Cody Delistraty
@delistraty.bsky.social
journalist; speechwriter; author of the grief cure: looking for the end of loss (@harperbooks)
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The work of the Italian friar and artist Fra Angelico can make even nonbelievers experience a moment of faith, Cody Delistraty writes. “I find myself transported into his way of seeing the world, as though I were a friar in one of his cells.”
Opinion | Fra Angelico’s Paintings Are Enough to Make a Skeptic See Faith
Fra Angelico’s work is not merely artistically significant. It is a spiritual experience.
nyti.ms
November 2, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The work of the Italian friar and artist Fra Angelico can make even nonbelievers experience a moment of faith, Cody Delistraty writes. “I find myself transported into his way of seeing the world, as though I were a friar in one of his cells.”
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Humans have a history of thinking magically about new technologies. As with any form of magic, AI's psychological power lies in what we don’t know but choose to believe. We’re inventing possibilities that don’t yet and may never exist. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/o... via @delistraty.bsky.social
Opinion | There’s Nothing Magical in the Machine
www.nytimes.com
September 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Humans have a history of thinking magically about new technologies. As with any form of magic, AI's psychological power lies in what we don’t know but choose to believe. We’re inventing possibilities that don’t yet and may never exist. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/o... via @delistraty.bsky.social
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Regret is the tailwind of grief, extending it sometimes forever. -- My Sunday Sentence this week is from @delistraty.bsky.social's The Grief Cure (non-fiction). #SundaySentence #Booksky #grief
April 6, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Regret is the tailwind of grief, extending it sometimes forever. -- My Sunday Sentence this week is from @delistraty.bsky.social's The Grief Cure (non-fiction). #SundaySentence #Booksky #grief
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"If the Victorian séance provided the temporary illusion of otherworldly communion," writes @delistraty.bsky.social, "today’s A.I.-driven afterlife offers something even more insidious: an ongoing, interactive discussion with the dead that prevents or delays a genuine reckoning with loss."
Opinion | Can a Chatbot Help You Get Over Your Grief?
A.I. “deadbots” and avatars are ushering in a new era of techno-spiritualism.
www.nytimes.com
March 30, 2025 at 7:03 AM
"If the Victorian séance provided the temporary illusion of otherworldly communion," writes @delistraty.bsky.social, "today’s A.I.-driven afterlife offers something even more insidious: an ongoing, interactive discussion with the dead that prevents or delays a genuine reckoning with loss."
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Fra Angelico’s Divine Emotion, excellent piece by Cody Delistraty @delistraty.bsky.social for The Paris Review (2019).
🏛️ A good prépa for the exhibition in Museo di San Marco in September.
🗃️ #Arthistory #skystorians
👓 www.theparisreview.org/blog/2019/08...
🏛️ A good prépa for the exhibition in Museo di San Marco in September.
🗃️ #Arthistory #skystorians
👓 www.theparisreview.org/blog/2019/08...
January 9, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Fra Angelico’s Divine Emotion, excellent piece by Cody Delistraty @delistraty.bsky.social for The Paris Review (2019).
🏛️ A good prépa for the exhibition in Museo di San Marco in September.
🗃️ #Arthistory #skystorians
👓 www.theparisreview.org/blog/2019/08...
🏛️ A good prépa for the exhibition in Museo di San Marco in September.
🗃️ #Arthistory #skystorians
👓 www.theparisreview.org/blog/2019/08...
chatted with the insightful @danbharris.bsky.social about the science of grief and what it means to ultimately live with it, rather than trying to rush past or "cure" it www.meditatehappier.com/podcast/tph/...
The Science Of Grief: What Helps, What Doesn’t, And Why We Don’t Talk About It Enough | Cody Delistraty | Ten Percent Happier Podcast
A journalist explores one of humanity’s most brutal and unavoidable experiences.
www.meditatehappier.com
December 9, 2024 at 2:56 PM
chatted with the insightful @danbharris.bsky.social about the science of grief and what it means to ultimately live with it, rather than trying to rush past or "cure" it www.meditatehappier.com/podcast/tph/...
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"She was so accurate and so successful."
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The Surprising Historical Significance of Fortune-Telling - JSTOR Daily
The possible futures predicted by fortune-telling happen just often enough to tantalize, preying on our deepest aspirations of catching a "big break."
daily.jstor.org
November 21, 2024 at 4:06 PM
"She was so accurate and so successful."
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