Oct 1, 2026 · 3 min · 3 segments
For the next few months on “Hard Fork,” join the guest host Max Read and an array of Times reporters and experts as we zoom out, catch up and try to understand both what’s happening inside the tech…
Max ReadHost
For the next few months on Hard Fork, we're going to zoom out, catch up, and try to understand what's happening both inside the tech industry and everywhere else.
As a journalist, I've written about everything from AI slop to prediction markets to Mark Zuckerberg's political ambitions.
But I'm also someone who's living, working, and raising a child in the world being built by the tech industry.
I'm sometimes nervous and sometimes excited and sometimes confused about our weird new tech future.
If you'd like to join us as we figure it out, stay tuned to this feed and watch our full episodes on youtube.com/hardfork.
For the next few months on Hard Fork, we're going to zoom out, catch up, and try to understand what's happening both inside the tech industry and everywhere else.
As a journalist, I've written about everything from AI slop to prediction markets to Mark Zuckerberg's political ambitions.
But I'm also someone who's living, working, and raising a child in the world being built by the tech industry.
I'm sometimes nervous and sometimes excited and sometimes confused about our weird new tech future.
If you'd like to join us as we figure it out, stay tuned to this feed and watch our full episodes on youtube.com/hardfork.
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