Doherty is one of the most irritating people on the internet, an influencer whose entire shtick consists of actively ...

With less than three weeks until Election Day, there’s a lot of uncertainty about uncertainty. Anxiety is high and patience is wearing thin. That means all eyes are on polls, experts, and models, ...

Like many girls of my generation, I read Twilight in middle school. One thing that was notable about the book was author Stephenie Meyer’s reticence to provide her main character, Bella Swan, with ...

When tech industry leaders imagine hopeful outcomes for AI, those outcomes are often grandiose. Demis Hassabis, co-founder of Google DeepMind, is fond of predicting “ten times the impact of the ...

Reminder: Join The Argument this week for a live event on Oct. 16 in Washington, D.C.! Liberalism isn’t just about designing optimal technocratic policies — it’s about building a society where people ...

Growing up in a household where both of my parents had graduate degrees, I got one piece of emphatic advice about graduate school: I should only do a program that would pay me, not one that wanted me ...

Earlier this week, in front of the ruins of the Acropolis, a son of Cuban immigrants claimed the mantle of Western civilization. Secretary of State Marco Rubio stood on the hill where, once a year, ...

ustralia’s government portals (without the company alerting the government for weeks). Nonetheless, U.S. President Donald Trump had just called AI safety fears a “hoax,” so few expected the meeting to ...

Welcome to The Weekly Scroll! The Weekly Scroll is a once-a-week roundup of the most interesting, strangest, and funniest stories from around the social internet. This week, we’re talking about the ...