Have We Destroyed Childhood?
Joshua Rothman writes about how we blame smartphones for the crisis of kids’ mental health, but the problem might be…
Open Questions
admin Should You Believe in Fate?
Joshua Rothman writes about chance and his increased attentiveness after an electric-scooter accident.
What’s the Value of an Hour?
Joshua Rothman on the value of time, and the forces that seek to optimize and monetize it.
What If We Can Never Trust A.I.?
Joshua Rothman on OpenAI’s revelations of its A.I. hacking Hugging Face, and the risks that artificial intelligence poses to cybersecurity…
Should We Do More to Fight Lookism?
Joshua Rothman considers lookism—discrimination against people who are unattractive—and whether we should see it like other forms of discrimination, such…
Should You Recline Your Airplane Seat?
Joshua Rothman explores the ethical dilemma of whether to recline one’s seat on an airplane.
Are Dads Getting Better?
Joshua Rothman writes about a new book, “Dad Brain: The New Science of Fatherhood and How It Shapes Men’s Lives,”…
Are Americans Too Old?
In “Gerontocracy in America,” the historian Samuel Moyn argues that the central conflict of our era is between the young…
Instead of Taking Your Job, A.I. Might Transform It
Cal Newport on some of the ways that artificial intelligence might enhance the human workforce, rather than replace it.
Should You Automate Your Life?
Joshua Rothman on the book “I Am Not a Robot: My Year Using AI to Do (Almost) Everything,” by Joanna…