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Dylan Matthews

Dylan Matthews

Former Senior Correspondent and Lead Writer

Dylan Matthews was a senior correspondent and head writer for Future Perfect, Vox’s section that tells stories about people and institutions trying to do the most good for the world they can. He is particularly interested in global health and pandemic prevention, anti-poverty efforts in the US and abroad, economic policy and theory, and conflicts about the right way to do philanthropy.

Dylan joined Vox as one of our first three employees in February 2014, and has been here ever since, writing about everything from furries to foreign aid. In the distant past, he wrote for the Washington Post, the New Republic, The American Prospect, and Slate. He co-hosted The Weeds podcast, and can be reached at dylan.matthews@vox.com and on Twitter at @dylanmatt.

Ethics Statement

Future Perfect coverage may include stories about organizations that writers have made personal donations to. This does not in any way affect the editorial independence of our coverage, and this information will be disclosed clearly when relevant.

Future Perfect is supported in part by grants from foundations and individual donors. Future Perfect prizes its editorial independence, and all editorial decisions are made separately from fundraising and commercial considerations. See Vox’s ethics and guidelines for more.

Latest articles by Dylan Matthews

Future Perfect
Want to donate to charity? Here are 10 guidelines for giving effectively.Want to donate to charity? Here are 10 guidelines for giving effectively.
Future Perfect

How to do the most good possible with the money you give.

By Dylan Matthews and Sigal Samuel
Future Perfect
Want to help save the most lives possible? Here’s where to give money.Want to help save the most lives possible? Here’s where to give money.
Future Perfect

Supporting groups that work on malaria, lead poisoning, and other health issues can make a big difference with just a little money.

By Pratik Pawar, Dylan Matthews and 1 more
The Case for Growth
The massive stakes of the big federal housing bill, explainedThe massive stakes of the big federal housing bill, explained
The Case for Growth

We’re the feds and we’re here to help (with your rent).

By Dylan Matthews
Future Perfect
We’ve been wrong about new technology before. Are we wrong about AI?We’ve been wrong about new technology before. Are we wrong about AI?
Future Perfect

Why current AI usage data might mislead us about the future.

By Dylan Matthews
Future Perfect
How to save Social Security without screwing over poor peopleHow to save Social Security without screwing over poor people
Future Perfect

Raising the retirement age does more to hurt poorer people who live less long.

By Dylan Matthews
The case for caring about shrimp
Eating the Ocean

Killing two people is worse than killing one. What about 440 billion crustaceans?

By Dylan Matthews
Future Perfect
A tournament tried to test how well experts could forecast AI progress. They were all wrong.A tournament tried to test how well experts could forecast AI progress. They were all wrong.
Future Perfect

Everyone underestimated AI progress. Now what?

By Dylan Matthews
Future Perfect
This cash experiment cut child deaths in half. Here’s the catch.This cash experiment cut child deaths in half. Here’s the catch.
Future Perfect

Cash transfers can save lives. Just not very cost-effectively.

By Dylan Matthews
Future Perfect
The Nvidia chip deal that has Trump officials threatening to quitThe Nvidia chip deal that has Trump officials threatening to quit
Future Perfect

This deal has everything: semiconductors, DeepSeek, constitutional violations.

By Dylan Matthews
Technology
Mark Zuckerberg’s unbelievably bleak AI visionMark Zuckerberg’s unbelievably bleak AI vision
Technology

We were promised flying cars. We got Instagram brain rot.

By Dylan Matthews