The New Yorker Summaries and Reviews

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10 Article

Can Gettr Become the Online Gathering Place for Trump’s G.O.P.?

With Big Tech cracking down on COVID-19 and election misinformation, sites with more permissive posting rules are courting prominent figures on the right.
Clare Malone
The New Yorker, 2022
10 Article

Can Carbon-Dioxide Removal Save the World?

CO2 could soon reach levels that, it’s widely agreed, will lead to catastrophe.
Elizabeth Kolbert
The New Yorker, 2017
9 Article

ChatGPT Is a Blurry JPEG of the Web

OpenAl’s chatbot offers paraphrases, whereas Google offers quotes. Which do we prefer?
Ted Chiang
The New Yorker, 2023
9 Article

The Terrifying Choices Created by Wildfires

Many Californians are confronting a series of confounding decision – among them, whether they should fight or flee.
Ingfei Chen
The New Yorker, 2022
9 Article

The Great Siberian Thaw

Permafrost contains microbes, mammoths, and twice as much carbon as Earth’s atmosphere. What happens when it starts to melt?
Joshua Yaffa
The New Yorker, 2022
9 Article

Is It Time for a New Economics Curriculum?

“The Economy,” a new textbook, is designed for the post-neoliberal age.
Nick Romeo
The New Yorker, 2021
9 Article
Salman Rushdie
The New Yorker, 2022
9 Article

The Miseducation of Maria Montessori

Her method was meant for the public. Then it became a privilege.
Jessica Winter
The New Yorker, 2022
9 Article

What It's Like to Fight a Megafire

Wildfires have grown more extreme. So have the risks of combatting them
M.R. O'Connor
The New Yorker, 2021
9 Article

How Venture Capitalists Are Deforming Capitalism

Even the worst-run startup can beat competitors if investors prop it up.
Charles Duhigg
The New Yorker, 2020
9 Article

Has the Pandemic Transformed the Office Forever?

Companies are figuring out how to balance what appears to be a lasting shift toward remote work with the value of the physical workplace.
John Seabrook
The New Yorker, 2021
9 Article

Why Remote Work Is So Hard – And How It Can Be Fixed

The challenges aren’t just technological. They’re managerial.
Cal Newport
The New Yorker, 2020