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Inside the Long History of Technologically Assisted Writing

Inside the Long History of Technologically Assisted Writing

Ed Simon on the Eternal Tension Between Human Creativity and Mechanical Efficiency

By Ed Simon | January 21, 2026

Why Big Tech’s Abuse of Artificial Intelligence Doesn’t Need to Be Inevitable

Why Big Tech’s Abuse of Artificial Intelligence Doesn’t Need to Be Inevitable

Maximilian Kasy on the Urgent Need to Democratize the Technology That Shapes Our Lives

By Maximilian Kasy | November 5, 2025

Ruled by Numbers: How Data Dominates Every Facet of Our Daily Lives

Ruled by Numbers: How Data Dominates Every Facet of Our Daily Lives

Noah Giansiracusa on the Processes That Quantify Our Existence and the Steps We Can Take to Reclaim Our Humanity

By Noah Giansiracusa | August 12, 2025

Truth Optional: How Digital Platforms Replaced the Press and Democracy Took the Hit

Truth Optional: How Digital Platforms Replaced the Press and Democracy Took the Hit

Aron Solomon Unpacks the Unexpected—and Ongoing—Consequences of Section 230

By Aron Solomon | July 23, 2025

Algorithm On Fleek: How TikTok is Transforming the English Language

Algorithm On Fleek: How TikTok is Transforming the English Language

Adam Aleksic Explores the Evolution of Popular Vernacular, From the Middle Ages to the Contemporary Era

By Adam Aleksic | July 15, 2025

Against Algorithms: Why Tuning Out is an Essential Part of the Creative Process

Against Algorithms: Why Tuning Out is an Essential Part of the Creative Process

Ling Ling Huang on the Importance of Keeping True to Your Own Thoughts

By Ling Ling Huang | May 14, 2025

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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

Love Learned Through Pain: On Why We Need to Record and Respect Grief

Love Learned Through Pain: On Why We Need to Record and Respect Grief

Ariana Reines Remembers Her Mother's Passing in a World of Increasing Technological Numbness

By Ariana Reines | October 25, 2024

We Were Cyborgs: On the Construction of the Self As a Teenage Girl

We Were Cyborgs: On the Construction of the Self As a Teenage Girl

Olivia Gatwood Explores Conforming to Beauty Standards in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

By Olivia Gatwood | July 10, 2024

For Book Recommendations, People Are Always Better Than Algorithms

For Book Recommendations, People Are Always Better Than Algorithms

Maris Kreizman Reveals Some Tricks of the Trade for the Semi-Professional Book Recommender

By Maris Kreizman | March 28, 2024

“AI, Ain’t I A Woman?” On the Blindness and Limitations of Artificial Intelligence

“AI, Ain’t I A Woman?” On the Blindness and Limitations of Artificial Intelligence

Joy Buolamwini Exposes the Race and Gender Bias of an Emerging Technology

By Joy Buolamwini | November 1, 2023

Samantha Irby Refuses to Organize Her Piles of Books

Samantha Irby Refuses to Organize Her Piles of Books

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By Literary Hub | May 19, 2023

How Being a Stalled Novelist Led to an Unexpected Career in Data Science

How Being a Stalled Novelist Led to an Unexpected Career in Data Science

C.J. Washington on the Frustrating Struggle to Get Published

By C.J. Washington | January 3, 2022

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