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when chatgpt was new, ted chiang famously compared it to a blurry jpeg of everything on the internet. I wrote for @theatlantic.com about how that, these days, it’s more like a fictional character that people treat as real. ☠️ (gift link)
ChatGPT Is a Fictional Character
What makes OpenAI’s chatbot so dangerous? It’s a character without an author.
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October 16, 2025 at 12:31 PM
when chatgpt was new, ted chiang famously compared it to a blurry jpeg of everything on the internet. I wrote for @theatlantic.com about how that, these days, it’s more like a fictional character that people treat as real. ☠️ (gift link)
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🎙️ ON AIR:
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We're talking to professor Carolyn Chen, journalist @lorakelley.bsky.social and Ramp economist Ara Kharazian about the origins of 996, the grind culture of Silicon Valley, and whether or not this trend is going to stick.
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October 13, 2025 at 4:13 PM
🎙️ ON AIR:
We're talking to professor Carolyn Chen, journalist @lorakelley.bsky.social and Ramp economist Ara Kharazian about the origins of 996, the grind culture of Silicon Valley, and whether or not this trend is going to stick.
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We're talking to professor Carolyn Chen, journalist @lorakelley.bsky.social and Ramp economist Ara Kharazian about the origins of 996, the grind culture of Silicon Valley, and whether or not this trend is going to stick.
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have you hugged your job today???
i wrote about the workers clinging to their jobs in a murky market for my latest shop talk column @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/b...
i wrote about the workers clinging to their jobs in a murky market for my latest shop talk column @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/b...
Have You Hugged Your Job Today?
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October 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
have you hugged your job today???
i wrote about the workers clinging to their jobs in a murky market for my latest shop talk column @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/b...
i wrote about the workers clinging to their jobs in a murky market for my latest shop talk column @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/b...
So glad to contribute to the Paris Review's wonderful fall books series with a piece on Helen Garner's footy memoir:
www.theparisreview.org/blog/2025/09...
www.theparisreview.org/blog/2025/09...
Fall Books: On Helen Garner’s The Season by Lora Kelley
September 12, 2025 – “The book tracks the team over the course of seven months, as the boys brawl, lose, win, and physically grow.”
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September 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM
So glad to contribute to the Paris Review's wonderful fall books series with a piece on Helen Garner's footy memoir:
www.theparisreview.org/blog/2025/09...
www.theparisreview.org/blog/2025/09...
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"Porters were paid by the mile, getting their wages once they hit 11,000 each month. They regularly put in more than seventy hours a week, relying on tips to supplement their low pay."
@lorakelley.bsky.social @nybooks.com
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@lorakelley.bsky.social @nybooks.com
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‘A Moment of Pleasant Indecision’ | Lora Kelley
In the summer of 1957 a young woman named Shirley Kubik got a job attending to passengers on Trans World Airlines. After the company determined that she
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August 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
"Porters were paid by the mile, getting their wages once they hit 11,000 each month. They regularly put in more than seventy hours a week, relying on tips to supplement their low pay."
@lorakelley.bsky.social @nybooks.com
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@lorakelley.bsky.social @nybooks.com
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I am delighted to be back writing the Shop Talk column for the
@nytimes.com Business section!
For this week’s, I spoke with Marc Benioff and others about their (still largely speculative) vision for a bot colleague future, where AI is promoted to “digital labor.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/b...
@nytimes.com Business section!
For this week’s, I spoke with Marc Benioff and others about their (still largely speculative) vision for a bot colleague future, where AI is promoted to “digital labor.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/b...
Where Human Labor Meets ‘Digital Labor’
www.nytimes.com
August 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I am delighted to be back writing the Shop Talk column for the
@nytimes.com Business section!
For this week’s, I spoke with Marc Benioff and others about their (still largely speculative) vision for a bot colleague future, where AI is promoted to “digital labor.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/b...
@nytimes.com Business section!
For this week’s, I spoke with Marc Benioff and others about their (still largely speculative) vision for a bot colleague future, where AI is promoted to “digital labor.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/b...
I wrote about Martin Amis for @parisreview.bsky.social www.theparisreview.org/blog/2025/05...
The Matter of Martin by Lora Kelley
May 22, 2025 – “Salman Rushdie, who closed out the evening, recounted the cheeky word games they used to play; in one, they replaced the word Love in titles with the words Hysterical Sex, to get to ‘H...
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May 22, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I wrote about Martin Amis for @parisreview.bsky.social www.theparisreview.org/blog/2025/05...
For @theatlantic.com, I wrote about a new book on multi-level marketing, and what this nominally fringey industry tells us about the rest of the economy: www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv...
An Awkward Truth About American Work
Direct-selling schemes are considered fringe businesses, but their values have bled into the national economy.
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May 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
For @theatlantic.com, I wrote about a new book on multi-level marketing, and what this nominally fringey industry tells us about the rest of the economy: www.theatlantic.com/books/archiv...
delighted to be back in the Times Sunday Business section this weekend with a quick look at what the GDP does/doesn’t reveal about the wider economy
May 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
delighted to be back in the Times Sunday Business section this weekend with a quick look at what the GDP does/doesn’t reveal about the wider economy
As tariffs threaten the cost of synth knobs, wine corks, specialty butters and trading card sleeves, the stuff that makes American life fun may become out of reach.
For the NYT Sunday Business section, I wrote about how tariffs will reshape the world of hobbies:
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/b...
For the NYT Sunday Business section, I wrote about how tariffs will reshape the world of hobbies:
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/b...
How Tariffs Could Make Americans’ Hobbies More Expensive
As tariffs threaten the cost of synth knobs, wine corks, specialty butters and trading card sleeves, the stuff that makes American life fun may become out of reach.
www.nytimes.com
April 28, 2025 at 2:06 PM
As tariffs threaten the cost of synth knobs, wine corks, specialty butters and trading card sleeves, the stuff that makes American life fun may become out of reach.
For the NYT Sunday Business section, I wrote about how tariffs will reshape the world of hobbies:
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/b...
For the NYT Sunday Business section, I wrote about how tariffs will reshape the world of hobbies:
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/26/b...
I have some news: Today is my last day @theatlantic.com ! After two epic years and 200 newsletters, I am going to freelance!! Very excited for projects ahead but will miss my wonderful colleagues so much. So grateful for all I learned here!!!!!
April 2, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I have some news: Today is my last day @theatlantic.com ! After two epic years and 200 newsletters, I am going to freelance!! Very excited for projects ahead but will miss my wonderful colleagues so much. So grateful for all I learned here!!!!!
I wrote about the posting that electric-car supporters should “ROT IN HELL” to showcasing Teslas on the White House lawn pipeline for @theatlantic.com:
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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Donald Trump, Tesla Salesman
In promoting Elon Musk’s car company, Donald Trump showed just how far he’ll go for his allies.
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March 13, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I wrote about the posting that electric-car supporters should “ROT IN HELL” to showcasing Teslas on the White House lawn pipeline for @theatlantic.com:
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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The Trump administration’s attempts to shake up the IRS could work against its goal of efficiency, @lorakelley.bsky.social writes in The Atlantic Daily.
Tax Season Just Got More Confusing
The IRS was starting to modernize—then the Trump administration intervened.
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February 27, 2025 at 12:03 AM
The Trump administration’s attempts to shake up the IRS could work against its goal of efficiency, @lorakelley.bsky.social writes in The Atlantic Daily.
A sign that the egg-cost crisis has gotten dire came in the form of a sticker on a laminated breakfast menu: Last week, Waffle House announced that it would be adding a temporary 50-cent surcharge to each egg ordered.
I wrote about eggs for @theatlantic.com !
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I wrote about eggs for @theatlantic.com !
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The Breaking Point for Eggs
The logic of egg prices is getting scrambled.
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February 11, 2025 at 4:29 PM
A sign that the egg-cost crisis has gotten dire came in the form of a sticker on a laminated breakfast menu: Last week, Waffle House announced that it would be adding a temporary 50-cent surcharge to each egg ordered.
I wrote about eggs for @theatlantic.com !
www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
I wrote about eggs for @theatlantic.com !
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I wrote about a growing community of Christians in Silicon Valley — including Peter Thiel and his favorite commandments, Elon Musk's turn from atheism, and the Bay Area's favorite theologian, Rene Girard. Here's a gift link
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/b...
Silicon Valley is Embracing Christianity (With the Help of Peter Thiel) (Gift Article)
When tech luminaries talk about their Christian faith, people listen.
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February 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I wrote about a growing community of Christians in Silicon Valley — including Peter Thiel and his favorite commandments, Elon Musk's turn from atheism, and the Bay Area's favorite theologian, Rene Girard. Here's a gift link
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/11/b...
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Restaurants and grocers are usually willing to absorb a fair amount of price fluctuation in order to avoid alienating customers, @lorakelley.bsky.social writes in The Atlantic Daily. But the egg-cost crisis is testing this norm.
The Breaking Point for Eggs
The logic of egg prices is getting scrambled.
www.theatlantic.com
February 5, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Restaurants and grocers are usually willing to absorb a fair amount of price fluctuation in order to avoid alienating customers, @lorakelley.bsky.social writes in The Atlantic Daily. But the egg-cost crisis is testing this norm.
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Wikipedia is full of flaws. But unlike much of the internet, it remains a place where facts still matter. That's a problem for those, like Musk, who wish to control how information is disseminated. More from me here:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Elon Musk Wants What He Can’t Have: Wikipedia
Musk and other right-wing tech figures have been on a campaign to delegitimize the digital encyclopedia. What happens if they succeed?
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February 5, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Wikipedia is full of flaws. But unlike much of the internet, it remains a place where facts still matter. That's a problem for those, like Musk, who wish to control how information is disseminated. More from me here:
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
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“Americans understand Americans less because we see Americans less,” @dkthomp.bsky.social told @lorakelley.bsky.social in The Atlantic Daily. “I don’t think there should be any confusion about why an anti-social century has coincided with a polarized century.”
How Solitude Is Rewiring American Identity
A conversation with Derek Thompson on how social isolation is affecting both happiness and civic life
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January 8, 2025 at 10:33 PM
“Americans understand Americans less because we see Americans less,” @dkthomp.bsky.social told @lorakelley.bsky.social in The Atlantic Daily. “I don’t think there should be any confusion about why an anti-social century has coincided with a polarized century.”
sincerely the greatest technology feature of all time
January 8, 2025 at 10:03 PM
sincerely the greatest technology feature of all time
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career highlight: interviewed Timbaland for an episode about how AI is changing the music industry! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
The Year AI Broke Into Music
Podcast Episode · Big Take · 12/31/2024 · 16m
podcasts.apple.com
January 6, 2025 at 5:39 PM
career highlight: interviewed Timbaland for an episode about how AI is changing the music industry! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
this one goes out to my java-drinking followers @theatlantic.com
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Coffee’s Grip on America
Inflation hardly hampered Americans’ love of buying the beverage.
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January 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM
this one goes out to my java-drinking followers @theatlantic.com
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new year new mouse rug
January 6, 2025 at 3:43 PM
new year new mouse rug
every book should be 100 or 1000 pages
January 2, 2025 at 9:02 PM
every book should be 100 or 1000 pages
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WE HAVE A DEAL: We are thrilled to announce that we have a tentative, three-year deal with @theatlantic.com, pending ratification by our members. Here are just a few highlights of the deal…
December 19, 2024 at 2:49 PM
WE HAVE A DEAL: We are thrilled to announce that we have a tentative, three-year deal with @theatlantic.com, pending ratification by our members. Here are just a few highlights of the deal…