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On AI Holocaust testimony, my grandmother, and memory loss

A new personal essay in Longreads

Sep 29 • 

Ben Lee

May 2025

The Dismantling of the Library of Congress is an Assault on Knowledge Itself

Some thoughts on the day...

May 12 • 

Ben Lee

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April 2025

On Gambling

"The World for Wager" in Current Affairs (and Internazionale)

Apr 22 • 

Ben Lee

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December 2024

2024 in Writing

Another year goes by...

Dec 21, 2024 • 

Ben Lee

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October 2024

Who's Afraid of AI?

New piece in the November issue of The New Republic

Oct 10, 2024 • 

Ben Lee

September 2024

Screen Memory

For Bright Wall/Dark Room, I spent a month and a half re-watching movies about the Holocaust.

Sep 11, 2024 • 

Ben Lee

August 2024

I watched Jerry Lewis's footage of The Day the Clown Cried

... and I wrote about it

Aug 29, 2024 • 

Ben Lee

January 2024

CompStat and "Beautiful Evidence"

New essay in Protean Magazine

Jan 19, 2024 • 

Ben Lee

December 2023

A Year in Essays

Happy 2024!

Dec 30, 2023 • 

Ben Lee

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August 2023

Spread Thin by Spreadsheets

New essays in WIRED and Jacobin!

Aug 16, 2023 • 

Ben Lee

February 2023

25 Years of In the Aeroplane Over the Sea

Anne Frank's ghost is all around...

Feb 10, 2023 • 

Ben Lee

January 2023

Current Affairs Podcast

What Do New Artificial Intelligence Developments Mean for Society?

Jan 12, 2023 • 

Ben Lee