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Marc Andreessen on AI, Tech, Censorship, and Dining with Trump
The billionaire on the left’s war on Silicon Valley, why AI censorship is “a million times more dangerous” than social media censorship, and why he’s…
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Bari Weiss
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My Smartphone Was Ruining My Life. So I Quit.
And you can, too.
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August Lamm
80
Meet the Women with AI Boyfriends
‘I didn’t see it as cheating at all.’ For some, chatbots are a way out of toxic relationships.
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Julia Steinberg
158
Peter Thiel and the Triumph of the Counter-Elites
The Silicon Valley billionaire made big—and early—bets on Trump and J.D. Vance. What did he see that so many didn’t?
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Bari Weiss
351
The AI Chatbots Are Rooting for Kamala
We asked artificial intelligence platforms which candidate has the ‘right’ solutions to the election’s most pressing issues: Trump or Harris? The…
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Madeleine Rowley
80
The Miracle of the Flying Skyscraper
Tim Urban, Katherine Boyle, and Victor Davis Hanson on SpaceX’s triumph. Plus: Democrats voting for Trump. Ben Kawaller’s latest Swing State Debate. And…
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Oliver Wiseman
413
We Are in Need of Renaissance People
We have created a society of professionals who are experts within their narrow specialties. Those are not the people who get great things done.
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Victor Davis Hanson
129
The Fall of the Century
A rocket took off, came back to Earth—and restored faith in the American Dream.
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Katherine Boyle
54
Tim Urban: Why I Brought My Toddler to Watch SpaceX’s Flying Skyscraper
I can’t shield my daughter from negativity. But I can continually redirect her attention to the rocket—showing her all the ways our species is…
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Tim Urban
86
Elon Succeeded Where FEMA Failed
While the Starlink CEO was racing to help the victims of Hurricane Helene, where was the federal government?
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Joe Nocera
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Madeleine Rowley
425
The Front Page: The Global War Against Free Speech
Matt Taibbi, Abigail Shrier, and Andrey Mir on the new censorship at home and overseas.
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Oliver Wiseman
546
The Real Meaning of Pavel Durov’s Arrest
The arrest of Telegram’s CEO in France sends a clear signal: Western democracies are tightening their grip over tech—and us.
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Andrey Mir
64
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