3+ week, 20+ hour ago   (254+ words) I tally the dead. I tally today’s dead. I seek a tally of the dead or seek yesterday’s dead. I try to count them, the dead. Reports tell me there are, today, more dead. I announce the dead—the house…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (200+ words) And finally, there is the reaction to these developments from AI application companies. Many of the leading ones have ramped up efforts to build on top of open-weight models, targeting lower costs and greater control. Three-body systems are notoriously difficult…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (728+ words) This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Brian Distelburger, the 47-year-old cofounder of Windmill, an AI performance review startup. He lives in New York. It’s been edited for length and clarity. I try pretty much everything that’s new…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (757+ words) Is it a Chinese Psy-Op? Are Americans ignorant? Or are tech bros just completely out of touch? Tech leaders across the country are full of ideas about why Americans are in a furor against data centers, positing theories on social…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (295+ words) Rabbi Elie Kaunfer is the president and CEO of the Hadar Institute. This has been a year of crowds chanting “no kings” in the streets of American cities. Whatever you think of the politics behind the slogan, the sentiment it…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (456+ words) THE BREAKUP, by Kurt Andersen Novels set in the future aren’t exclusively the province of science fiction; anxious times tend to generate anxious, cautionary literary dystopias, and when was the last time you can remember not feeling anxious?...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (641+ words) Silicon Valley has long had its own dialect. Venture capitalists are always talking about the value of being “high agency” and making “orthogonal bets.” But lately, tech vernacular has taken a peculiar turn—people have started describing themselves as if…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (779+ words) The scene at USC under a bright late-summer sun Thursday looked a lot like the pageantry of graduation — thousands of students in black academic gowns marching behind department flags and faculty in elaborate, colorful robes. And after a week of…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (466+ words) Jack Lieblein is an advisory board member at the Open Discourse Coalition. As a 2026 college graduate, I have some advice for the students heading to class this fall. Whether you are an incoming freshman or a fifth-year senior, find a…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (466+ words) Jack Lieblein is an advisory board member at the Open Discourse Coalition. As a 2026 college graduate, I have some advice for the students heading to class this fall. Whether you are an incoming freshman or a fifth-year senior, find a…...