Silicon Valley’s Crisis of Conscience

Plus: the economist who believes the government should print more money, and the cultural anthropologists who tried to save us from racism and sexism. View in browser | Update your preferences A Reporter at Large Silicon Valley’s Crisis of Conscience Where Big Tech goes to ask deep questions. By Andrew Marantz News Desk The Economist Who Believes the Government Should Print More Money Stephanie Kelton, an adviser to Bernie Sanders, argues that “How will we pay for it?” shouldn’t be a central question in American politics. By Zach Helfand Books How Cultural Anthropologists Redefined Humanity A brave band of scholars set out to save us from racism and sexism. What happened? By Louis Menand Culture and More Cultural Comment Always Too Soon: Writing Sketch Comedy in the Trump Era How do you heighten a situation for comic effect in a world that’s grown more outrageous than anyone could have imagined? By Jay Martel Screening Room Crystals’ Resurgence in the Self-Care Age It seems that, for as long as there have been people, they’ve been projecting their hopes and fears onto glassy, colorful stones. By Rachel Syme From the Archive Reflections What We Did at the Beach From 2014: The story of a surprisingly happy family vacation. By David Sedaris Photo Booth Where the Amish Go on Vacation From 2018: Pinecraft, a small, sunny neighborhood in Sarasota, Florida, is a place of brief leisure for people who consider work to be sacred. By Alice Gregory Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts New Apps from the Developers of Find My Friends Point Out My Future Ex, Spot the Unencouraging Mom Text, and more. By Patty Terhune Daily Cartoon Tuesday, August 20th By Mark Thompson Sign up for more newsletters from The New Yorker. Visit The New Yorker shop. Question about your subscription? Contact Customer Care. New Yorker digital subscribers get unlimited access to everything on newyorker.com. Log in to your account here. We’d love your feedback on this newsletter. Please send your thoughts and suggestions to TNYinbox@newyorker.com. This e-mail was sent to you by The New Yorker. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, NewYorker@newsletters.newyorker.com, to your address book. View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2019. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.