The Insidious Charms of the Entrepreneurial Work Ethic

From the pianoforte to the smartphone, each wave of tech has sparked fears of brain rot. But the problem isn’t our ability to focus—it’s what we’re focussing on.

The author of “Jurassic Park” understood that technologies often wriggle out of the grasp of their creators.

Journalists put more stress on accuracy than ever before. The problem is, accuracy is a slippery idea.

In “Open Socrates,” the philosopher Agnes Callard reminds us how thinking should feel.

We see broken systems all around us. At least, we think we do.

Some fear we’ll be buried in brimstone; others expect to be extinguished by A.I. But is there comfort to be found in our apocalyptic visions?

The author surveys school book reports and some fan mail, from M. Night Shyamalan, in her archives, which she recently sold to the New York Public Library.

Her long-unpublished novel was the culmination of a years-long fascination. What does it reveal about her fraught views on civil rights?

The billionaire Frank McCourt is launching a “people’s bid” to buy the app, replace its addictive algorithm, and give users greater control of their data. Is it a publicity stunt or a sincere attempt to reform the digital age?

The author discusses why she has a dumbphone, how to “meet reverses boldly,” and her new novel, “Gliff.”

Dinner parties in the capital have long been a path to power, but Perle Mesta had her eye on a different prize.

At the Grolier Club, in midtown, a collection of imaginary volumes—the play within “Hamlet,” Hemingway’s lost first novel—are bound, scuffed, and shelved.