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Gideon Lewis-Kraus
Gideon Lewis-Kraus is a staff writer at The New Yorker. Previously, he was a writer-at-large for the New York Times Magazine, a contributing writer at Wired, and a contributing editor at Harper’s. He grew up in New Jersey, attended Stanford University, and was a Fulbright Scholar in Berlin. He is the author of the memoir “A Sense of Direction” and the Kindle Single “No Exit,” and has edited collections by Richard Rorty and Philip Rieff. His work has appeared in the New York Review of Books, the London Review of Books, n+1, and elsewhere. He teaches reporting in the Graduate Writing Program at Columbia University.
Are Flying Cars Finally Here?
They have long been a symbol of a future that never came. Now a variety of companies are building them—or something close.
You Say You Want a Revolution. Do You Know What You Mean by That?
Two new books, by Fareed Zakaria and Nathan Perl-Rosenthal, demonstrate the concept’s allure and perils.
Jewish Identity with and Without Zionism
New books provide sober histories of the conflicts among Jews over Israel and offer alternate ways forward.
Maybe We Already Have Runaway Machines
A new book argues that the invention of states and corporations has something to teach us about A.I. But perhaps it’s the other way around.
Will Sam Bankman-Fried’s Guilty Verdict Change Anything?
The former C.E.O. of FTX now faces up to a hundred and ten years in prison. But, beyond resetting his personal fate, it’s not yet clear what the trial accomplished.
Michael Lewis’s Big Contrarian Bet
Almost everyone in the world believes that Sam Bankman-Fried is guilty. In “Going Infinite,” the writer takes the kind of risk that his characters often do, and asks us to question that assumption.
They Studied Dishonesty. Was Their Work a Lie?
Dan Ariely and Francesca Gino became famous for their research into why we bend the truth. Now they’ve both been accused of fabricating data.
When Dying Patients Want Unproven Drugs
Patient-advocacy groups mobilized to demand access to a controversial new drug called Relyvrio. But hasty approval comes at a cost.
Did Starbucks Really Put Olive Oil in Coffee?
The new Starbucks Oleato is terrible. But somehow there’s pleasure to be had in its existence.
Surveillance and the Loneliness of the Long-Distance Trucker
A new book shows how electronic tracking systems have failed to make trucking safer. But they have helped companies spy on their workers.
Sam Bankman-Fried, Effective Altruism, and the Question of Complicity
Leaders of the social movement had no way to know that FTX would collapse. But they also had every incentive to ignore warnings.
The Appeal of Scientific Heroism
For the documentary “In Silico,” Noah Hutton set out to track the creation of a simulated brain. He ended up capturing a more complicated story.
The Man Who Explains Italy
In the lead-up to a historic election, Francesco Costa has become a new-media phenomenon, cutting through the insularity of the big papers to deliver funny, incisive commentary.
The Reluctant Prophet of Effective Altruism
William MacAskill’s movement set out to help the global poor. Now his followers fret about runaway A.I. Have they seen our threats clearly, or lost their way?
How Harmful Is Social Media?
There’s a general sense that it’s bad for society—which may be right. But studies offer surprisingly few easy answers.
Have Chinese Spies Infiltrated American Campuses?
The U.S. government arrested Chinese professors, implying that they were foreign agents. The professors say that they’ve been caught up in a xenophobic panic.
An Extraordinary Account of a Hasidic Enclave
A new book, “American Shtetl,” charts how a group of ultra-Orthodox Jews created a separatist territory in upstate New York.
Early Civilizations Had It All Figured Out
A contrarian account of our prehistory argues that cities once flourished without rulers and rules—and still could.
Can Progressives Be Convinced That Genetics Matters?
The behavior geneticist Kathryn Paige Harden is waging a two-front campaign: on her left are those who assume that genes are irrelevant, on her right those who insist that they’re everything.
The Unexplained Phenomena of the U.F.O. Report
A new intelligence document examines a hundred and forty-three sightings that might have been caused by errant balloons, foreign drones, or “Other”—a reserved way of saying aliens.
Are Flying Cars Finally Here?
They have long been a symbol of a future that never came. Now a variety of companies are building them—or something close.
You Say You Want a Revolution. Do You Know What You Mean by That?
Two new books, by Fareed Zakaria and Nathan Perl-Rosenthal, demonstrate the concept’s allure and perils.
Jewish Identity with and Without Zionism
New books provide sober histories of the conflicts among Jews over Israel and offer alternate ways forward.
Maybe We Already Have Runaway Machines
A new book argues that the invention of states and corporations has something to teach us about A.I. But perhaps it’s the other way around.
Will Sam Bankman-Fried’s Guilty Verdict Change Anything?
The former C.E.O. of FTX now faces up to a hundred and ten years in prison. But, beyond resetting his personal fate, it’s not yet clear what the trial accomplished.
Michael Lewis’s Big Contrarian Bet
Almost everyone in the world believes that Sam Bankman-Fried is guilty. In “Going Infinite,” the writer takes the kind of risk that his characters often do, and asks us to question that assumption.
They Studied Dishonesty. Was Their Work a Lie?
Dan Ariely and Francesca Gino became famous for their research into why we bend the truth. Now they’ve both been accused of fabricating data.
When Dying Patients Want Unproven Drugs
Patient-advocacy groups mobilized to demand access to a controversial new drug called Relyvrio. But hasty approval comes at a cost.
Did Starbucks Really Put Olive Oil in Coffee?
The new Starbucks Oleato is terrible. But somehow there’s pleasure to be had in its existence.
Surveillance and the Loneliness of the Long-Distance Trucker
A new book shows how electronic tracking systems have failed to make trucking safer. But they have helped companies spy on their workers.
Sam Bankman-Fried, Effective Altruism, and the Question of Complicity
Leaders of the social movement had no way to know that FTX would collapse. But they also had every incentive to ignore warnings.
The Appeal of Scientific Heroism
For the documentary “In Silico,” Noah Hutton set out to track the creation of a simulated brain. He ended up capturing a more complicated story.
The Man Who Explains Italy
In the lead-up to a historic election, Francesco Costa has become a new-media phenomenon, cutting through the insularity of the big papers to deliver funny, incisive commentary.
The Reluctant Prophet of Effective Altruism
William MacAskill’s movement set out to help the global poor. Now his followers fret about runaway A.I. Have they seen our threats clearly, or lost their way?
How Harmful Is Social Media?
There’s a general sense that it’s bad for society—which may be right. But studies offer surprisingly few easy answers.
Have Chinese Spies Infiltrated American Campuses?
The U.S. government arrested Chinese professors, implying that they were foreign agents. The professors say that they’ve been caught up in a xenophobic panic.
An Extraordinary Account of a Hasidic Enclave
A new book, “American Shtetl,” charts how a group of ultra-Orthodox Jews created a separatist territory in upstate New York.
Early Civilizations Had It All Figured Out
A contrarian account of our prehistory argues that cities once flourished without rulers and rules—and still could.
Can Progressives Be Convinced That Genetics Matters?
The behavior geneticist Kathryn Paige Harden is waging a two-front campaign: on her left are those who assume that genes are irrelevant, on her right those who insist that they’re everything.
The Unexplained Phenomena of the U.F.O. Report
A new intelligence document examines a hundred and forty-three sightings that might have been caused by errant balloons, foreign drones, or “Other”—a reserved way of saying aliens.