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Remembering István Bányai

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Feb 7, 2023

Remembering István Bányai

Feb 7, 2023

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Every Day Is Christmas for CEOs

Yes, Virginia, once upon a time the heads of big corporations weren’t each paid tens or hundreds of millions a year

Nov 29, 2021

Every Day Is Christmas for CEOs

Nov 29, 2021

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Doing Our Bit to Avoid A Civil War

Leave your bubble, get out in the U.S.A. — it’s too easy to fear and loathe people you encounter only second-hand, on screens

Nov 20, 2021

Doing Our Bit to Avoid A Civil War

Nov 20, 2021

Hating Big Tech Can Unite America

In the 1970s everybody started hating government, which didn’t work out well. In the 2020s everybody has started hating Facebook: huzzah!

Oct 31, 2021

Hating Big Tech Can Unite America

Oct 31, 2021

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America Is Rich Enough To Make Every American a Winner

The U.S. economic system is a hellish Squid Game — why do we keep playing?

Oct 13, 2021

America Is Rich Enough To Make Every American a Winner

Oct 13, 2021

Living in A Word Cloud

I wonder how many agender people with DMRD listen to Red and Anarchist black metal while eating Birthday Cake Pebbles?

Sep 30, 2021

Living in A Word Cloud

Sep 30, 2021

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Democrat-Blue Highways Through Red America: A Road-Trip Game

I wondered: Where could I drive for a whole day (or two) without passing through a single precinct won by Donald Trump in 2020?

Sep 20, 2021

Democrat-Blue Highways Through Red America: A Road-Trip Game

Sep 20, 2021

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Maybe You Don’t Want to Be In Business With Jared Kushner

He’s “re-entering the private sector” with his own financial firm — so as a public service, my own tale of doing a deal with him

Aug 24, 2021

Maybe You Don’t Want to Be In Business With Jared Kushner

Aug 24, 2021

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Ride Without Helmets, Don’t Get Vaccinated, Live Free and Die

Back when Americans didn’t complain about vaccines, motorcyclists had to wear helmets in 47 of 50 states

Jul 29, 2021

Ride Without Helmets, Don’t Get Vaccinated, Live Free and Die

Jul 29, 2021

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A Brief History of “Fuck” in The New York Times

Also fucked, fucking, fucker, motherfucker, and Airbnfuckingbs

Jul 13, 2021

A Brief History of “Fuck” in The New York Times

Jul 13, 2021

Kurt Andersen

Kurt Andersen

Award-winning, bestselling author (Evil Geniuses, Fantasyland, True Believers, Heyday, Turn of the Century) and creator of media (Studio 360, Inside, SPY).

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