The content juxtaposes intimate observations of everyday life with wide-ranging societal analyses. Two types of dishwasher people are contrasted, and only one loading method is presented as correct. A cultural argument links a lack of moral education to rising meanness and moral inarticulacy across generations. Analysis of higher education shows a computer-science degree bubble vulnerable to artificial-intelligence-driven job displacement. Pieces examine how the ultrawealthy avoid taxes, the erosion of American freedoms, and the role of elite private schools in entrenching inequality. Personal essays and cultural recommendations provide nostalgia, entertainment picks, and reflections on youth consumer culture.
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The Roses, a comedy movie about a seemingly perfect couple whose hidden tensions explode after the husband's career falls apart (out Friday in theaters) Katrina: Come Hell and High Water, a three-part documentary following the stories of Hurricane Katrina survivors (out Wednesday on Netflix) Katabasis, a novel by the best-selling author R. F. Kuang about two graduate students who must set aside their rivalry and journey to hell to save their professor's soul (out Tuesday)
How America Got Mean In a culture devoid of moral education, generations are growing up in a morally inarticulate, self-referential world. ( From 2023) By David Brooks The Computer-Science Bubble Is Bursting Artificial intelligence is ideally suited to replacing the very type of person who built it. By Rose Horowitch Buy, Borrow, Die How to be a billionaire and pay no taxes
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