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The Paper Millionaire, by some Arab-turned-Englishman named Roger Shashoua. He sat

Tom Wolfe • A Man in Full: A Novel

he was who I wanted to be when I grew up. He’s one of the great nonfiction writers of our time, a genius of reportage and the profile, someone who could take any curious whim and turn it into a compelling book.

Alex Karp Has Money and Power. So What Does He Want?

Maureen Dowd nytimes.com

Donald Trump kept trying to thread the needle with birther accusations. Maybe this sitting president isn’t a real American. Maybe this election—of a man, by the way, who was scrutinized the first time he ran for office—is a case where we need to take a closer look. This all happens on a more fundamental level than policy disputes. It would be comed

Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson • Mo' Meta Blues: The World According to Questlove

Donald Trump is an uncannily accommodating vessel for projection, good and ill. It occurs as something of a cosmic joke that his last name is “Trump,” which is the Joker in a deck of cards, a wild card, the card that can be any card. So it is that Donald Trump can be any character, whatever people hold him to be. This serves both to elevate him and... See more

Charles Eisenstein • Shades of Many Colors

How the Internet Gets Inside Us

Adam Gopnik newyorker.com

Apple, Its Control Over the iPhone, The Internet, And The Metaverse

Matthew Ball matthewball.vc

Jerry Seinfeld Says Movies Are Over. Here’s Why He Made One Anyway

Brett Martin gq.com

Yet the cultural dominance of the iPhone — and the transformation of the open internet into “walled gardens” and apps focused on simplifying the user experience — has taken the “triumph of seamless usability” to a new level. This “tyranny of convenience,” to borrow Tim Wu’s phrase , should sensitize us to what may be lost when democratization proc