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Welcome To Galaxy Brain 2.0!

You live in interesting times. Galaxy Brain wants to help.
Illustration By Chrissie Abott

I’m Charlie Warzel and this is Galaxy Brain. Allow me to explain.

In April 2021, I left my job as a writer at large for the New York Times Opinion page to start a Substack newsletter, Galaxy Brain. Today, I’m thrilled to announce that it has a new home here at The Atlantic, a magazine I’ve loved and admired since I learned what a magazine was. This is an introduction for those of you who might be new to Galaxy Brain. If you’re already a subscribed member of my curious internet experiment, then you know the drill (feel free to drop out here, and I’ll be back shortly with regularly scheduled programming). Galaxy Brain at The Atlantic will be very similar to the previous iteration (same editorial freedom and indulgences) but with the added benefit of a 164-year-old institution behind me. I am thrilled.

When I started Galaxy Brain I billed it

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