Will Gordon

senior associate editor @TheAtlantic | just a Will, living here on Capitol Hill

[Spencer Kornhaber @skornhaber]

Understanding the case for openmindedness about AI and art took me from Berlin to Venice, from a nightclub to a hypnosis booth to an "upside-down parliament."

Thanks to @hollyherndon + @matdryhurst for cutting through the dooming: https://t.co/ONydEdPBER

[Will Gordon @William_WGordon]

"The artwork, he said, would suggest how AI might change public life and ask the question 'How could you imagine living with the presence of these things?'" https://t.co/mkUQpJzxHJ

[Will Gordon @William_WGordon]

"The cause of freedom has advanced only because of those who have been willing to stand up against government overreach." https://t.co/0SS95R8OGr

[Tim Alberta @TimAlberta]

I first approached Adam Silver about an interview last year, sensing the NBA was near a moment of institutional testing. Neither of us knew what lie ahead.

My look at a commissioner under fire, a league in transition, and a game searching for identity.

https://t.co/4tDQ3n1foi

[Will Gordon @William_WGordon]

"The league has in recent years normalized a certain nonchalance that is unbecoming of a great game. Mostly this is an annoyance. At times, however, it can feel almost existential." https://t.co/AbiNqY2mmr

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

David Sacks helped bridge the MAGA-tech divide—but his efforts are exposing Donald Trump to accusations that the president is selling out his populist base on behalf of the country’s richest men, George Packer reports: https://t.co/zTwlIOe7t0

[Will Gordon @William_WGordon]

"Sacks has always taken a dim view of politics. At 25, appearing on a C‑SPAN talk show while still in law school, he expressed a preference for 'the ethos of Wall Street' over 'the ethos of Washington.'" https://t.co/v4Fh54dH5U

[Scott Stossel @SStossel]

David Sacks's "efforts in government on behalf of the tech industry have exposed the president to the charge that Trump is selling out his populist base on behalf of the country’s richest men, driving a wedge through the MAGA coalition."

https://t.co/KlhBfCyMLc

[Will Gordon @William_WGordon]

"To contend successfully with the traditionalists’ effects on our politics and culture, we also need to recognize that elements of their worldview are correct. But which parts are correct, and which are completely off the rails?"

https://t.co/kiARgrvMcG

[Will Gordon @William_WGordon]

"Some people in the Epstein files are monstrously gross. Some are moderately gross. Some are situationally, aspirationally, or cosmetically gross." https://t.co/Hu0HZXsaGL

[Will Gordon @William_WGordon]

"If AI doesn’t turn out to be as transformative a technology as experts predict, swaths of data centers could be left unused or unfinished—ruins from a future that never came to pass." https://t.co/sjEnUWZRcv

[Will Gordon @William_WGordon]

"Shortly after Martin became chair, he announced that the DNC would be producing its own report on the lessons of 2024. He purposely called it an 'after-action review' and not an autopsy, to emphasize that the party is 'not dead.' That was reassuring." https://t.co/NLvLHZlUac

[Will Gordon @William_WGordon]

"Today Sacco’s drawings are still loose, dynamic, even a bit cartoonish—but he always senses when caricature should end and the facts should take over." https://t.co/I3BB5MrLlO

[Will Gordon @William_WGordon]

"What I kept hearing was that to understand Barry, you had to understand Bobby. You had to understand what it was like to live in the house of Bobby Bonds, the man who never became the next Willie Mays." https://t.co/KtdUGfvNIX

[Stephen Caruso @StephenJ_Caruso]

This is the best Shapiro profile you'll find so far:

[Will Gordon @William_WGordon]

"Shapiro seems to believe that he is uniquely equipped to run for president and repair the Democratic Party’s deficit of trust and authenticity. Any such campaign, however, would expose deficits of his own." https://t.co/f5qwWC7Fbf

[Will Gordon @William_WGordon]

"Was real life ever like that? It was in the movies." https://t.co/iw8z4Jatra

[Will Gordon @William_WGordon]

"Over the next 30 years or so, the changes to American life might be short of apocalyptic. But miles of heartbreak lie between here and the apocalypse, and the future toward which we are heading will mean heartbreak for millions." https://t.co/cTwhatLDfK

[Will Gordon @William_WGordon]

" @GrahamDavidA ... ... warns that Trump is already laying the groundwork to subvert the next vote. We talk about this week’s election as a test run for 2026, gerrymandering, and future possible scenarios of election meddling." https://t.co/Aj8BohprAG

[Tyler Pager @tylerpager]

So many good scenes in @AshleyRParker's excellent Rahm profile. Here's two:
"He’d begun his day at 5:30 a.m. with 50 minutes on the hotel’s stationary bike, 20 minutes of weights and now nearly seven minutes of instructing me on how to properly do my job."
https://t.co/pHvij3XUmE