Month: August 2022
August 17, 2022
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Onscreen at HBO: House of the Dragon. Behind the scenes: Worry
“HBO’s House of the Dragon does indeed feature a dragon. HBO This story is part of a group of stories called Uncovering and explaining how our digital world is…”
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“A quick skim of the CDC’s latest COVID guidelines might give the impression that this fall could feel a lot like the ones we had in the Before Times. Millions…”
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Google’s New Robot Learned to Take Orders by Scraping the Web
“Late last week, Google research scientist Fei Xia sat in the center of a bright, open-plan kitchen and typed a command into a laptop connected to a one-armed,…”
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Bring that beat back: why are people in their 30s giving up on music?
“T here are many things you notice as you plow deeper into your 30s. It’s a transitional period with incredibly visible milestones: babies, weddings, houses,…”
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Road to war: U.S. struggled to convince allies, and Zelensky, of risk of invasion
“On a sunny October morning, the nation’s top intelligence, military and diplomatic leaders filed into the Oval Office for an urgent meeting with President…”
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‘Better Call Saul’ Series Finale Recap: Slippin’ Jimmy Vs. Saul Goodman
“Better Call Saul has ended. A review of the series finale, “Saul Gone,” coming up just as soon as I build a time machine… “Where do I see it ending? With me on…”
August 16, 2022
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The ‘illusion of knowledge’ that makes people overconfident
“It’s easy to think you’re a font of knowledge. And while you may have plenty of skills and expertise, it’s quite likely you know less than you think. I If you…”
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How Pop Culture, Politics, Science, and Business Got So Old
“Everything in America is getting older these days. In practically every field of human endeavor—politics, business, academia, science, sports, pop culture—the…”
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A history of kidults, from Hello Kitty to Disney weddings | Aeon Essays
“These are trying times. People are working harder and earning less. They’re buffeted by terrifying headlines and grim predictions. They’re having less sex and…”
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Should You Cut ‘Toxic’ People Out of Your Life?
“L ast spring , my boyfriend sublet a spare room in his apartment to an aspiring model. The roommate was young and made us feel old, but he was always game for a…”
August 15, 2022
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The mysterious inner life of the octopus
“Octopuses are problem-solvers, mischief-makers and notorious escape artists. They also appear to have a rich inner life – so what is it like to be an octopus? I…”
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No, large language models aren’t like disabled people (and it’s problematic to argue that they are)
“tl;dr There’s a tendency I’ve observed where people trying to argue that language models “understand” language to draw analogies to the experience of disabled…”
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The Dangerous Populist Science of Yuval Noah Harari ❧ Current Affairs
“Watch videos of Yuval Noah Harari, the author of the wildly successful book Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind , and you will hear him being asked the most…”
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Opinion | The Look of Cars Is Driving Me Out of My Mind
“Farhad Manjoo The Look of Cars Is Driving Me Out of My Mind Dec. 1, 2021 Credit… Jeff Dean/Reuters Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10 gift…”
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The Rise of the Worker Productivity Score
“undefined undefined Scrolled 0% Clicks 0 Keystrokes 0 Idle 00:00:00 Active NaN% Your Grade Pending… Therapist Accrued “idle time” Marketing Executive Rated on…”
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Perspective | ‘He is not a Joshua’: When you pick the wrong name for your baby
“This story has been updated. It’s one of the first high-stakes decisions a parent can make: What to name the baby? Parents must weigh questions of originality…”
August 14, 2022
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We don’t have a hundred biases, we have the wrong model – Works in Progress
“From the time of Aristotle through to the 1500s, the dominant model of the universe had the sun, planets, and stars orbiting around the Earth. This simple…”
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Hocus focus: how magicians made a fortune on Facebook
“I f you were online at some point last spring, there’s a good chance you’ll have scrolled past a video in which a woman squirts whipped cream and chocolate…”
August 13, 2022
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Are You Sure You’re Not Guilty of the ‘Millennial Pause’?
“This article was featured in One Story to Read Today, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a single must-read from The Atlantic , Monday through Friday.…”
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Don’t Be So Certain That Social Media Is Undermining Democracy
“opinion Photo Illustration by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/Getty If you only read The Atlantic to get your tech news , you’d probably be under the impression…”
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Opinion | I Didn’t Want It to Be True, but the Medium Really Is the Message
“Ezra Klein I Didn’t Want It to Be True, but the Medium Really Is the Message Aug. 7, 2022, 6:00 a.m. ET Credit… Photo Illustration by Pelle Cass Send any…”
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Desk setup videos have taken over YouTube — and my life
“I t It all started — for me at least — with a desk mat. In the early days of the pandemic, like millions of others, I was suddenly working from home every day…”
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“I mentioned a month or two ago that I was taking over as the host of The TED Interview podcast, which has been true delight so far—and unsurprisingly many of…”
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As Right-Wing Rhetoric Escalates, So Do Threats and Violence
“Both threats of political violence and actual attacks have become a steady reality of American life. Experts blame dehumanizing and apocalyptic language. Send…”
August 10, 2022
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Why aren’t smart people happier?
“Photo cred: my dad Here’s a definition of intelligence that lots of psychologists can get behind : Intelligence is a very general mental capability that, among…”
August 9, 2022
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Privilege and Pro-Office Pablum
“I want to make a confession. In the last years – since 2019, at the very least – I have worn pajamas to work almost every day. This in no way changes the…”
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Opinion | The Case for Longtermism
“Guest Essay The Case for Longtermism Aug. 5, 2022 Credit… Tim Enthoven Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month.…”
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Opinion | Why does the IRS need $80 billion? Just look at its cafeteria.
“Opinion Why does the IRS need $80 billion? Just look at its cafeteria. By and Photos by Matthew Busch This is the cafeteria at the Internal Revenue Service…”
August 7, 2022
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The Perils of Audience Capture
“I. The Man Who Ate Himself In 2016, 24 year old Nicholas Perry wanted to be big online. He started uploading videos to his YouTube channel in which he pursued…”
August 6, 2022
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The Rehearsal’s Most Mind-Bending Episode Yet Reveals What the Show Is Really About
“Nathan Fielder in The Rehearsal episode, “The Fielder Method.” HBO What does Nathan Fielder want? Or should we perhaps ask what, exactly, does “Nathan Fielder,”…”