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Chatting with AI chatbots can leave a neural imprint on us. A friendly bot may make us feel less vulnerable, offering us a sense of comfort, but might an emotional vacuum created by such a relationship also leave us emotionally fragile?

We are HUGE fans of Sherry Turkle around The Cryptosphere: her book The Second Self: Computers and the Human Spirit, which discusses the ways in which personal computers serve as personal portraits, as autobiography, belongs on every bookshelf. And, yes, every Kindle, too. We've been fans since we saw her as a grad student, opening…

As early adopters—and innovators—of the internet, transgender people carved out enduring, invaluable safe spaces to find community, support, and themselves online.

The spirit-centered spaces you couldn’t get enough of in 2023.

The Austin Area Urban League has provided 10 Black designers with scholarships ahead of Austin Fashion Week.

A couple at odds over the question of having children makes for a compelling read

Books newsletter: a preview of tomorrow’s pages and a wrap of the latest literary news

The internet has expanded how we understand the possibilities of the trans experience.

Second Self Beer Co. is set to close next week after nine years in the Upper Westside area.

Second Self Beer Co. is set to close next week after nine years in the Upper Westside area.