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“At some point in the future, something that is currently considered a high-level skill will be the baseline for everyone”
In this edition of the Weekender: an Australian journalist in the hot seat, a book written by hand, and a flattened World Wide Web
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“It was 5 hours into the trip when I realized my hostess might be annoyed. 33 hours when I thought she hated me. 55 hours when I knew she…
In this edition of The Weekender: Vice’s demise, new acts of adult rebellion, and prolonged rejection with no escape
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“You can’t transform the world unless you can understand it, and you can’t understand the world unless you can measure it”
In this edition of The Weekender: grappling with potential, scamming a scammer, and AI's actual impact
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“Could I really claim these hallmarks of adulthood if the only thing making them possible is my father’s generosity?”
In this edition of the Weekender: music as a measure of virtue, Phia’s possible legal troubles, and tasting Parisian produce 40 years later
Jul 18
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“I had become haunted by the simplest question: What did I care about?”
In this edition of the Weekender: physical therapy for the mind, writers debating the merits of AI, and living at odds with New York City
Jul 11
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“As a writer, I often felt like I was trying to enter various clubs that didn’t want me”
In this edition of the Weekender: performative reading, going back to the drawing board, and a dying author’s final piece of work.
Jul 4
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“My uncle used Claude to write my Nana’s obituary”
In this edition of the Weekender: blowing off tech-induced steam, escaping the city, and how one pair of glasses is tanking a company
Jun 27
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“I have never felt very comfortable with the stance that writing, as an undertaking, is both very difficult and emotionally intolerable”
In this edition of the Weekender: vows of silence, teenage idols, and exploring whether writing is actually torture
Jun 20
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“Make the art, then secure the bag”
In this edition of the Weekender: New York Times bestsellers lurking in unexpected places, a remedy for atrophied attention spans, and how to spend…
Jun 13
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“Get your Splenda and go”
In this edition of the Weekender: leaving your phone at home, chasing Moby Dick, and traversing a secret network of liminal spaces
Jun 6
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“I cheer for everyone”
A special Weekender curated by Edith Zimmerman: handsome physical therapists, interruptions mid-Bach, and what it takes to call oneself a runner
May 30
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“Authenticity is a story the tourist tells about herself”
In this edition of the Weekender: the end of travel, why AI can’t make great art, Met Gala cringe, and Laura Marling on Elliott Smith
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