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Dupes took over the world(vox.com)

100 points by gumby 3 months ago | 103 comments

Americans don't know how to fight AI so they're fighting data centers(vox.com)

69 points by stalfosknight 4 months ago | 56 comments

The people who actually want AI to replace humanity(vox.com)

46 points by plastic-enjoyer 4 months ago | 39 comments

US Supreme Court's Republicans seized most dangerous power in constitutional law(vox.com)

15 points by robtherobber 7 months ago | 2 comments

How bad are childhood literacy rates?(vox.com)

23 points by pseudolus 1 year ago | 31 comments

America's fastest-growing suburbs are about to get expensive(vox.com)

10 points by littlexsparkee 1 year ago | 6 comments

Heart attacks aren't as fatal as they used to be(vox.com)

68 points by lr0 1 year ago | 61 comments

We’re secretly winning the war on cancer(vox.com)

365 points by lr0 1 year ago | 161 comments

Vox Future Perfect article by Bryan Walsh arguing that falling cancer death rates reflect quiet advances like reduced smoking and immunotherapy.

Installing air filters in classrooms has surprisingly large educational benefits (2020)(vox.com)

269 points by tangjurine 1 year ago | 111 comments

TV is watching you – Companies inventing new ways to make money off your data(vox.com)

32 points by rmason 1 year ago | 17 comments

The surprisingly simple reason kids have imaginary friends(vox.com)

36 points by domofutu 1 year ago | 39 comments

Beef industry knew of environment impact; spent decades blocking climate action(vox.com)

9 points by rntn 1 year ago | 1 comments

California's future depends on how leaders rebuild after the Los Angeles fires(vox.com)

22 points by rntn 1 year ago | 39 comments

You can't optimize your way to being a good person(vox.com)

60 points by rntn 1 year ago | 101 comments

TikTok should lose its big Supreme Court case(vox.com)

72 points by nabla9 1 year ago | 60 comments

Things we think will happen in 2025(vox.com)

3 points by zvr 1 year ago | 0 comments

The deep roots of Americans' hatred of their health care system(vox.com)

42 points by lr0 1 year ago | 57 comments

Black Friday is a trap(vox.com)

12 points by lr0 1 year ago | 4 comments

8 million turkeys will be thrown in the trash this Thanksgiving(vox.com)

15 points by lr0 1 year ago | 2 comments

Why so many families are "drowning in toys"(vox.com)

42 points by gmays 1 year ago | 36 comments

Listen to what gets lost when an MP3 is made (2015)(vox.com)

117 points by teleforce 1 year ago | 68 comments

Wild animals are spiraling to extinction. Can a bunch of bureaucrats save them?(vox.com)

79 points by rntn 2 years ago | 46 comments

A utopian strand of economic thought is making a surprising comeback(vox.com)

4 points by squircle 2 years ago | 0 comments

The profit-obsessed monster destroying American emergency rooms(vox.com)

120 points by rntn 2 years ago | 98 comments

In defense of the washing machine(vox.com)

26 points by lr0 2 years ago | 35 comments

OpenAI as we knew it is dead(vox.com)

62 points by craneca0 2 years ago | 23 comments

Even solar energy's biggest fans are underestimating it(vox.com)

28 points by toomuchtodo 2 years ago | 33 comments

Shrinking the economy won't save the planet(vox.com)

42 points by apsec112 2 years ago | 38 comments

The case of the nearly 7k missing pancreases(vox.com)

20 points by koolba 2 years ago | 3 comments

Big Pharma claims lower prices means giving up miracle medications. Ignore them(vox.com)

88 points by rntn 2 years ago | 72 comments

The staggering death toll of scientific lies(vox.com)

115 points by rntn 2 years ago | 93 comments

the US government has to start paying for things again(vox.com)

43 points by rntn 2 years ago | 38 comments

The case for pole dancing in the Olympics(vox.com)

12 points by zeristor 2 years ago | 2 comments

Carbon capture and storage is a fantasy(vox.com)

39 points by blueflow 2 years ago | 17 comments

You can opt out of airport face scans(vox.com)

225 points by rntn 2 years ago | 174 comments

I've eaten a meal replacement shake twice a day for two years (2019)(vox.com)

28 points by yamrzou 2 years ago | 28 comments

What if everything is conscious?(vox.com)

21 points by Hooke 2 years ago | 32 comments

Should people who quit get unemployment benefits, too?(vox.com)

10 points by ojarow 2 years ago | 5 comments

The obscure intelligence bureau that got Vietnam, Iraq, and Ukraine right(vox.com)

60 points by mileseva 2 years ago | 35 comments

Leaked OpenAI documents reveal aggressive tactics toward former employees(vox.com)

1646 points by apengwin 2 years ago | 488 comments

Vox Future Perfect article by Kelsey Piper on leaked OpenAI documents showing aggressive NDA and equity tactics toward former employees.

India's campaign to threaten and harass Americans(vox.com)

3 points by neaden 2 years ago | 0 comments

Psychedelics could treat some of the worst chronic pain in the world(vox.com)

7 points by sea-gold 2 years ago | 1 comments

OpenAI departures: Why can’t former employees talk?(vox.com)

1135 points by fnbr 2 years ago | 858 comments

Vox Future Perfect article by Kelsey Piper on OpenAI's superalignment team departures and why former employees are restricted from speaking out.

"I lost trust": Why the OpenAI team in charge of safeguarding humanity imploded(vox.com)

21 points by longdefeat 2 years ago | 3 comments

AI already uses as much energy as a small country. It's only the beginning(vox.com)

5 points by ibobev 2 years ago | 2 comments

AI already uses as much energy as a small country. It's only the beginning(vox.com)

4 points by cdme 2 years ago | 0 comments

Why is Oregon about to re-criminalize psychedelics in response to opioid crisis?(vox.com)

19 points by ojarow 2 years ago | 3 comments

A ragtag band of internet friends became the best at forecasting world events(vox.com)

194 points by thyrsus 2 years ago | 96 comments

The Earth is getting greener(vox.com)

157 points by besmirch 2 years ago | 147 comments

American drivers even more distracted by phones. Pedestrian deaths are soaring(vox.com)

27 points by neallindsay 2 years ago | 33 comments

What If Public Housing Were for Everyone?(vox.com)

25 points by mitchbob 2 years ago | 17 comments

How to make your anger work for you(vox.com)

85 points by 1970-01-01 2 years ago | 74 comments

Welcome to the "neomedieval era": are states becoming obsolete?(vox.com)

45 points by gumby 2 years ago | 49 comments

How Boeing Put Profits over Planes(vox.com)

27 points by pm90 2 years ago | 0 comments

Can ultraviolet lightbulbs end the next pandemic before it starts?(vox.com)

30 points by tempestn 2 years ago | 39 comments

Cities are asking SCOTUS for more power to clear homeless encampments (2023)(vox.com)

39 points by leotravis10 2 years ago | 30 comments

The "10k-hour rule" was debunked again(vox.com)

28 points by mgh2 2 years ago | 22 comments

The mystery of the mimic plant (2022)(vox.com)

91 points by ipsum2 2 years ago | 36 comments

The Stanford Prison Experiment was hugely influential. We learned it was a fraud (2018)(vox.com)

119 points by colinprince 2 years ago | 69 comments

The first results from the biggest basic income experiment(vox.com)

47 points by toomuchtodo 2 years ago | 47 comments

We've been fighting poverty all wrong(vox.com)

29 points by ojarow 2 years ago | 28 comments

Nobody knows what the point of homework is(vox.com)

6 points by champagnepapi 2 years ago | 1 comments

Bangladesh removed lead from turmeric spice(vox.com)

125 points by apsec112 2 years ago | 90 comments

The problem isn't inflation. It's prices. What goes up may not come down(vox.com)

27 points by thelastgallon 3 years ago | 30 comments

America's shoplifting problem, explained by retail workers and thieves(vox.com)

12 points by cainxinth 3 years ago | 9 comments

The copyright fight over authors and OpenAI's ChatGPT(vox.com)

33 points by webmaven 3 years ago | 38 comments

Automakers invented the crime of jaywalking (2015)(vox.com)

298 points by freedomben 3 years ago | 240 comments

Crowdfunding a defense for scientific research(vox.com)

75 points by sherilm 3 years ago | 43 comments

The myths we tell ourselves about American farming(vox.com)

48 points by myshpa 3 years ago | 17 comments

Is the ChatGPT and Bing AI boom already over?(vox.com)

27 points by kristianp 3 years ago | 36 comments

Pharmacist says he has filled Alzheimer's prescriptions for members of Congress (2017)(vox.com)

59 points by hammock 3 years ago | 25 comments

Divide your life into semesters, even when you’re not in school(vox.com)

74 points by nickwritesit 3 years ago | 58 comments

Why the US is one of only a few countries with no paid time off(vox.com)

60 points by thunderbong 3 years ago | 67 comments

The new science of meditation(vox.com)

214 points by ojarow 3 years ago | 291 comments

Disney used to hate gambling. Now it’s doing a $2B sports betting deal(vox.com)

48 points by andsoitis 3 years ago | 52 comments

How the Cheesecake Factory defied the restaurant industry’s rules of success(vox.com)

160 points by thunderbong 3 years ago | 241 comments

Momofuku Ando invented instant ramen (2016)(vox.com)

96 points by thunderbong 3 years ago | 67 comments

G/O media will make more AI-generated stories despite critics(vox.com)

89 points by Analemma_ 3 years ago | 85 comments

The force that shapes everything around us: Parking(vox.com)

219 points by vwoolf 3 years ago | 364 comments

First cases of malaria in the US in 20 years(vox.com)

113 points by LastNevadan 3 years ago | 108 comments

The hottest new perk in tech is freedom(vox.com)

88 points by SirLJ 3 years ago | 71 comments

TV doctors say annual checkups save lives – real doctors call bullshit (2016)(vox.com)

225 points by paulpauper 3 years ago | 379 comments

Eat More Beans. Please(vox.com)

26 points by thunderbong 3 years ago | 41 comments

Meta is about to start its next round of layoffs(vox.com)

203 points by slyall 3 years ago | 210 comments

What it's like to go blind (2015)(vox.com)

93 points by sergeant3 3 years ago | 42 comments

How the relentless drive for optimization made baseball impossible to watch(vox.com)

30 points by emptybits 3 years ago | 40 comments

60M Americans have taxes so simple the IRS could do them automatically(vox.com)

266 points by SirLJ 3 years ago | 191 comments

The influencers getting rich by teaching you how to get rich(vox.com)

85 points by herbertl 3 years ago | 72 comments