Just a gorgeous essay from the brilliant Alan Lightman, very much worth your time: www.theatlantic.com/philosophy/2...
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I wrote about freedom, which I love. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Today is a good day to read George Packer’s excellent profile of David Sacks www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Why yes I am interested in MOSQUITO LASERS
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Ted Chiang is brilliant. He takes the question of AI consciousness to its logical conclusion—really a must-read, right down to the last word:
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JUST PUBLISHED
Janay Kingsberry obtained a Kennedy Center memo that shows lawyers are ordering staff to remove “Trump” from email signatures, letterhead, webpages, brochures,signs, &c.
Clearest sign yet that the president may be giving up the fight on this one.
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Oh look, it’s Steve Martin in The Atlantic www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Really fascinating to watch artistic institutions try to thread this needle... An important piece by @kelseyables.bsky.social:
www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...
Being alive at all is the most extraordinary stroke of good luck any of us will ever experience.
Taken to its logical conclusion, this line of thinking is absurd—and damning.
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Lawyers are ordering staff to remove “Trump” from email signatures, letterhead, website, brochures, promotional materials, press releases, signs, and more.