The Foraging Renaissance’s Missing Puzzle Piece

Foraging for wild local produce in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park may seem like a strange idea, but it’s an adventure that’s worth taking. On a recent four-hour foraging tour of the park, led by “Wildman” Steve Brill and his daughter Violet, a group of about 40 of us were led into the less traveled areas of …

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If AI Doesn’t Destroy Politics First, It Could Potentially Save It

Depending on whom you ask in politics, the sudden advances in artificial intelligence will either transform American democracy for the better or bring about its ruin. At the moment, the doomsayers are louder. Voice-impersonation technology and deep-fake videos are scaring campaign strategists, who fear that their deployment in the days before the 2024 election could …

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