Sigal Samuel
Correspondent
Sigal Samuel is a correspondent for Vox’s Future Perfect. She writes primarily about the future of consciousness, tracking advances in artificial intelligence and neuroscience and their staggering ethical implications. She also writes the philosophical advice column Your Mileage May Vary. (To submit a question anonymously, click here.)
Before joining Vox, Sigal was the religion editor at the Atlantic. Her work has also been published in outlets like BuzzFeed, the Daily Beast, the Rumpus, and Electric Literature. She has appeared on NPR, BBC, and CBC. Sigal is also the author of two award-winning books. Osnat and Her Dove, a children’s book, tells the true story of the world’s first female rabbi. The Mystics of Mile End, a novel, tells the story of a dysfunctional family dealing with mysticism, madness, and mathematics in Montreal. Sigal earned her MFA in creative writing from the University of British Columbia and her BA in philosophy from McGill University. Learn more about Sigal here.
Sigal can be reached by email at sigal.samuel@vox.com. Follow her on X at @sigalsamuel or on Bluesky at @sigalsamuel.bsky.social.
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Latest articles by Sigal Samuel
Yes, it hurts to be human right now. That’s actually the assignment.
Please don’t overthink this one.
Insects may feel pain. Do you have a moral duty to protect them from harm?
These are eight of the most high-impact, cost-effective, evidence-based organizations. You may not have heard of them.
How to think about what’s best for your child — and for all the other children, too.
The problem is not the number of hours. It’s “time confetti.”
How society convinced us that childbearing without a huge budget is morally wrong.
Hint: The best educational choice you can make for your child might not focus on your child at all.
Space barons like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk don’t seem religious. But their quest to colonize outer space is.
After years on psychiatric drugs, some ask if they owe it to themselves to try coming off the medication.