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Technological advances are transforming medicine, but it may be making your physician less creative.
Dec 30, 2024 / Zoya Qureshi
Novelist on a Deadline: Barry Malzberg, 1939–2024 Novelist on a Deadline: Barry Malzberg, 1939–2024
A speed demon at the typewriter, Malzberg wrote quickly and brilliantly in a variety of genres including mystery, thrillers, and erotica, but his core work was in science fiction....
Is It Possible to Suspend Disbelief at Ayad Akhtar’s AI Play? Is It Possible to Suspend Disbelief at Ayad Akhtar’s AI Play?
The Robert Downey Jr.–starring McNeal, which was possibly cowritten with the help of AI, is a showcase for the new technology’s mediocrity.
Nov 14, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Rhoda Feng
Elon Musk Gives Democrats a Chance to Run Against Oligarchy Elon Musk Gives Democrats a Chance to Run Against Oligarchy
Donald Trump’s richest supporter has been busy finding new ways to corrupt democracy.
Oct 21, 2024 / Jeet Heer
Copper Colonialism Is Wrecking Zambia’s Farmlands and Waterways Copper Colonialism Is Wrecking Zambia’s Farmlands and Waterways
Zambia is just one of several nations experiencing a new type of colonialism, this time with a green capitalist veneer.
Oct 17, 2024 / Joshua Frank
AI Is Taking Over College Admissions AI Is Taking Over College Admissions
For many high school students, artificial intelligence only heightens the anxieties around applying to college. How much of their application will be read by a human?
Oct 11, 2024 / StudentNation / Marium Zahra
Why a School Cell Phone Ban Isn't the Right Call Why a School Cell Phone Ban Isn't the Right Call
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has considered a statewide ban on smart devices in schools, but many parents, students, and teachers have a more nuanced view.
Oct 8, 2024 / StudentNation / Ushoshi Das
How Can We Wean Ourselves Off Our Country’s Military Dependency? How Can We Wean Ourselves Off Our Country’s Military Dependency?
Moving resources and skills and jobs from the military-industrial complex to civilian sectors is a big project. But it could start in your own community.
Oct 3, 2024 / Frida Berrigan
Fredric Jameson Named the System We Are Still Fighting Fredric Jameson Named the System We Are Still Fighting
The late literary critic revitalized Marxism to critique our postmodern and globalized reality.
We Deserve a Quieter World We Deserve a Quieter World
With every AI project abandoned, every bitcoin not mined, every pickup truck not sold, every jet fighter not flown, people somewhere will get relief from noise pollution.
Sep 18, 2024 / Stan Cox