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Science & Tech	“Hallucinating” AIs Sound Creative, but Let’s Not Celebrate Being Wrong The term “hallucination,” which has been widely adopted to describe large language models outputting false information, is misleading. Its application to creativity risks compounding that. Oliver Bown \| Oct 13, 2023
Economics	The Myth of Meritocracy Runs Deep in American History Jeff Fuhrer, author of “The Myth That Made Us,” examines the false narratives about meritocracy and post-racism that shaped the nation’s identity. Jeff Fuhrer \| Oct 10, 2023
Culture	Be Strong in the Broken Places: My Journey With Alzheimer’s Alzheimer’s has devastated generations of my family tree. Now it has come for me. Greg O'Brien \| Oct 4, 2023
Media	An Apocalyptic Meditation on Doomscrolling The next time you catch yourself doomscrolling, take it as an invitation to own your own horror. Erik Davis \| Oct 1, 2023
Culture	In the Spirit of Survival: How Indigenous Protectors Are Saving Rez Dogs From healing historical wounds to championing a brighter future, advocates are redefining the narrative around reservation dogs and their integral role in Indigenous identity and welfare. Kendra Coulter \| Sep 29, 2023
Culture	The Truth in Games Veteran game designer and writer Frank Lantz reflects on the power of video games to capture and express sublime truths. Frank Lantz \| Sep 26, 2023
Science & Tech	What the Science Actually Says About Unconscious Decision Making There is no free lunch when it comes to tricky decisions; you have to do the thinking. Ben R. Newell and David R. Shanks \| Sep 22, 2023
Science & Tech	Aldous Huxley's Deep Reflection Huxley was a very special kind of expert witness to his own unusual states of consciousness. J. Allan Hobson \| Sep 19, 2023
Science & Tech	A Tale About the Frontal Lobes as Told by a Neurologist Mark D'Esposito draws on a half-century of research, as well as insights gained in his lab, to break down our current understanding of frontal lobe function and working memory. Mark D'Esposito \| Sep 14, 2023
Science & Tech	Project Cybersyn: Chile's Radical Experiment in Cybernetic Socialism Fifty years ago, a military coup violently ended Chile’s political experiment with socialism, and with it the nation’s technological experiment with cybernetic management. Eden Medina \| Sep 11, 2023
Culture	Notes on the Rituals of Insomniacs A brief excerpt from Marie Darrieussecq’s memoir “Sleepless,” a restless inquiry into the cultural and psychic sources of insomnia. Marie Darrieussecq \| Translated by Penny Hueston \| Sep 4, 2023
Science & Tech	What Evolutionary Biology Can and Can't Tell Us About Sex, Gender, and Sexuality Some human social constructs like gender are viewed erroneously in an evolutionary context. It’s time for our understanding of a person’s self-identity to evolve. Prosanta Chakrabarty \| Sep 1, 2023