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You’re Angry About AI? Social Media Already Owns Your Brain.
Americans are increasingly concerned that artificial intelligence will manipulate their opinions, influence their decisions, and eventually control Continue Reading
When the News Started Telling Us How to Feel
Somewhere along the way, news stopped telling us what happened and started telling us how we should feel about it. What was once the art of fact-based Continue Reading
The Fourth Estate Has Elected Itself Minority Whip
Somewhere in Washington, a cable-news producer has connected a breaking-news siren to Donald Trump's vocal cords. He clears his throat, the screen Continue Reading
Your DD-214 Is Not a Doctorate
America used to have veterans. Now we have veteran brands. A man once came home from military service, found a job, raised a family, complained Continue Reading
The Business of Breaking Us
Remember when the news was about facts? Quaint little artifacts—dates, places, quotes—stacked together like sober index cards. Now, the media has Continue Reading
America, Brought to You by Our Sponsors
Over the last decade, American news outlets have pulled off a miracle of modern engineering: they turned what was supposed to be a public service into Continue Reading
Monetizing Your Fight Or Flight
Fear and anger keep the lights on in American politics and media. They also keep your sympathetic nervous system on a hair trigger. In short bursts, Continue Reading
Senator Survives Harrowing Alaska Climate-Change Fact-Finding Mission
By Untactic Al ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A California senator conducting a congressional fact-finding mission on climate change narrowly survived what he Continue Reading
What’s on your digital spoon?
If you spent any time in front of a glowing screen last week, it undoubtedly sent you something about Charlie Kirk. It may have sent you hours of it. Continue Reading
Living in a World of Facades
In the song "1000 Years" by The Gaslight Anthem, Brian Fallon sings “I heard about a woman once, who did everything ever asked of her. She Continue Reading
When Outrage Becomes Violence
Every so often, tragedy forces an uncomfortable question: When words serve not to inform, but to inflame, do the purveyors of that rhetoric bear Continue Reading