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The elites aren't who you think they are
The Argument's latest poll undermines the notion of the liberal elite
 • Lakshya Jain
Bernie’s bad bet on OpenAI
Nationalizing AI labs won’t support the welfare state
 • Kobe Yank-Jacobs
Sometimes you have to hurt people
Against the tyranny of the edge case
 • Jeremiah Johnson
You have to love America to save it
Liberals need to find their way back to patriotism.
 • Jerusalem Demsas
The most 2020s art ever made
A little bit of everything, all of the time
 • Jeremiah Johnson
The literary world is sleepwalking into an AI disaster
“Her laugh is as bright as zinc” and other bad metaphors
 • Kelsey Piper
Democrats should fire bad teachers and bad cops
Standing up for workers doesn't mean letting public sector unions undermine public services
 • Nicholas Bagley and Robert Gordon
Are you there Grok? It's me, Margaret
AI as a centralizing technology
 • Jerusalem Demsas
Our moral obligation to prevent crime
Bleeding heart liberals should be really upset about murder
 • Kelsey Piper
The most popular book of the year has nothing to say
Caro Claire Burke's debut novel Yesteryear fails on its own terms.
 • Jerusalem Demsas and Maibritt Henkel
The New York Times has a culture problem
A verdict on the week — plus the week's top stories.
 • Jerusalem Demsas and Milan Singh
I can never talk to an AI anonymously again
AI only needs 150 words to identify me. What does that mean for you?
 • Kelsey Piper
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