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View ArticleHow Reality TV Fails Its Stars
Reality television has an almost universally bad reputation. Those that decry it say that it is vapid and an unwelcome peek into the worst parts of the human psyche, and even those that love it think...
View ArticleWe Sure Do Love Our White Lady Grifter Stories
“Anna Delvey scammed her way into places that I’d never be allowed into,” said my friend Mutale Nkonde, founder of AI for the People, a non-profit dedicated to bridging knowledge gaps about artificial...
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