The New Control Society
The gatekeepers are dying. Why is everything so mid?
The gatekeepers are dying. Why is everything so mid?
Fertilization, irrigation, genetics: the three practices that let us feed the whole world for the first time in history
Introducing “How the System Works,” a series on the hidden mechanisms that support modern life
You say “jetpacks,” I say “cabin in the woods,” let’s call the whole thing off.
The American dream has always meant living in our own fantasy worlds. Maybe it’s time to really go for it.
Fact-checking used to be how journalists policed themselves. Now it’s how they police everyone else.
LLMs are giving us a billion ripoffs of what we already are at a moment when we yearn for something new.