Does Tech Need a New Narrative?

Plus: Peter Hessler on learning to ski in China; an ode to an old blue recipe book; and Charles Mingus. View in browser | Update your preferences Tuesday, June 15, 2021 Letter from Silicon Valley Does Tech Need a New Narrative? In Silicon Valley, “disruption” is giving way to “building.” What will be built? By Anna Wiener A Reporter at Large Learning to Ski in a Country of Beginners As China prepares to host the Winter Olympics, its people get on skis. By Peter Hessler Onward and Upward in the Garden My Delusional, Wonderful Recipe Book I’ve accepted that the old blue binder is not a work in progress but an artifact containing hints and scraps of my former self. By Charlotte Mendelson Culture Desk A Listening Guide to Josquin Desprez Breaking down a breathtaking sacred work by the Renaissance composer. By Alex Ross The Front Row A Crucial Charles Mingus Concert Finally Gets Its Due The new album “Mingus at Carnegie Hall” makes a 1974 performance available in full for the first time. By Richard Brody Hustings Dept. The Mayor’s Race Visits the Crips At a summit in Brooklyn, a leader of a local branch of the gang grilled candidates including Andrew Yang, Maya Wiley, Kathryn Garcia, and Eric Adams on how they plan to reduce violence. By Saki Knafo From the Archive Personal History A Letter to My Mother That She Will Never Read “What do we mean when we say survivor?” Ocean Vuong wrote, in 2017. “Maybe a survivor is nothing but the last one to come home, the final monarch that lands on a branch already weighted with ghosts.” By Ocean Vuong Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts Wireless Printers and Other Myths Boyfriend jeans for every body type, truly independent Roombas, and other stuff you’ll never find on Earth. By Caitlin Kunkel and Taylor Kay Phillips Daily Shouts The Devils You May Know The devil you know is the one letting their dog shit all over your vegetable garden. By Ali Solomon Daily Cartoon Tuesday, June 15th By Jared Nangle You’re receiving this e-mail because you signed up for The Daily from The New Yorker. Was this e-mail forwarded to you? Sign up. Unsubscribe | Manage your e-mail preferences | Send newsletter feedback | View our Privacy Policy Copyright © Condé Nast 2021. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.