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Experience Is Psychosis
“As part of the school’s Covid policy, we both had to spend ten days in isolation.”
 • Will Diana and The New Critic
What Troubled You in 2025?
An end of year New Critic symposium
 • The New Critic
The Crazy Train
A conversation with the high council of effective altruism
 • Elan Kluger, Bentham's Bulldog, Amos Wollen, and Noah Birnbaum
Beyond Pain: An Interview with the 21-Year-Old Pan-American World Record Cyclist
“I’m less worried about beating other people and more obsessed with finding where this theoretical ceiling is…I feel it’s impossible to ever truly reach…
 • Elan Kluger
Learning the Machine: An Interview with an AI Engineering Intern
“I really like the field of machine learning...because I’m so scared of it.”
 • Tessa Augsberger
The College Combinator: An Interview with a Tech Founder Drop-Out
"Part of the culture is [that] you never really know who’s going to end up a billionaire...it’s in our best interest to treat everyone nicely to see how…
 • Elan Kluger
Two-State Friendship
“My next question is, why are you friends with me?”
 • Ramsey Alsheikh and Elan Kluger
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