Silicon Valley Wants to Save You From AI Layoffs

In late March, I started receiving daily texts from the federal government about AI. “🇺🇸AI is changing how we work and live,” one message read. “You might feel curious, skeptical,…

If Other Jobs Were Like U.S. Senator

It’s time for your scheduled open-heart surgery. Unfortunately, no one has seen or heard from the surgeon in weeks, since the Incident. The nurse says that she spoke with him…

New York Is Not an Exception to the American Story

This is an edition of Time-Travel Thursdays, a journey through The Atlantic’s archives to contextualize the present. Sign up here. In the eyes of its many critics, New York City…

The Global Economy Is Both Alive and Dead

Yesterday, the International Monetary Fund happily reported that the world had weathered the recently settled Iran war surprisingly well. That same day, President Trump declared the cease-fire “over” and promised,…

The Newest Way to Go Analog

When the iPod Nano was first released, in 2005, it cost $199 and was sold on the promise of limitlessness. This year, Celeste Stange bought her magenta 8-gigabyte model on…

Louis C.K.’s Return to Normalcy

Nearly halfway through his latest special, Ridiculous, Louis C.K. asks his audience to help out with a joke. When he announces “I’m so old!,” the crowd is meant to respond…

Who Can Hold ICE Accountable?

Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Overcast | Pocket Casts On Tuesday, an ICE officer shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo during an attempted arrest in Houston.…

What if It’s Not the Phones?

When the 82-year-old psychologist Peter Gray describes the way he grew up, he punctuates the anecdotes by saying that modern parents would be arrested for letting a child have such…

Tennis’s New Golden Age

Source: YouTube Summary The golden age of tennis didn’t end with a whimper. After Roger Federer walked off the court for the final time, at the 2022 Laver Cup, he…

Our Oldest Ally

Source: YouTube Summary There is no easier city in the world for an American to love than Paris. So it has been since the time of Benjamin Franklin. Love, though,…