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  1. Issue 03: AI cover for Do a Little Dance for Me
    Issue 03: AIEssaysFor nearly two centuries, companies have tried to make workers faster, cheaper, more measurable, and easier to manage. Artificial intelligence offers a more elegant solution: build the worker yourself. This issue looks at what happens when management finally gets its ideal employee, and everyone else is asked to dance to its tempo.
  2. Issue 02: Reincarnation cover for How to Be Reborn NordicIssue 02: ReincarnationExperimentsFor some people, visa means a card. Reincarnation offers another route to passport privilege. This issue compares rebirth systems, timing, geography, karma, and family ties to find the highest-probability way to come back Nordic.
  3. Issue 01: Music cover for Everyone’s Famous SomewhereIssue 01: MusicFieldnotesPeople keep asking why there was no real song of the summer this year, and the answer usually comes back to fragmentation. But fragmentation is only the surface. This issue looks at what happens when audiences stop overlapping, artists become massive inside separate worlds, and the mainstream loses its monopoly on defining fame.
  4. Issue 04: Nicotine cover for Ant in My VapeWIP
    Issue 04: NicotineMarginaliaAn ant tried to crawl into my vape. It didn’t know what it was doing. I did. I got the ant out and took another hit. This issue is about knowing exactly what you’re doing and wanting it anyway.