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Harvey Karp Knows How to Make Babies Happy

The pediatrician and best-selling author on the perils of excessive individualism, the moralization of baby sleep, and why when it comes to newborns he’s “a little bit like a priest.” #Babies #Interview #Parenting

2023-4-9 12:25pm The New Yorker Helen Rosner 7,000 words

Rated 2023-6-9 4:54pm - sethherr

Rated 2023-6-8 10:29pm - alexandradancing

The Talk: Accused of Plagiarism

In an excerpt from his forthcoming book, “The Talk,” Darrin Bell illustrates a conversation with a professor at U.C. Berkeley who accused him, without evidence, of plagiarism. #College

2023-6-3 3:00am The New Yorker Darrin Bell 200 words

Rated 2023-6-4 7:23am - sethherr

Rated 2023-6-3 3:57pm - Jaog

How to Hire a Pop Star for Your Private Party

For the very rich, even the world’s biggest performers—Beyoncé, Drake, Jennifer Lopez, Andrea Bocelli—are available, at a price, Evan Osnos writes.

2023-5-29 3:00am The New Yorker Evan Osnos 8,000 words

Rated 2023-5-30 8:55am - sethherr

The Computers Are Getting Better at Writing

Steve Marche on Sudowrite, an application that harnesses the artificial-intelligence program GPT-3 to generate text and even mimic the literary style of writers such as Franz Kafka. #Artificial Intelligence #Literature #Technology #Writing

2021-4-30 3:00am The New Yorker Stephen Marche 3,000 words

Rated 2023-5-26 9:32am - elll

The Driver’s Seat

Adam Gopnik reached middle age and still didn’t know how to drive. How hard could it be?

2015-1-25 4:00pm The New Yorker Adam Gopnik 6,000 words

Rated 2023-5-19 11:38am - sethherr

How to Quit Cars

Adam Gopnik reviews “Carmageddon,” by Daniel Knowles, and “Paved Paradise,” by Henry Grabar, and considers the shortsighted history of transportation and the possibilities for its future. #Books

2023-5-15 3:00am The New Yorker Adam Gopnik 4,000 words

Rated 2023-5-19 7:28am - sethherr

Taco Bell’s Innovation Kitchen, the Front Line in the Stunt-Food Wars

Antonia Hitchens writes about how the chain outdid Burger King’s Bacon Sundae, Pizza Hut’s hot-dog-stuffed crust, and KFC’s fried-chicken-flavored nail polish.

2023-4-17 3:00am The New Yorker Antonia Hitchens 5,000 words

Rated 2023-5-12 10:14pm - sethherr

The Future of Fertility

Emily Witt on the biotech startups seeking to change human reproduction.

2023-4-17 3:00am The New Yorker Emily Witt 6,000 words

Rated 2023-5-2 9:39pm - alexandradancing

Rated 2023-5-2 10:22am - sethherr

Tucker Carlson and the Right

The New Yorker

Rated 2023-5-2 12:35pm - jmjmh

The Risky Gamble of Kevin McCarthy’s Debt-Ceiling Strategy

Jonathan Blitzer writes about the House Republican’s budget proposal that was bundled with its vote to raise the debt ceiling, and about Kevin McCarthy’s weakened position as Speaker.

2023-4-28 1:22pm The New Yorker Jonathan Blitzer 2,000 words

Rated 2023-5-1 7:49am - sethherr

How Much Can Duolingo Teach Us?

Carina Chocano on the company’s founder, Luis von Ahn, who believes that artificial intelligence is going to make computers better teachers than humans.

2023-4-17 3:00am The New Yorker Carina Chocano 6,000 words

Rated 2023-4-30 10:45pm - sethherr

The Big Potential of Karen Bass’s Homelessness Agenda

#Homelessness

The New Yorker

Rated 2023-4-14 4:53am - cindy

The Man Who Built Catan

The New Yorker

Rated 2023-4-11 3:16am - sethherr

Rated 2023-4-9 7:33am - Jaog

ChatGPT Is a Blurry JPEG of the Web

The New Yorker

Rated 2023-3-31 4:37pm - sethherr

The Horrifying Epidemic of Teen-Age Fentanyl Deaths in a Texas County

The New Yorker

Rated 2023-3-29 9:39pm - sethherr

How Russian Journalists in Exile Are Covering the War in Ukraine

The New Yorker

Rated 2023-3-16 6:17pm - sethherr

J. D. Vance, Ron DeSantis, and the G.O.P’s Diverging Paths

The New Yorker

Rated 2023-3-16 5:35pm - sethherr