Introducing: Galaxy Brain Podcast
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Charlie Warzel
Charlie Warzel is a staff writer at The Atlantic and the author of its newsletter Galaxy Brain, about technology, media, and big ideas. He can be reached via email. He is a co-author of Out of Office: The Big Problem and Bigger Promise of Working From Home. Previously he was a writer at large for The New York Times’ Opinion section and a senior writer at BuzzFeed News.
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Galaxy Brain
You live in interesting times. Galaxy Brain wants to help you navigate them. A newsletter by Charlie Warzel about technology, media, politics … and big ideas.
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The U.S. is becoming an Nvidia-state.
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AI slop is winning.
Illustration by The Atlantic YouTube Bends the Knee
Welcome to the era of Big-Tech capitulation.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Andrew Harnik / Getty. Something Is Very Wrong Online
The cycle of violence will continue as long as the medium doesn’t change.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Daniel Acker / Bloomberg / Getty. You Really Need to See Epstein’s Birthday Book for Yourself
This time, the conspiracy theorists were right.
Photo-illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Rick Friedman / Corbis / Getty. The Mass Shooters Are Performing for One Another
The goal of these attacks is to join a lineage of infamous killers.
Illustration by Ben Kothe / The Atlantic. Source: OleJohny / Getty. AI Is a Mass-Delusion Event
Three years in, one of AI’s enduring impacts is to make people feel like they’re losing it.
Illustration by Niv Bavarsky for The Atlantic The Discourse Is Broken
How did a jeans commercial with Sydney Sweeney come to this?
Photo-illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: American Eagle Outfitters; Alexandr Bognat / Getty; Pakin Songmor / Getty. The Desperation of Donald Trump’s Posts
Trump’s social-media habits are different when he can’t control the narrative.
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