Joshua Rothman
The New Yorker
New York, NY, United States
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Past articles by Joshua:
Can Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Change Our Minds?
The theory behind C.B.T. rests on an unlikely idea—that we can be rational after all. → Read More
How Should We Think About Our Different Styles of Thinking?
Some people say their thought takes place in images, some in words. But our mental processes are more mysterious than we realize. → Read More
A Not Very Persuasive “Persuasion”
Joshua Rothman reviews the new Netflix adaptation of Jane Austen’s “Persuasion”—directed by Carrie Cracknell and starring Dakota Johnson and Cosmo Jarvis—and compares this film with the original novel on which it’s based. → Read More
What the “Stranger Things” Finale Reveals
Joshua Rothman reviews the finale of Season 4 of the Netflix show “Stranger Things.” → Read More
How Should Twitter Change?
Joshua Rothman explores the opinions and predictions of a number of public figures—including Alexander Chee, Taylor Lorenz, Kate Klonick, Joyce Carol Oates, Stewart Brand, and Ai Weiwei—regarding Twitter, in light of Elon Musk’s plans to take control of the social-media platform. → Read More
Why Is It So Hard to Be Rational?
The real challenge isn’t being right but knowing how wrong you might be. → Read More
What If You Could Do It All Over?
Joshua Rothman on the uncanny allure of our unlived lives. → Read More
The Equality Conundrum
We all agree that inequality is bad. But what kind of equality is good? → Read More
Sunday Reading: A Cultural Review of the Seventies
From The New Yorker’s archive, pieces by Pauline Kael, Jervis Anderson, Ellen Willis, Michael J. Arlen, Richard H. Rovere, Renata Adler, Greill Marcus, and George W. S. Trow on seventies cultural phenomena—“The Godfather,” Alex Haley, Joni Mitchell, “Saturday Night Live,” “All the President’s Men,” “Carrie,” “Sesame Street,” Alice Walker, and Sly Stone. → Read More
An Artist’s Archeology of the Mind
Joshua Rothman on how Peter Sacks draws power from the hidden layers of his canvases. → Read More
Mark Zuckerberg Announces Facebook’s Pivot to Privacy
Joshua Rothman writes that, after a scandalous year for the social networking site, the move towards privacy seems designed to respond to a number of problems, such as content moderation and data security. → Read More
Sunday Reading: The Art of the Profile
From The New Yorker’s archive, twelve noteworthy profiles to mark the magazine‘s ninety-fourth anniversary. → Read More
Sunday Reading: The Birth of Tech
From The New Yorker’s archive, pieces on the birth of the Internet, computers, email, and online dating by John Seabrook, Meghan Daum, John Heilemann, John Cassidy, Lauren Collins, Erik Larson, Nicholson Baker, Michael Specter, and Anthony Hiss. → Read More
What the Covington Saga Reveals About Our Media Landscape
Joshua Rothman writes about the reaction to the National Mall episode involving Covington Catholic High School Students and a Native American activist, and what it revealed about our media landscape. → Read More
The Art of Decision-Making
Your life choices aren’t just about what you want to do; they’re about who you want to be. → Read More
Sunday Reading: Literary Inspiration
From The New Yorker’s archive, pieces in which authors pull back the curtain, revealing where their ideas come from and how they are transformed into art. → Read More
Sunday Reading: California
From The New Yorker’s archive, a collection of pieces about California and the special role that it’s played—culturally, politically, economically, imaginatively—in American life. → Read More
Karl Ove Knausgaard Looks Back on “My Struggle”
Joshua Rothman interviews Karl Ove Knausgaard about “My Struggle,” his series of autobiographical novels, and how they changed his life. → Read More
The White House’s Video of Jim Acosta Shows How Crude Political Manipulation Can Be
As technology advances, we’ll have good reason to grow more skeptical about the videos we see. At the same time, we will struggle to make use of that skepticism. → Read More
In the Age of A.I., Is Seeing Still Believing?
Advances in digital imagery could deepen the fake-news crisis—or help us get out of it, Joshua Rothman writes. → Read More