This week in the magazine, David Brooks writes about the new sciences of human nature. Below, he narrates a video exploring the dynamics of everyday interactions.
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The Best Books We’ve Read in 2024 So Far
Our editors and critics review notable new fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
By The New Yorker
Critics at Large
Why We Love an Office Drama
From Adelle Waldman’s novel “Help Wanted” to the sci-fi-inflected Apple TV+ show “Severance,” fictional depictions of work are getting darker, or at least stranger. What can the state of the workplace in art tell us about the workplace in life?
Annals of Artificial Intelligence
Can an A.I. Make Plans?
Today’s systems struggle to imagine the future—but that may soon change.
By Cal Newport
Critics at Large
Kate Middleton and the Internet’s Communal Fictions
In the months leading up to the announcement of Kate Middleton’s cancer diagnosis, online sleuths created a vivid fictional world explaining her absence. When conspiracy steps in, where does that leave reality?