Cult of the Cowboy: Inside the Toxic Adoration of an All-American Obsession

Cult of the Cowboy: Inside the Toxic Adoration of an All-American Obsession

Rachel Wagner on Video Games, Violence and the Enduring Allure of the Vigilante Hero

By Rachel Wagner | February 26, 2025

Next week, Amazon is stripping away your ability to download your ebooks.

Next week, Amazon is stripping away your ability to download your ebooks.

By James Folta | February 19, 2025

Novelists, Trust Me: You Can Really Learn a Lot About Storytelling From Video Games Like <em>Elden Ring</em>

Novelists, Trust Me: You Can Really Learn a Lot About Storytelling From Video Games Like Elden Ring

Nick Newman Considers the Act of Writing as a Form of (Game) Play

By Nick Newman | February 19, 2025

From the Margins to the Mainstream: How the Synthesizer Conquered American Music

From the Margins to the Mainstream: How the Synthesizer Conquered American Music

David Hajdu Explores the Creative and Technical Evolution of a Versatile Electric Instrument

By David Hajdu | February 14, 2025

The first issue of Reader’s Digest from 1922 is both shocking and relevant.

The first issue of Reader’s Digest from 1922 is both shocking and relevant.

By James Folta | February 7, 2025

What Interacting With Chatbots Can Reveal About Ourselves

What Interacting With Chatbots Can Reveal About Ourselves

Webb Keane on the Anthropology Behind Our Relationship With Artificial Intelligence

By Webb Keane | February 7, 2025

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Cinema May Be Dying, But Shitposting is a Thriving New Artform

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Alex Rollins Berg on Paul Schrader’s Auteur-to-Edge Lord Trajectory

By Alex Rollins Berg | February 3, 2025

What If Instead of Making Paperclips We Asked an AI Super-Intelligence to Make Us All Happy?

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Deni Ellis Béchard Considers the Role of Artificial Intelligence in Worlds Fictional and Real

By Deni Ellis Béchard | January 29, 2025

Which of Tom Hanks' beloved typewriters are you?

Which of Tom Hanks' beloved typewriters are you?

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It sure looks like Meta stole a lot of books to build its AI.

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My Babies Are Richer Than Yours: On the Lie of the Online Tradwife

My Babies Are Richer Than Yours: On the Lie of the Online Tradwife

Lauren Carroll Harris Develops a New Theory of the Leisure Class Influencer

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Even Elon Musk Can’t Bring Down Black Twitter

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Meredith D. Clark on Social Media as a Space of Solidarity and Community in the Face of Fascist Takeover

By Meredith D. Clark | January 9, 2025

Fable’s AI-generated end-of-year reading summaries veered into bigotry.

Fable’s AI-generated end-of-year reading summaries veered into bigotry.

By James Folta | January 8, 2025

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