Your Mileage May Vary is an advice column offering you a unique framework for thinking through your moral dilemmas. It’s based on value pluralism — the idea that each of us has multiple values that are equally valid but that often conflict with each other. To submit a question, fill out this anonymous form. Here’s this week’s question from a […]

A Vox reader asks: What exactly are parasocial relationships and why are they so prevalent now? Here’s a hypothetical scenario: You hear your favorite podcasters every day. You know their voices by heart. They’re chatty and relatable, and they casually reveal all the details of their lives — and what they don’t say on the […]

Companies in the AI race are barreling toward a new goalpost: so-called superintelligence, or an AI model that can surpass human intelligence. The terminology here can get a bit dizzying. Top AI companies had already been trying to build what’s long been called “artificial general intelligence” (AGI), or AI that they claim will be as […]

The simmering showdown between US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the leadership of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has finally boiled over. The White House said on Wednesday that CDC director Susan Monarez was fired — and Monarez’s representatives quickly responded that she wouldn’t leave her post without a fight. In […]

Vox editor-in-chief & publisher Swati Sharma and executive editor Elbert Ventura announced today that Elias Isquith will be joining the publication as a senior editor for policy, politics, and ideas.  “In our conversations with him, it was clear that Elias is passionately interested in the same questions that drive our work,” said Libby Nelson, Vox’s […]