Selected Essays & Criticism

None the Wiser Harper’s

“We did our best!” The New York Review of Books

Sentience and Sensibility The Baffler

Donna Haraway’s Utopian Promise The Yale Review

Are There Hidden Advantages to Suffering? The New Yorker

The Trouble With Reality The New York Review of Books

Can Robots Evolve into Machines of Loving Grace? Wired

Babel  n+1

The Insane Idea The Point

Routine Maintenance Harper’s

Exiled Harper’s

Martin Riker’s The Guest Lecture The New York Review of Books

Up All Night The New York Review of Books

The Most Unread Book Ever Acclaimed The Paris Review