In his new book, A World Appears, Michael Pollan argues that artificial intelligence can do many things—it just can’t be a person.
In his book The Intimate Animal, sex and relationships researcher Justin Garcia says people have miscalculated their need for human intimacy, which is the real issue at root of the loneliness epidemic.
Millions of words. Thousands of authors. The Morning Star of Lingao is barely known outside China—but it contains the secret to the country’s modernization and malaise.
On this week’s episode of The Big Interview, the author of The Handmaid’s Tale talks about Elon Musk, political resistance, and why she still has hope for America’s future.
I’m a Black staffer at WIRED. My position feels more precarious than ever. There’s a reason for that.