Behind the Blog: Big Questions of Consciousness
The article discusses behind-the-scenes insights into the creation of recent stories, including a confusing message from a potential source. It touches on themes like consciousness and a museum visit, while also highlighting membership access to content. The tone is informal and reflective of internal team conversations.
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- ▪It mentions a confusing Signal message from someone who may have thought they were a source.
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- ▪Topics include consciousness and a museum visit.
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This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss a wild message, big questions about consciousness, and a visit to a museum. JASON: I got an extremely funny Signal message yesterday after I published my most recent article about Flock. Like, very confused Signal message from someone who ostensibly thought maybe they were a source? We do sometimes get article tips that are like “Off the record, not to be quoted, confidential source:” and then the entirety of the message is like “did you see this article in The New York Times?” This post is for paid members only Become a paid member for unlimited ad-free access to articles, bonus podcast content, and more.
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