The New Yorker Summaries and Reviews
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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.
The New Yorker, 2022
Can Carbon-Dioxide Removal Save the World?
CO2 could soon reach levels that, it’s widely agreed, will lead to catastrophe.
The New Yorker, 2017
ChatGPT Is a Blurry JPEG of the Web
OpenAl’s chatbot offers paraphrases, whereas Google offers quotes. Which do we prefer?
The New Yorker, 2023
The Terrifying Choices Created by Wildfires
Many Californians are confronting a series of confounding decision – among them, whether they should fight or flee.
The New Yorker, 2022
The Great Siberian Thaw
Permafrost contains microbes, mammoths, and twice as much carbon as Earth’s atmosphere. What happens when it starts to melt?
The New Yorker, 2022
Is It Time for a New Economics Curriculum?
“The Economy,” a new textbook, is designed for the post-neoliberal age.
The New Yorker, 2021
Salman Rushdie on the Fatwa That Endangered His Life
From the New Yorker archive
The New Yorker, 2022
The Miseducation of Maria Montessori
Her method was meant for the public. Then it became a privilege.
The New Yorker, 2022
What It's Like to Fight a Megafire
Wildfires have grown more extreme. So have the risks of combatting them
The New Yorker, 2021
How Venture Capitalists Are Deforming Capitalism
Even the worst-run startup can beat competitors if investors prop it up.
The New Yorker, 2020
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.
The New Yorker, 2021
Why Remote Work Is So Hard – And How It Can Be Fixed
The challenges aren’t just technological. They’re managerial.
The New Yorker, 2020