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Welcome to the June issue of The Highlight

We live in an age where seemingly everything can be quantified, including the minutiae of our own biological processes. In this month’s cover story, we take a look at health tracking, which has evolved from step-counting to something much more complex. It’s a thorny question: Is all this data helping us be healthier, or is it actually hurting us?

On the political front, we explore if the death of reading has poisoned our politics. Two stories about AI help round out the issue: One interrogates how much we should worry about the suffering of AI systems. The other provides some guidance around how to deal with cheating students. Plus, what should in-law relationships really be like? And is the new grad job market as bleak as it’s made out to be?


My students think it’s fine to cheat with AI. Maybe they’re onto something.

By Sigal Samuel


I covered my body in health trackers for 6 months. It ruined my life.

By Adam Clark Estes


Is the decline of reading poisoning our politics?

By Eric Levitz


What do you actually owe your in-laws?

By Allie Volpe


Am I torturing ChatGPT?

By Sigal Samuel


What today’s new college graduates are up against

By Rachel Cohen

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