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Are We Thinking About Crime All Wrong?
From the daily newsletter: how to actually make communities safer. Plus: Andrew Marantz on Poland’s election of a right-wing nationalist.
By Malcolm Gladwell
What Isaac Asimov Reveals About Living with A.I.
In “I, Robot,” three Laws of Robotics align artificially intelligent machines with humans. Could we rein in chatbots with laws of our own?
By Cal Newport
Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, June 3rd
“It buzzes when the President is ready to pardon me.”
By Brendan Loper
How the Broadway Musical “Maybe Happy Ending” Creates Visual Magic
The scenic designer Dane Laffrey on the inspiration he found while travelling in Tokyo and the ideas that led to the groundbreaking set design of the Broadway musical, which stars Darren Criss and Helen J. Shen.
Film by Sam Wolson
Why Do You Want to Be a Knight?
Keep in mind that we don’t get to pick which quests we go on, and most of them are pretty Jesus-y.
By Roland High
The Uncertain Future of a Chinese Student at Harvard
Amid escalating threats from the Trump Administration, a student assesses whom he can turn to.
By Peter Hessler
Trumpworld’s Court Philosopher
Curtis Yarvin plots against America. Plus: Ronan Farrow on what Elon Musk’s alleged drug use means for DOGE—and for the rest of us.
By Ava Kofman
Peace Out, Knicks
Watching the New York Knickerbockers this season felt like being on a rollercoaster whose entire path was a vertiginous drop.
By Vinson Cunningham