Nicholas Thompson
@nxthompson.bsky.social
CEO of The Atlantic. Author of the national best-seller “The Running Ground: A Father, A Son, and the Simplest of Sports.”
A.I. companies shouldn't just share revenue with publishers because it would be the right thing to do.
They should do it because it would be good business.
Produced by Atlantic Re:think, The Atlantic's creative marketing studio, in collaboration with PwC.
They should do it because it would be good business.
Produced by Atlantic Re:think, The Atlantic's creative marketing studio, in collaboration with PwC.
November 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
A.I. companies shouldn't just share revenue with publishers because it would be the right thing to do.
They should do it because it would be good business.
Produced by Atlantic Re:think, The Atlantic's creative marketing studio, in collaboration with PwC.
They should do it because it would be good business.
Produced by Atlantic Re:think, The Atlantic's creative marketing studio, in collaboration with PwC.
What Trump is doing with the DOJ is horrifying. But his recent failures to prosecute his enemies have uncovered something encouraging: the judicial system is working. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 25, 2025 at 8:54 PM
What Trump is doing with the DOJ is horrifying. But his recent failures to prosecute his enemies have uncovered something encouraging: the judicial system is working. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Is A.I. making the world less equal? Navrina Singh says the gap between A.I. haves and have-nots is widening, which could lead to devastating outcomes if we don't act soon.
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Produced by Atlantic Re:think, The Atlantic's creative marketing studio, in collaboration with PwC.
November 24, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Is A.I. making the world less equal? Navrina Singh says the gap between A.I. haves and have-nots is widening, which could lead to devastating outcomes if we don't act soon.
Produced by Atlantic Re:think, The Atlantic's creative marketing studio, in collaboration with PwC.
Produced by Atlantic Re:think, The Atlantic's creative marketing studio, in collaboration with PwC.
This is deeply concerning: After decades of steady progress, math scores are back to where they were in the 1970s. How did this happen?
One theory: Smart phones have shredded students’ attention spans and AI has made them complacent. Why learn math when they can just use AI instead? buff.ly/dGpxhjK
One theory: Smart phones have shredded students’ attention spans and AI has made them complacent. Why learn math when they can just use AI instead? buff.ly/dGpxhjK
November 21, 2025 at 11:44 PM
This is deeply concerning: After decades of steady progress, math scores are back to where they were in the 1970s. How did this happen?
One theory: Smart phones have shredded students’ attention spans and AI has made them complacent. Why learn math when they can just use AI instead? buff.ly/dGpxhjK
One theory: Smart phones have shredded students’ attention spans and AI has made them complacent. Why learn math when they can just use AI instead? buff.ly/dGpxhjK
November 10, 2025 at 2:47 AM
“When people say the A.I. reasons, they misunderstand. The A.I. does not reason. They reason.”
I had a fascinating chat with @leecronin.bsky.social about autonomous A.I. Listen: buff.ly/36MBR5O
Produced by Atlantic Re:think, The Atlantic's creative marketing studio, in collaboration with PwC.
I had a fascinating chat with @leecronin.bsky.social about autonomous A.I. Listen: buff.ly/36MBR5O
Produced by Atlantic Re:think, The Atlantic's creative marketing studio, in collaboration with PwC.
November 5, 2025 at 7:40 PM
“When people say the A.I. reasons, they misunderstand. The A.I. does not reason. They reason.”
I had a fascinating chat with @leecronin.bsky.social about autonomous A.I. Listen: buff.ly/36MBR5O
Produced by Atlantic Re:think, The Atlantic's creative marketing studio, in collaboration with PwC.
I had a fascinating chat with @leecronin.bsky.social about autonomous A.I. Listen: buff.ly/36MBR5O
Produced by Atlantic Re:think, The Atlantic's creative marketing studio, in collaboration with PwC.
One recommendation to authors: record your own audiobook!
It's scary at first and it takes forever. But turns out it's wonderful to revisit it all out loud, and it's much more intimate and real for the listener. Definitely don't use AI.
It's scary at first and it takes forever. But turns out it's wonderful to revisit it all out loud, and it's much more intimate and real for the listener. Definitely don't use AI.
November 1, 2025 at 3:03 PM
One recommendation to authors: record your own audiobook!
It's scary at first and it takes forever. But turns out it's wonderful to revisit it all out loud, and it's much more intimate and real for the listener. Definitely don't use AI.
It's scary at first and it takes forever. But turns out it's wonderful to revisit it all out loud, and it's much more intimate and real for the listener. Definitely don't use AI.
My conversation with Reuters about running, my new book, and how to balance hard things in life. www.reuters.com/lifestyle/ni...
October 30, 2025 at 7:12 PM
My conversation with Reuters about running, my new book, and how to balance hard things in life. www.reuters.com/lifestyle/ni...
People keep asking me about my book title: "The Running Ground'"
The line comes from Maximus of Tyre. My father had given me this print to forgive a loan. Reading it after his death, I realized that among all the objects that could evoke memory and love, Maximus included an ancient Greek track.
The line comes from Maximus of Tyre. My father had given me this print to forgive a loan. Reading it after his death, I realized that among all the objects that could evoke memory and love, Maximus included an ancient Greek track.
October 29, 2025 at 4:54 PM
People keep asking me about my book title: "The Running Ground'"
The line comes from Maximus of Tyre. My father had given me this print to forgive a loan. Reading it after his death, I realized that among all the objects that could evoke memory and love, Maximus included an ancient Greek track.
The line comes from Maximus of Tyre. My father had given me this print to forgive a loan. Reading it after his death, I realized that among all the objects that could evoke memory and love, Maximus included an ancient Greek track.
There’s a fascinating debate in endurance sports about how hard you can exercise before it starts to shorten your lifespan.
Here’s what Will Ahmed sees in Whoop’s data.
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Here’s what Will Ahmed sees in Whoop’s data.
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October 25, 2025 at 4:55 PM
There’s a fascinating debate in endurance sports about how hard you can exercise before it starts to shorten your lifespan.
Here’s what Will Ahmed sees in Whoop’s data.
Produced by Atlantic Re:think, The Atlantic's creative marketing studio, in collaboration with PwC.
Here’s what Will Ahmed sees in Whoop’s data.
Produced by Atlantic Re:think, The Atlantic's creative marketing studio, in collaboration with PwC.
One exciting way A.I. could improve our health: 24/7 preventative monitoring. Will Ahmed says it could end the annual checkup.
Listen to our full chat here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Produced by Atlantic Re:think, The Atlantic's creative marketing studio, in collaboration with PwC.
Listen to our full chat here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Produced by Atlantic Re:think, The Atlantic's creative marketing studio, in collaboration with PwC.
October 22, 2025 at 1:50 PM
One exciting way A.I. could improve our health: 24/7 preventative monitoring. Will Ahmed says it could end the annual checkup.
Listen to our full chat here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Produced by Atlantic Re:think, The Atlantic's creative marketing studio, in collaboration with PwC.
Listen to our full chat here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Produced by Atlantic Re:think, The Atlantic's creative marketing studio, in collaboration with PwC.
Just learned "The Running Ground" was selected as one of B&N's best books, and best sports books, of 2025.
It's a story about a lot of things, including the ways that running can help illuminate how we age and decline, and how to counter that. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-runnin...
It's a story about a lot of things, including the ways that running can help illuminate how we age and decline, and how to counter that. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-runnin...
October 21, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Just learned "The Running Ground" was selected as one of B&N's best books, and best sports books, of 2025.
It's a story about a lot of things, including the ways that running can help illuminate how we age and decline, and how to counter that. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-runnin...
It's a story about a lot of things, including the ways that running can help illuminate how we age and decline, and how to counter that. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-runnin...
Ohad Elhelo took two A.I. ideas on opposite ends of the spectrum—generative A.I. and symbolic A.I.—and combined them to create a neuro-symbolic model.
He says it’ll be one of many species of A.I.
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He says it’ll be one of many species of A.I.
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October 19, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Ohad Elhelo took two A.I. ideas on opposite ends of the spectrum—generative A.I. and symbolic A.I.—and combined them to create a neuro-symbolic model.
He says it’ll be one of many species of A.I.
Produced by Atlantic Re:think, The Atlantic's creative marketing studio, in collaboration with PwC.
He says it’ll be one of many species of A.I.
Produced by Atlantic Re:think, The Atlantic's creative marketing studio, in collaboration with PwC.
I am thrilled to announce “The Most Interesting Thing in A.I.” podcast is back for a third season.
Episode one drops on Wednesday, I hope you listen & subscribe: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Produced by Atlantic Re:think, The Atlantic's creative marketing studio, in collaboration with PwC.
Episode one drops on Wednesday, I hope you listen & subscribe: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Produced by Atlantic Re:think, The Atlantic's creative marketing studio, in collaboration with PwC.
October 13, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I am thrilled to announce “The Most Interesting Thing in A.I.” podcast is back for a third season.
Episode one drops on Wednesday, I hope you listen & subscribe: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Produced by Atlantic Re:think, The Atlantic's creative marketing studio, in collaboration with PwC.
Episode one drops on Wednesday, I hope you listen & subscribe: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
Produced by Atlantic Re:think, The Atlantic's creative marketing studio, in collaboration with PwC.
In the past year, Anne Applebaum went to the front lines of the civil war in Sudan twice. What she found is chaos, despair, and rapacious madness --- with almost no hope that anyone, particularly not the US, will come and try to bring about peace. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
August 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
In the past year, Anne Applebaum went to the front lines of the civil war in Sudan twice. What she found is chaos, despair, and rapacious madness --- with almost no hope that anyone, particularly not the US, will come and try to bring about peace. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Stark and damning data about how much the AI companies scrape relative to the amount of traffic that they drive to the sites they scrape --- and how much worse it's getting. www.techpolicy.press/cloudflare-w...
August 1, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Stark and damning data about how much the AI companies scrape relative to the amount of traffic that they drive to the sites they scrape --- and how much worse it's getting. www.techpolicy.press/cloudflare-w...
My favorite event of the year, The Atlantic Festival, is coming to New York this September. The agenda is packed with amazing people: Bryan Stevenson, Ken Burns, Jennifer Doudna, Mark Cuban, H.R. McMaster and many more. Get your pass today: theatlanticfestival.com #TAF25
July 25, 2025 at 7:22 PM
My favorite event of the year, The Atlantic Festival, is coming to New York this September. The agenda is packed with amazing people: Bryan Stevenson, Ken Burns, Jennifer Doudna, Mark Cuban, H.R. McMaster and many more. Get your pass today: theatlanticfestival.com #TAF25
One of the most important cartoons for the AI era. From: marketoonist.com
July 16, 2025 at 10:44 PM
One of the most important cartoons for the AI era. From: marketoonist.com
Researchers note three things that dramatically increase the risk of political violence. America, right now, sadly has them all. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
June 16, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Researchers note three things that dramatically increase the risk of political violence. America, right now, sadly has them all. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
The administration has declared a war on knowledge --- whether academia, scientific research, or even accurate data. Here's a devastating piece by
@adamserwer.bsky.social that explains exactly what is going on and why. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
@adamserwer.bsky.social that explains exactly what is going on and why. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
May 27, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The administration has declared a war on knowledge --- whether academia, scientific research, or even accurate data. Here's a devastating piece by
@adamserwer.bsky.social that explains exactly what is going on and why. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
@adamserwer.bsky.social that explains exactly what is going on and why. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Thrilled to launch of the second season of my podcast: The Most Interesting Thing in AI.
I've got amazing guests talking about big open questions, like cognitive offloading, AI and authoritarianism, medical discovery and more. First one, with Gary Marcus, here: open.spotify.com/episode/3ZcC...
I've got amazing guests talking about big open questions, like cognitive offloading, AI and authoritarianism, medical discovery and more. First one, with Gary Marcus, here: open.spotify.com/episode/3ZcC...
May 15, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Thrilled to launch of the second season of my podcast: The Most Interesting Thing in AI.
I've got amazing guests talking about big open questions, like cognitive offloading, AI and authoritarianism, medical discovery and more. First one, with Gary Marcus, here: open.spotify.com/episode/3ZcC...
I've got amazing guests talking about big open questions, like cognitive offloading, AI and authoritarianism, medical discovery and more. First one, with Gary Marcus, here: open.spotify.com/episode/3ZcC...
The more you learn about the Abrego Garcia case, the more appalling it is.
As @adamserwer.bsky.social writes, "Due Process Is a Right, Not a Privilege You Get for Being Good." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
As @adamserwer.bsky.social writes, "Due Process Is a Right, Not a Privilege You Get for Being Good." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
May 13, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The more you learn about the Abrego Garcia case, the more appalling it is.
As @adamserwer.bsky.social writes, "Due Process Is a Right, Not a Privilege You Get for Being Good." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
As @adamserwer.bsky.social writes, "Due Process Is a Right, Not a Privilege You Get for Being Good." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
Thrilled that our rather prescient October issue has just won the ASME award for Cover of the Year.
May 8, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Thrilled that our rather prescient October issue has just won the ASME award for Cover of the Year.
Amazing. Ann Telnaes just won a Pulitzer Prize for her work at The Washington Post --- which she resigned from after they refused to run this cartoon.
May 5, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Amazing. Ann Telnaes just won a Pulitzer Prize for her work at The Washington Post --- which she resigned from after they refused to run this cartoon.
This made me laugh. www.newyorker.com/humor
May 1, 2025 at 8:52 PM
This made me laugh. www.newyorker.com/humor