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The bad ideas our brains can't shake

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Charlie Warzel is a writer and reporter who covers the intersection of technology, politics, and culture. Formerly a writer-at-large for the New York Times Opinion page and a senior technology writer at BuzzFeed News, Warzel was the recipient of a 2019 Mirror Award for his reporting on Facebook's privacy struggles.

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