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An Uncomfortable Emotion That’s Worth Feeling
1+ hour, 32+ min ago (94+ words) Boredom is inextricable from a meaningful life. Boredom Is the Price We Pay for Meaning When I became a father, I was forced to reckon with the emotion that consumed my days. How Not to Be Bored When You Have…...
Anthropic’s Ethical Stand Could Be Paying Off
4+ hour, 45+ min ago (61+ words) Anthropic's Ethical Stand Could Be Paying Off'The Atlantic The AI company gave up a $200 million contract'and might be getting something more valuable in return. At first glance, last week looked like a catastrophe for Anthropic. Anthropic's principled stand continues to…...
The Elephant in the Movie Theater
4+ hour, 45+ min ago (143+ words) The Elephant in the Movie Theater'The Atlantic Donald Trump'or a version of him'doesn't have to be on your screen to affect your entertainment. Perhaps sensing this wariness, the creators of some of the more politically compelling movies and TV shows…...
‘The Bride!’ Is a Failed Experiment
20+ hour, 22+ min ago (926+ words) The Bride!" Is a Failed Experiment'The Atlantic Monster movies come in strange bunches. Vampires dominated the screen in the 2010s, as gritty zombie hordes had the decade before that. Lately, we"re awash in Frankensteins, each adding stylized flavor to Mary…...
Did Netflix Ruin Movies?
23+ hour, 45+ min ago (1628+ words) The art (and anxiety) of the streaming era Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube Few companies have reshaped American culture as aggressively as Netflix. This week's Galaxy Brain charts how we got here. David Sims: When Hulu and HBO and…...
The Economy’s Warning Light Is Flashing Yellow
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (128+ words) A soft labor market, persistent inflation, a potential oil crisis'what could go wrong? Rog" Karma: Would Trump risk an oil crisis? The worst job numbers since the Great Recession, the slowest economic growth since COVID, and the worst inflation in…...
Why Did No One Ask Ukraine How to Destroy Drones?
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (273+ words) For all of the planning for war in Iran, the world's most tested anti-drone technology was ignored. The flaws in that approach have seemed particularly obvious to the leaders of Ukraine, who have more experience countering these drones than any…...
A Western That Goes Where Cormac McCarthy Wouldn’t
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (78+ words) A Western That Goes Where Cormac McCarthy Wouldn't'The Atlantic "lvaro Enrigue's Now I Surrender scraps the simplistic binary of cowboys and Indians in favor of a wild, multifaceted war story. For his story about the Apaches, a group that resisted…...
Don’t Call It ‘Intelligence’
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (857+ words) Humans are question machines. AI is an answer machine. Typically, these tours end in the same place: The author has found a path through the wilderness, and discovered a voice along the way. Voice is what leads us out of…...
Tesla’s Secret Weapon Is a Giant Metal Box
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (44+ words) Tesla's Secret Weapon Is a Giant Metal Box'The Atlantic Elon Musk's car company is quietly poised to power the AI boom. Read: Tesla is not the next Ford. It's the next Con Ed. Read: Tesla wants out of the car…...