clarifying essay by @magiciansbook about rereading Sebold’s Lucky in the wake of Broadwater’s exoneration: slate.com/culture/2021/12/al…
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🚨 Thrilled to announce @NatalieShutler is joining @Slate as our new politics director!
News via @brianstelter in @ReliableSources:
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I spent some time trying to find where the "parable of the drowning man" joke came from, and while I never got a definitive answer, I did get a better understanding of why it's hard to convince Christians that the COVID vaccine is a gift from God. slate.com/human-interest/202…
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Matt is a weird prince among men and you should hire him
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Absolutely the best food diary I've ever read. Thrilling clash between form and content. grubstreet.com/2021/08/leon-…
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This is a fascinating piece about having your life turned into fiction by someone else. But it's also a remarkably nuanced, subtle look at relationships, and a moving elegy. Read it.
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we're hiring a Part-Time Editorial Assistant to help out the @Slate culture team! it's predominantly an admin position (NOT writing), based in brooklyn, and starts ASAP. the best part of it is that you'll have the coolest manager: ME! apply apply apply: jobs.lever.co/slate?lever-vi…