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Why Should You Read?

Why Should You Read?

Will Self Wonders What the Hell We Think We’re Doing

By Will Self | April 22, 2021

How I Spent My Plague Year Inside a Video Game

How I Spent My Plague Year Inside a Video Game

J. Robert Lennon on Finding a Home Away From Home in Fallout 76

By J. Robert Lennon | April 20, 2021

How the Internet Turned “Florida Man” Into a Figure of Indulgence, Decadence, and Bad Decision Making

How the Internet Turned “Florida Man” Into a Figure of Indulgence, Decadence, and Bad Decision Making

Tyler Gillespie on the Rise and Fall of a Digital Antihero

By Tyler Gillespie | April 19, 2021

Nichole Perlroth on Our Digital Path to Mutually-Assured Destruction

Nichole Perlroth on Our Digital Path to Mutually-Assured Destruction

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on the Keen On Podcast

By Keen On | April 16, 2021

Will the AIs Really Be Kind to Us?

Will the AIs Really Be Kind to Us?

Ximena Vengoechea in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | April 15, 2021

Inside the Secret Facility Where the USSR’s First Cosmonauts Trained

Inside the Secret Facility Where the USSR’s First Cosmonauts Trained

Stephen Walker on the Vanguard Six

By Stephen Walker | April 15, 2021

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Gawker is coming back.

By Walker Caplan | April 14, 2021

This 1980 George Plimpton TV commercial for video games is a masterpiece.

By Jonny Diamond | April 14, 2021

Is Social Media Really Polarizing Us? Or Is it Just... Us?

By Keen On | April 14, 2021

How Björk Helped Iceland Weather the Global <br>Financial Crisis

How Björk Helped Iceland Weather the Global
Financial Crisis

Panos A. Panay and R. Michael Hendrix on the Connections Between Songwriting and Entrepreneurship

By Panos A. Panay & R. Michael Hendrix | April 12, 2021

Why Targeted Ads Are a Disaster for Democracy

Why Targeted Ads Are a Disaster for Democracy

Carissa Véliz on Big Data and the Consequences of the
Erosion of Our Privacy

By Carissa Véliz | April 9, 2021

Wet Hot American Scammer: Revisiting the Magnificent Failure of the Fyre Festival

Wet Hot American Scammer: Revisiting the Magnificent Failure of the Fyre Festival

Gabrielle Bluestone on Billy McFarland’s Evil Genius for Pure Hype

By Gabrielle Bluestone | April 7, 2021

On the Valuable Writing Lessons I Learned as a Television Reporter

On the Valuable Writing Lessons I Learned as a Television Reporter

“I’m conscious of the economy of words, never saying more than what’s necessary.”

By Nancy Johnson | April 1, 2021

A new e-book bill is dividing publishers and libraries (but the real culprit is Amazon).

A new e-book bill is dividing publishers and libraries (but the real culprit is Amazon).

By Walker Caplan | March 31, 2021

<em>The Code Breaker</em> by Walter Isaacson, Read by Kathe Mazur and Walter Isaacson

The Code Breaker by Walter Isaacson, Read by Kathe Mazur and Walter Isaacson

On Jennifer Doudna, CRISPR, and More

By Behind the Mic | March 31, 2021

A Seattle firm is officially suing Amazon for fixing book prices.

A Seattle firm is officially suing Amazon for fixing book prices.

By Walker Caplan | March 30, 2021

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