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The Brief The What the Under After an Israeli
Missing World Can Do Bombardment airstrike in Gaza
City on Oct. 7
27 Israeli families waiting With Israelis and Gaza photojournalist
The View to hear about loved
ones missing since the
Palestinians blinded Saher Alghorra
Photograph by
by anger and grief, documents the
Oct. 7 Massacre—in someone must guard Saher Alghorra—
destruction of the only
71 portraits and in their Middle East
what space remains home he has known
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By Yuval Noah Harari Kang
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Best Inventions 2023
A bird-watching bird feeder, a shushing bassinet,
Braille Legos, and 197 other brilliant innovations that
can improve life—and sometimes the world
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After the Oct. 7

Massacre
THE SCENE AS RECOUNTED BY EYAL NOURI IS
almost too painful to tell: his uncle, Said Moshe,
was killed in front of his aunt Adina. His last
sighting of Adina is from a photograph posted
online: “You see her on a motorcycle,” Eyal says.
“She’s sitting in the middle between the two
terrorists. Think about the situation. A few min-
utes ago she saw her husband, the one that she
loved for the last 50 years, murdered in front of
We hope her eyes, and now they’re taking her to an un-
sharing these known place in the Gaza Strip.”
Adina Moshe, 72, is believed to be one of △
stories can nearly 200 hostages taken by Hamas following Eyal Nouri in Caesarea, Israel, on Oct. 16.
help hold Read more at time.com/israel-hostages
the Oct. 7 Massacre, which killed at least 1,400
a space for people in Israel. It was, as TIME’s Karl Vick
peace wrote in the hours after the attack, Israel’s “Not knowing is the worst thing,” says Ahal
Sept. 11, the worst act of violence committed Besorai, whose sister and her family are missing
against Jews since the Holocaust. after the attack on Kibbutz Be’eri. “There’s no
Events were moving fast in the Middle East sense of finality; as human beings, this is what
as we closed this week’s cover story. President we crave. There is some sense of relief in com-
Biden arrived. Hundreds of people were feared pleteness, even if it’s bad.”
dead following an explosion at a Gaza City
hospital. Diplomats were working to create a AT TIME, OUR MISSION is to tell the stories that
humanitarian safe zone in Gaza while Israeli shape the world. The journalists covering this
airstrikes continued. Thousands of people have have been conducting some of the most painful
been killed in the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, Pales- interviews of their careers. This is their duty, as
tinian health authorities said, and hundreds of it is for our colleagues throughout the industry
thousands of Palestinians are trying to evacuate, who are risking their lives every day to tell
though many have nowhere safe to go. these stories. For decades, TIME has covered
As these events throttled forward, we felt the tragedy and complexity of the Israeli-
it was important to pause, and to listen to the Palestinian conflict. We will continue telling all
family members of those who were taken on of these stories. That is our duty too.
Oct. 7. In recent days, TIME reporters, editors, The Israeli philosopher Yuval Noah Harari
photographers, video journalists, and contribu- wrote for TIME a piece that is at once a history
tors have worked around the clock to gather the of this moment and a plea to the world. “It is
voices of the families Hamas has placed in a ter- the job of outsiders to help maintain a space
rible limbo. Their stories are assembled here, for peace,” Harari writes. “We deposit this
along with this week’s cover, which features peaceful space with you, because we cannot
Rachel Goldberg and Jonathan Polin, whose hold it right now. Take good care of it for us,
son Hersh Goldberg-Polin, age 23, is, like Adina so that one day, when the pain begins to heal,
Moshe, believed to be among the hostages. both Israelis and Palestinians might inhabit
Keren Schem’s daughter Mia, 21, was taken that space.”
from the Nova music festival. Schem has not These families of the hostages are shattered.
heard from her daughter since the attack. On Their world is shattered. We hope sharing their
Oct. 16, Hamas released a video of Mia. “I want stories can help hold that space for peace and
to tell Mia, if she hears me: I will do everything I begin the necessary work of repairing the world.
can,” Keren Schem told TIME. “And if they hear
me, our cruel enemy, I’m telling them now: You
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can come here and you can take me. Bring my

daughter home. She is only an innocent child.
Take me and bring my daughter home.”
The pain of uncertainty echoes across these
interviews. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
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On the covers
Jonathan Polin, left,

and Rachel Goldberg in
Jerusalem on Oct. 15.
Their son Hersh Goldberg-
Polin, 23, is missing
Photograph by
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Celebrating top women working on artificial intelligence

More than 60 guests gathered on Oct. 12 in San Francisco for a TIME100 Impact Dinner,
presented by Meta, honoring the extraordinary women leading the future of artificial
intelligence—some of whom were on TIME’s inaugural list of the 100 most influential
people in AI. Above, from left, Black Girls Code founder Kimberly Bryant, Meta VP
Campbell Brown, OpenAI VP Anna Makanju, Moonhub CEO Nancy Xu, TIME CEO Jess Sibley,
attorney Sarah Conley Odenkirk, professor Fei-Fei Li, and Encode Justice founder Sneha Revanur.
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A NEWER
WORLD
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BY WILL HENSHALL
Tighter export controls on

computer chips escalate the U.S.
rivalry with China
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N
ot by chance did the era of worldwide the beginning of a new era in U.S.-China relations.”
free trade—globalization—coincide with the That unsettles some U.S. tech companies. China is
hope of successive U.S. governments that the a huge market for chip manufacturers—accounting for
capitalism that was lifting billions of people 20% to 25% of American company Nvidia’s data-center
out of poverty would also show China the merits of de- revenue. The stocks of chipmakers, including Nvidia,
mocracy. The two were invariably linked, after all, in the plummeted after the announcement, and the Semi-
Cold War that the West had won. conductor Industry Association (SIA) warned that “overly
But China preferred to launch a new rivalry, promot- broad, unilateral controls risk harming the U.S. semi-
ing a new authoritarian system that offers the wealth of conductor ecosystem without advancing national security
capitalism while exploiting elements (surveillance, cen- as they encourage overseas customers to look elsewhere.”
tralization) of what generates so much of that wealth: The industry’s apprehension is one measure of the
digital tech. Administration’s seriousness. Analysts and policymakers
That’s why the Biden Administration announced have argued that the 2022 restrictions allowed the sale
on Oct. 17 that it is tightening export controls on semi- of chip-manufacturing equipment to companies like
conductor chips used for artificial intelligence and the Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corpora-
equipment used to manufacture them. AI is considered tion, a Chinese state-owned chip manufacturer, and
key to efficiencies that could pro- were not properly enforced.
vide not only huge advantages in There have also been accusa-
business and commerce, but also tions of Chinese AI developers’
even more critical advantages in a smuggling chips into the coun-
country’s military and defense. To
ensure that more semiconductors ‘These most try. Chinese chip developers,
experts argue, have been able to
advanced
are made in America, the Admin- continue catching up with the
istration last year hailed passage technological frontier, and Chi-
of the CHIPS and Science Act. nese AI developers have been
And to prevent China from acquir-
ing or producing advanced chips, chips are a continuing their work apace.
Last year’s restriction con-
huge area of
the new Commerce Department tained “major loopholes,” says
rules aim both to close loopholes Dylan Patel, chief analyst at
in controls announced a year ago, SemiAnalysis, a semiconductor-
and to account for technological
developments since. geopolitical industry analysis firm. “[Semi-
conductor manufacturers’] busi-
But the controls are also a
sharp escalation in the contest
for technological superiority be-
competition.’ ness was not really impacted
at all.” The updates have tight-
ened restrictions on the sales of
tween the U.S. and China, even —PAUL SCHARRE, chips, but Patel says they still
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT,
as the Biden Administration tries CENTER FOR A NEW AMERICAN SECURITY have left possible openings for
to cool tensions between the the sale of chip-manufacturing
countries in other domains. The equipment. With further restric-
chips themselves are increasingly tions on the types of chips it
crucial for the development of can import but lenience around
state-of-the-art AI systems. And though some analysts chip-manufacturing equipment, Patel predicts that
question the controls’ efficacy, if they succeed, China the latest rules will encourage development of China’s
could be left behind. domestic chip industry.
Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said export con-
“Protecting our foundational technologies trols were likely to be updated at least annually, as the
with a small yard and high fence” is how White House technology continues to advance.
National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan has previously “On one level, this can seem really technocratic and
described the restrictions, implying that the rules are tai- boring—the chip-performance thresholds and intercon-
lored to affect only advanced technology with relevance nect bandwidth—but at the end of the day, these most ad-
to national security. vanced chips are a huge area of geopolitical competition,”
But others say the restrictions go further, edging into says Paul Scharre, executive vice president and director
the realms of business and trade. A report by Gregory of studies at the Center for a New American Security, a
Allen, director of the Wadhwani Center for AI and Ad- military-affairs think tank. “I think we’re going to con-
vanced Technologies at the Center for Strategic and In- tinue to see Chinese actors and other global companies,
ternational Studies think tank, argued that because the including U.S. companies, be responsive and change their
restrictions are industry-agnostic and aim to prevent behavior, but also find ways to continue to make money
China from ever matching U.S. capabilities, they “marked and advance their own interests despite this.” 
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Bedbugs aren’t just a problem for Paris

the news reports are alarming walls and floors. They are remarkably BATTLE PLAN Bedbugs persist in any
to say the least: Paris, the city known hardy genetically, and can inbreed city, including Paris, because getting
for its style, cuisine, and romance, with little problem for generations. rid of them is expensive and involved.
has a bedbug problem. But what’s be- The best method involves a multi-
hind the invasion? How did the in- BRED TO BE BAD Today’s bedbugs are pronged strategy including some
sects manage to infiltrate so much of resistant to nearly every insecticide combination of pesticides, a fungus-
the city? With Paris hosting the first available. While DDT and organo- based treatment that kills infected
Olympics in the post-COVID-19 era phosphates effectively controlled bugs, heating an entire dwelling
next summer, those questions aren’t bedbug populations for decades, to 125°F or above, or using silica
just matters for idle conversation. after those chemicals were banned dust to suffocate them. Vacuuming
for harming human health, the invisible bugs is also an important first
BEDBUG BASICS Bedbugs feed almost sects developed resistance to remain- step. Ultimately, however, leaving
exclusively on human blood, and find ing pesticides so that “we now have it up to individuals to manage them
their meals by homing in on the car- thick-skinned, hard-drinking, mutant may only keep the bug populations
bon dioxide we exhale. Because they bedbugs,” says Dini Miller, a professor thriving. “Unless they are dealt
are cautious creatures, they feed when of entomology at Virginia Tech. Their with on a broader, society-wide
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we’re asleep or relatively immobile thicker exoskeletons keep insecticides scale, the problem will not go away,”
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It may be sweltering
outside, but online it’s
always sweater weather
One TikTok user recently referred to it

as the “fall vibes big bang theory.”
Today, no one exemplifies the inter-
net’s love for the season more than
Caitlin Covington, a blogger who be-
came the subject of the “Christian
Girl Autumn” meme after her annual
Vermont photo shoot went viral in
2019. Covington, 33, has embraced the
meme, even if it’s sometimes couched
in a derisive tone, satirizing a certain
type of perfectly coiffed white woman
GOOD QUESTION
in a wide-brimmed hat and riding
boots. It has no doubt brought atten-
Why is the internet tion, which in turn helps monetize her
obsessed with fall? content, including recipes and outfit
photos with affiliate links. Covington
BY MARIAH ESPADA AND MOISES MENDEZ II says that around 2013 or 2014, she no-
ticed her autumn content was a star
AUTUMN DIDN’T OFFICIALLY BEGIN UNTIL SEPT. 23, performer. “There was a very clear
but for TikToker Chasitey Pounds, it started in June. distinction in engagement when I was
Pounds, 26, is one of many content creators who cultivate standing next to a beautiful fall tree,
followings with comforting autumn visuals like pumpkin- or there were fall leaves on the ground,”
spice lattes, candles, and chunky sweaters. The online she says. But the craze for fall content
niche has amassed major traction, with hashtags like hasn’t been universally welcomed. The
#autumnaesthetic and #fallaesthetic collectively gaining Vermont town of Pomfret has been so
over 7 billion views on TikTok. “I want to create stuff that overwhelmed with visitors seeking to
emulates the feeling of coziness and brings people some capture brilliant fall content that it has
comfort in everyday life,” she says. barred tourists from one of its most
Fall has been Pounds’ favorite season since she was a photogenic roads during peak foliage.
child. Now, sharing seasonal videos has enabled her to leave For Pounds and Covington, the
her day job. The internet and its fall enthusiasts have played appeal of fall boils down to the sense
a big role in the commodification of the season: NielsenIQ of inherent comfort that radiates
data shows all things pumpkin-spice-market produced The appeal through the phone screen. “I deal with
more than $800 million from July 2022 to July 2023. boils down a lot of anxiety, and life is stressful
If Christmas stores can do business year-round, the and so busy,” says Covington. “Fall is
to the
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North Carolina–based creator sees no reason to limit au- all about embracing moments of com-
tumn to the three-month bracket of a calendar. She’s real- sense of fort, whether a hot coffee, a really soft
ized that the internet is interested in cozy content in any inherent cardigan, or a new book. Everybody
season. “I’m really good at emulating that autumn feeling can relate to that.” And there may be
even if it’s like 90° outside,” she says. comfort something more subconscious at play:
according to Karen Haller, a color-
THE INTERNET’S LOVE of foliage content started long before psychology specialist and author of
the emergence of TikTok, in the early days of Pinterest and The Little Book of Colour, “Colors that
Tumblr, and on platforms like Instagram, where influenc- are very low in saturation are typically
ers used “fall presets” and filter apps like VSCO, whose col- seen as very soothing,” she explains.
ors imbued their images with the feeling of fall year-round. “The world does this crazy thing
Lifestyle YouTuber Bethany Mota became the face of the where all the leaves turn from green
video platform thanks to her seasonal content, in particular to these beautiful vibrant colors,” says
a 2013 video with 17 million views in which she shares a fall Covington. “I think everyone can ap-
morning routine: making tea, applying plum-hued makeup, preciate the beauty in that.” Even on
heading to Starbucks for a Pumpkin Spice Frappuccino. a sweltering day in June. 
MILESTONES
DIED OBSERVED
Suzanne Solar
Somers eclipse
Entrepreneurial “Ring of fire”
actor From the Pacific Northwest
SUZANNE SOMERS WAS through the Southwest,
never a dumb blonde. people in the U.S. viewed
Her breakout character— a rare celestial spectacle
Chrissy Snow on the ABC on Oct. 14, when the moon
sitcom Three’s Company— passed between the sun
and Earth, obscuring the
may have been, but Somers
sun’s light and bringing forth
herself was an actor, 2023’s solar eclipse.
businesswoman, author, The eclipse was an
and health and wellness annular solar eclipse,
spokesperson. She died on which occurs when the
Oct. 15 at age 76 after a bat- moon is farthest away
tle with breast cancer. from Earth. That distance
“I’ve been playing what means it isn’t a total
I think is one of the best eclipse because the moon
dumb blondes that’s ever does not block out all of
been done, but I never got the sun’s light. Instead a
any credit,” she told the “ring of fire” is created in
New York Times in 1980. the sky when the eclipse
“I did it so well that every- reaches its peak. The solar
one thought I really was a eclipse passed diagonally
S O M E R S : S A X O N / I M A G E S/G E T T Y I M A G E S ; E C L I P S E : S A M W A S S O N — G E T T Y I M A G E S ; B U T K U S : J O H N G . Z I M M E R M A N — S P O R T S I L L U S T R AT E D/G E T T Y I M A G E S
dumb blonde.” from states as far west
Three’s Company ran as Oregon before moving
from 1977 to 1984, and south through Texas. It was
the last annular “ring of
quickly became one of the
fire” solar eclipse that will
country’s most popular
be visible in the U.S. until
shows. At the start of the 2039, though Alaskans will
show’s fifth season, Somers be the only ones to view
asked for a pay raise from (1980), and after Company therapy and alternative that event. —Solcyré Burga
$30,000 to $150,000 per ep- had a string of guest roles cancer treatments have
isode to match the salary of and made-for-TV movies been criticized by the med-
her male co-star. ABC would before starring in another ical community.
offer only a $5,000-per- ABC sitcom, Step by Step, Perhaps most memo-
episode raise, which Somers from 1991 to 1998. rably, in the early 1990s,
declined. The network fired She would go on to be- she was the spokes-
her, and Somers sued for come a health and diet woman in infomercials
$2 million. She received magnate. Many of her more for the ThighMaster, an
only a small fraction of what than 25 books touched on exercise product—one
she asked for. wellness culture, though more way her enterpris-
Somers made one her support for bioidenti- ing spirit shone through.
movie, Nothing Personal cal hormone replacement —LAURA ZORNOSA
DIED RATIFIED SOUGHT DETHRONED

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for the Chicago Bears in and the Writers Guild of on Oct. 16. The company pepper, by the new
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one of the fiercest voted to approve on thousand lawsuits from yellow-green variety that
defensive players in an Oct. 9, ending the five- around the country related Guinness World Records
NFL era that predated month screenwriters’ to opioids, which allege announced measured
concussion protocols, strike. The contract deals Rite Aid filled illegal pre- 2.69 million Scoville Heat
on Oct. 5 at 80. with staffing, pay, and AI. scriptions for painkillers. Units on Oct. 9.
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and embarked on a search for a place to settle where they
wouldn’t have to worry about water or earthquakes or fires.
Milwaukee ranked highly because it’s relatively immune to
natural disasters, has access to a huge body of fresh water—
Lake Michigan—has affordable houses for sale, and is
diverse, which was important to the interracial couple.
Now that they’ve moved, Via loves not having to worry attract new residents like Via who
about running out of water, not having to water his lawn are concerned about the climate. “As
because of Milwaukee’s frequent rains, and being able to the climate continues to change and
keep his window open for a good chunk of the year because people make decisions about where
he doesn’t need air-conditioning. they will move as individuals or where
Via, who is 39 years old, knows most people still aren’t they will relocate or start businesses,
considering the climate when they move—states beset with folks will consider—do we want to do
blistering heat and hurricanes like Arizona and Florida are it in a place that’s more likely to see
still gaining population, fast. But “I can’t wrap my head intense hurricanes and storms year
around not considering factors like, Is there going to be over year, a place that has earthquakes
water to drink in 30 years?” he says. “Or, What’s going constantly, a place where it is
to be the average outdoor temperature? Or, Is the local unbearable to go outside for weeks or
government making the changes needed to protect the months?” Milwaukee Mayor Cavalier
things needed for human life?” Johnson says. “Or do they want to do
it in a place that’s more insulated from
For decades, the Midwest has been a region left these things, like Milwaukee?”
behind as manufacturing and other jobs dried up. Similarly, the Citizens’ Research
Milwaukee County’s population has shrunk 12.3% in the Council, a public-policy group in
past 50 years. And while Sun Belt states like Florida and Michigan, recently published a report
Texas grew from 2020 to 2022, Illinois, Michigan, and suggesting that climate migrants were
Ohio all lost population, according to the Council of State one potential solution to the state’s
Governments. Of the 50 ZIP codes that have seen the declining population. Though Michi-
largest increase in new residents since 2020, 86% were in gan has not historically prioritized its
Texas, Florida, and Arizona. environment, the group argues, in-
But some Midwestern leaders see their states’ resilience stead of putting industry first, focus-
to climate change as a means of reversing this decline. ing on natural resources could attract
They’re putting their immunity from severe weather new residents and investments.
front and center, investing in making their cities more Midwestern cities and states that
sustainable, and not shying away from the idea they can have long seen nothing but people
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Time November 6, 2023
and Columbus, Ohio, in its top 10; Policygenius, an insur-
ance platform, has Milwaukee, Columbus, and Minneapo-
lis on its list. The top 10 list put together by Jesse Keenan, a
climate-adaptation expert at Tulane University, almost ex-
clusively consists of Midwest and Rust Belt cities, includ-
ing Detroit; Duluth, Minn.; Milwaukee; Minneapolis; and
Buffalo and Rochester in New York. Those aren’t the only
cities that will benefit, Keenan says; many other places are
benefiting from a change in preferences “but in general,
people will be moving north and east.”
Of course, climate change is not the only reason people
pick where to live—job opportunities and affordable
housing are often top of the list. Today, many young people
are also looking for places that are affordable and that have
embraced the kind of urban planning that makes it easy to
walk or bike around town, says Keenan. Minneapolis, for
instance, has transit-oriented development and mixed-
income housing. East Lansing, Mich., has urban density,
which is more climate-friendly than places where you have
to get in your car to go anywhere. “A lot of these things
were done in the name of sustainability and better urban
planning and mitigating carbon footprint, but they’ve also
been financially successful” in that they attracted new
people, he says.
For many midwestern leaders, the chance to reverse

population decline is enough to suggest that they need
to invest more in sustainability, walkability, and the type
of projects that will appeal to people looking to make a
leaving are seizing on the opportunity. change. Milwaukee’s Mayor Johnson, for instance, wants
“Businesses in the Milwaukee region to build a protected bike-lane network across the city.
face a low risk of natural disasters, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has unveiled plans
decreasing the risk to people and for the state to generate all of its electricity from carbon-
buildings,” brags Choose Milwaukee, free sources by 2035.
a website trying to attract businesses “I don’t think we can just say, as a state, ‘The South is
to the region. Buffalo, N.Y., will be going to boil and we can just rest and people will come
“a climate refuge,” Buffalo Mayor here,’” says Eric Lupher, president of the Citizens Research
Byron W. Brown said in his 2019 state Council of Michigan. “We have to get the rest of our ducks
of the city address; the city has since in a row, so to speak, try to be better at trying to attract
appointed a climate-action manager to ‘In general, more companies.”
lessen its carbon footprint. Michigan’s
economic-development website makes
people will Indeed, for Via and some other transplants, the fact that
some Midwestern local governments appear invested in
no secret that the state is “ranked No. 1 be moving preparing for climate change is appealing. Milwaukee is
Best for Climate Change.” north and trying to remove highways and make its downtown more
Luring people to the Midwest will walkable, while places like Salt Lake City and Phoenix
be a tall order—the region has been
east.’ seem to be ignoring the challenges that lie ahead. “I was
losing population for decades for rea- —JESSE KEENAN, tired of living in places that made sense when there was
CLIMATE-ADAPTATION
sons that are not changing overnight, SCHOLAR AT TULANE
100,000 people living there,” Via says, “but that no longer
including cold winters, lack of good UNIVERSITY made sense when there were millions of people—and
jobs, and, in some states, high taxes. nobody talking about it or doing anything about it.”
I L L U S T R AT I O N B Y J O E TAY L O R F O R T I M E
Leaders selling their locations as safe Milwaukee has portrayed itself as free from natural
from climate change may not sway disasters like earthquakes and hurricanes, including on
many people who are just looking for a a PowerPoint it shows businesses considering relocating
warm and affordable place to live. there, says Jim Paetsch, executive director of Milwaukee 7,
Still, just about every list of the an economic-development group. It used to be that people
“best cities for climate change” in- would laugh when they saw the slide and ask why he didn’t
cludes many Midwestern cities; include locusts or other biblical plagues. “Nobody laughs
Architectural Digest has Milwaukee anymore,” he says. □
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THE BRIEF TIME WITH
Mega-author John a way that the reader is caught up in

it, and the pages turn.”
Grisham returns to On this late August morning,
his roots, in Memphis Grisham has come to Burke’s to see
the owners, his friends Corey and
and on the page Cheryl Mesler, who—like every book-
store and Walmart in the country—are
BY MOLLY BALL
preparing for his book to drop. “Mitch
is back!” Grisham tells Corey Mesler.
On a rack aT The frOnT Of Burke’s BOOk Grisham, now based outside Char-
Store in Memphis is a postcard showing the shop lottesville, Va., grew up in small towns
in an earlier era, overhung by a billboard that’s in Arkansas and Mississippi, the son
no longer there. grisham is cOming, it says in It’s elementary of a sharecropper. He remembers
big red letters, next to a photo of the youthful picking cotton as a young child, fin-
lawyer turned author. His brow is knitted, mouth gers bleeding. He put himself through
pursed. Below, a line of people wait for the store college and law school, then scraped
to open. John Grisham picks up the postcard and by for a few years in private practice
looks at it. “Oh, yeah, I remember those days,” he in Mississippi, hustling for clients,
says in his honey-thick drawl. while also serving as a Democrat in
The image is from a book signing for The the Mississippi house of representa-
Chamber, in 1994. It’s a memento of the heady tives. Then, in his spare time—starting
days of his early success, when he released a suc- at 5:30 each morning—he drafted a
cession of best sellers that became hit movies. novel in longhand, inspired by a court
People camped out in line for his signings, stu- Almost famous scene he’d witnessed. A Time to Kill,
dios got in bidding wars for his film rights, and about a Black man who takes the law
stores could barely keep his book in stock. Much into his own hands after his daughter
has changed since. Publishing has fallen on is raped by racist rednecks, and the
hard times, while the legal arena Grisham writes lawyer who defends him, was pub-
about has never seemed more tormented. lished by an imprint of an obscure
What hasn’t changed is Grisham’s steady Christian press, and he implored local
commitment. Since breaking out with the legal bookshops to stock it.
thriller The Firm in 1991, he’s published at least But Grisham was already at work on
one book a year—48 consecutive No. 1 New York another book he hoped would be more
Times best sellers, a feat no other writer has By the numbers commercial: the tale of a Harvard-
matched. This October, he’s gone back to the be- educated tax lawyer from a humble
ginning. His new book, The Exchange, is a sequel background who moves to Memphis
to The Firm, the 1993 movie version of which to work for a mysterious firm, only to
starred Tom Cruise as lawyer Mitch McDeere. find himself caught between the Chi-
The new book was inspired in part by Cruise’s cago Mob and the FBI. “I set the book
reprise in Top Gun: Maverick. Its release has in Memphis because I hadn’t been any-
Grisham feeling reflective. “When I started writ- where else,” he tells me.
If it ain’t broke ...
ing the book, I really got nostalgic,” he says. The Firm didn’t have a publisher
He’s not the only one. A late-career Grisham when a scout smuggled the manu-
renaissance may be in the offing. Feature films script to L.A., sparking an improbable
of Grisham’s novels Calico Joe, The Confession, bidding war and a $600,000 contract
The Partner, and The Racketeer are all in develop- with Paramount Pictures. By the time
ment, while several others are being turned into it was published in 1991, it was hotly
TV series, according to his agent, David Gernert. anticipated. The Firm went on to sell
Grisham’s books have shaped the way mil- more than 7 million copies.
lions see the law and its discontents, tackling It was on The Firm’s publicity tour,
themes like racial violence, corporate greed, Grisham says, that he picked up a bit of
environmental destruction, and capital punish- career-defining wisdom: he overheard
ment. By his own account, he is obsessed with a publishing exec mention that the
injustice, and often takes a novel as an oppor- biggest authors—Tom Clancy, Robert
tunity to explore an issue. But he never wants Ludlum, Sidney Sheldon—tended to
readers to feel they’re being lectured to, he tells release a book a year. “It should be ob-
me. “I don’t spend a lot of time delivering mes- vious to someone like me, who’s a big
sages,” he says. “I want to tell a story in such reader, somebody who wants to write
◁
Grisham at the
Peabody Hotel
in Memphis
against his mob-front law firm. There’s

a plaque on the stately old stone build-
ing: john grisham, it reads in raised
bronze letters, with several lines of
text about his success and connection
to the city. (“I had nothing to do with
it!” he says of the plaque.)
In The Exchange, Mitch returns to
Memphis on a legal errand and stays
at the famed Peabody Hotel, taking
a trip down memory lane that serves
as a summary of the first novel’s plot.
Otherwise, there’s little connection be-
tween the two stories. The Exchange
takes place largely in New York City,
where Mitch is a partner at a massive
firm, and in Muammar Gaddafi’s Libya,
where he goes on behalf of a client. This
Mitch seems less like the man from
The Firm and more like a Tom Cruise
character. And the ending feels less like
a resolution than a cliff-hanger.
I tell Grisham I found the book per-
plexing, and kept waiting for the Mob
to return. Grisham, in his disarming
way, agrees with me. “That’s the big-
gest problem with the book,” he says,
as if congratulating me for solving a
puzzle. “Fifteen years later, where’s
the Mafia?” Here he is, one of the
most famous writers in America, basi-
cally admitting his new book makes
no sense, yet he does so merrily—with
the good humor, perhaps, of an author
who knows he’s review-proof. It’s a
Grisham book; people will buy it; peo-
best sellers, but I’d never thought about that,” he
says. “So I hustled back to the farm in Oxford and
‘When ple will enjoy it; who am I to take that
from them? “I decided to let it slide
finished The Pelican Brief in no time.” I started and see how many people comment on
That discipline would make him rich and fa- writing it,” he says. “I think it works as is. But
mous. Grisham tells the story with humility, as you do have that nagging question.”
a series of lucky breaks for which he’s grateful.
the book, Grisham owes his career to The
It’s also a story of the purest type of publishing I really got Firm; returning to it was daunting.
P H O T O G R A P H B Y W H I T T E N S A B B AT I N I F O R T I M E
success: a book by a nobody that succeeds on its nostalgic.’ “I was afraid to bring Mitch back be-
own merits. The Firm changed everything for cause, you know, he’ll always be the
—JOHN GRISHAM,
Grisham. He left the law and never looked back. ON WORKING ON A
guy in my first big book,” he says. “At
For years, he and his wife Renee would refer to SEQUEL TO HIS 1991 the same time, you can’t take this stuff
“BF” and “AF”—before The Firm and after. BEST SELLER THE FIRM too serious. Let’s bring him back and
have some fun. I like the story, now
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THE CASE FOR

ANXIETY
BY DAVID H. ROSMARIN
INSIDE
POLAND’S UNEXPECTED RUNNING FOR OFFICE ANSWERING THE COVID-19

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THE VIEW OPENER
In and of itself, anxiety is not deadly.

Quite the contrary: being able to feel
anxious shows that our fight-or-flight
system is operational, which is an in-
dicator of brain and sensory health.
Once we accept that anxious arousal is
a normal, albeit uncomfortable, part
of life, we can use it to thrive. Here are
three ways anxiety can help you:
It can build your emotional

strength and resilience
If you want to build emotional
strength and resilience, you need to
face some degree of mental adversity.
Of course, traumatic events and abuse
tend to cause more harm than good,
but the experience of—and persever-
ance through—occasional anxiety,
stress, and tension substantially in-
creases your emotional fortitude.
For example, one of the most
effective treatments for anxiety is
exposure therapy, which involves our relationships. Clinical science has and provide additional support to
systematically confronting one’s fears, identified that sharing our anxieties their friends.
head-on, in reasonable and increasing with our loved ones is one of the most It’s easier to avoid thinking about
doses over time. With the help of a effective strategies to build connec- how overwhelmed we feel—and pre-
therapist, individuals with phobias tion. When my patients learn to open tend that everything is OK—when
to anything from snakes or spiders up and share their anxieties with their we’re focused on work. But work-
to heights or medical procedures partners, they almost always report a ing harder, faster, and longer hours
gradually encounter that which makes greater sense of emotional intimacy. when one is already ragged can create
them anxious. As they exercise their Even in the most secure relation- chronic stress, which has been associ-
emotional strength—voluntarily ships, we naturally feel some anxiety ated with heart disease, cancer, and
and courageously—they become sometimes about whether the love stroke, as well as numerous less severe
desensitized to their anxiety, and its we receive is truly unconditional. medical conditions.
effects decrease. As relationship expert Sue Johnson When we feel genuinely over-
In my clinical practice, I have teaches, when we embrace and ex- whelmed and anxious because of
treated hundreds of patients with press our need for connection during stress, it’s our body’s way of telling us
exposure therapy, and in many challenging moments (e.g., “I’m hav- to recalibrate and rebalance. Nobody
instances, individuals emerge not ing a hard time right now and could is truly limitless. When we heed our
only less phobically anxious, but also really use your support”), it begets internal cues and acknowledge our
with greater resilience in general. greater connection and turns our fallibility, we emerge more focused
In one particularly memorable case, anxiety into love. and healthier overall—and also less
I helped a young woman overcome stressed and anxious.
a severe case of hypochondriasis It can help you recalibrate Anxiety can be a healthy, helpful
(anxiety fixated on her health) with and rebalance emotion that is a constructive aspect
this method. Years later, when her From time to time, all of us find our- of human life. It can foster emotional
newborn child had a serious health selves at the end of our rope. Our re- connection when we convey our
complication requiring lifesaving sponsibilities pile up, our resources vulnerable feelings to others. And in
surgery, she handled the situation break down, and we just don’t have the form of stress, it can serve as an
with incredible fortitude and calm. enough time to get everything done. internal barometer to remain balanced
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We feel uncomfortably anxious most, and healthy. It’s about time we start
It can increase your emotional if not all, of the time. putting it to good use.
intimacy and connection Many times, when my patients
Humans are social creatures. The No. 1 are overwhelmed they tend to take Rosmarin is a professor at Harvard
predictor of happiness and flourish- on more demands. Ironically, they Medical School and author of Thriving
ing in late life is not great genes, finan- take on additional projects at work, With Anxiety: 9 Tools to Make Your
cial success, or fame. It’s the quality of volunteer for community service, Anxiety Work for You
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A boost for Poland’s democracy, and the E.U.

IN POLAND, AN UNEX- For the past several years, a pop- for populist parties in Germany,
pected surge of vot- ulist government in Warsaw has France, and Austria.
ers ready for change boosted its popularity by demonizing Caveats apply. President Andrzej
has ousted a populist the union, its rules on democracy, and Duda, a former Law and Justice
coalition government its social policy. It has turned state- Member of Parliament, will first in-
in favor of a pro-E.U., media outlets into a tool of govern- vite the current ruling coalition to try
more moderate group of leaders. The ment propaganda and stacked the to assemble a new government. That
Law and Justice Party, in power since country’s courts with political cronies. effort will fail, but it will take weeks
2015, won the most parliamentary It did all this secure in the knowledge to do so. Only then will Duda give
seats. But its coalition partners didn’t that E.U. punishment depended on the victorious opposition alliance its
perform well enough to allow current unanimous support and that its ally in turn, meaning it’s unlikely to have a
Prime Minister Jaroslaw government in place
Kaczynski to form an- before December. Even
other government. then, Kaczynski’s Law
It’s a striking win for and Justice Party will
politician Donald Tusk hold enough parlia-
and his Civic Coalition. mentary seats to limit
It’s also great news for the new government’s
the European Union, options, and both
which can expect a new President Duda and
government in Warsaw conservative judges on
that will respect E.U. Poland’s top court will
rules on democracy and create obstacles too.
rule of law. The biggest Finally, the new
surprise on election day governing coalition
was a turnout estimated will have internal
at 73%, the highest fig- divisions as well,
ure in postcommunist particularly on social-
Poland’s history. It’s a policy questions like
result all the more strik- abortion restrictions
ing given Kaczynski’s and the political
unapologetic use of influence of the
state media to boost his Catholic Church. The
party’s support. Civic Coalition must
Tusk, leader of the Civic Coalition that will replace Poland’s
Once in place, Po- contend with both the
illiberal government, on election night in Warsaw
land’s new government Third Way’s moderate
will work on making the conservatives and some
changes its leaders have promised, Hungary would veto any punishment. progressive hard-liners in the Left.
and the E.U. has called for. In particu- The E.U. has withheld badly needed The leaders of this new coalition will
lar it will move to restore the politi- funds to pressure Poland’s govern- also face tough economic conditions,
cal independence of the judiciary and ment for change, but that strategy was including low growth, high inflation,
media in line with E.U. rules. These re- undercut by the need to help Poland and a debt problem made more
forms, in turn, will help Poland access absorb Ukrainian refugees following complicated by its plans to keep
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cility, money that Brussels set aside sels is delighted to see Poland’s vot- But for Poland’s winning alliance
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demic recovery and the E.U.’s ambi- it with one that will be led by Tusk, a problems for another day. For now a
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plans. The E.U. withheld that money cil. This political shift in Poland is E.U. and one of its biggest member
from the previous government in re- especially timely for the E.U. given a states is on its way out thanks to
sponse to its bid to bring judges and recent election victory for populists an unexpectedly large surge of
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By Charlotte Alter
SENIOR CORRESPONDENT
Allie Phillips never wanted to longer Phillips stayed preg-

be a politician, but she had nant, the worse her own health
always wanted to be a mom of could become.
two. When Phillips found out Phillips, who lives in north
she was pregnant in November Tennessee, could not get an
2022, her 5-year-old daughter, abortion in her home state.
Adalie, was thrilled too. “Her After the Supreme Court over-
eyes got big and her jaw just turned Roe v. Wade, Tennessee
dropped open,” Phillips says. enacted one of the strictest to ask his help writing a law about running for his seat.
She and her husband planned abortion bans in the nation. expanding abortion options for It may be an uphill battle.
to name the baby Miley Rose. Phillips and her husband had parents in situations like hers. Donald Trump won the county
But after a scan when she to travel almost 1,000 miles When Phillips told him about by double digits in 2020. But
was around 19 weeks preg- to get one. Shortly after she her pregnancy loss, “He said, abortion bans have reshuffled
nant, doctors told Phillips that returned, she was approached ‘I thought women could only politics—even in conservative
COURTESY OF ALLIE PHILLIPS

the fetus had problems with by the Center for Reproduc- have a miscarriage in their first areas.
several organs—conditions tive Rights, which represents pregnancy,’” she recalls. (Bur-
“not compatible with life patients denied medically khart did not respond to TIME.) For more insights from
outside the womb,” a doctor necessary abortions. She also “The lack of knowledge, the lack Washington, sign up for
told Phillips. Miley Rose would met with her state representa- of education, is astounding.” TIME’s politics newsletter at
time.com/theDCbrief
likely die before birth; the tive, Republican Jeff Burkhart, That’s when she began to think
DR. ANNIE VALUSKA

contagious? Alyssa Bilinski, an assis-
Health Matters tant professor of health policy at the
By Jamie Ducharme Brown University School of Public
Health, says at-home tests are often
HEALTH CORRESPONDENT
more useful indicators than simply
counting the number of days you’ve
AFTER MORE THAN THREE YEARS OF public places, and, if possible, stay stayed home. Studies suggest that
covering COVID-19, I’ve essentially away from others at home. If that’s not at-home test results correlate pretty
become a human search engine for an option, the CDC suggests wearing a closely with contagiousness, so a pos-
friends and family who have ques- high-quality mask, such as an N95 or itive result means you could infect
tions about the virus. And during this KN95, when around others. others and a negative result means
ongoing wave of infections, I’ve been After their five days of isolation are you likely won’t. False negatives are
struck by how many people are still up, the CDC recommends that the per- possible, though, so Jetelina recom-
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Ones
ross 75 yeArs, IsrAel hAs buIlt tradition. Revenge hangs in the air over
lf around a military so formidable Gaza along with cordite. And just as no
ttle that the country qualifes as a gentile can apprehend the horror of the
w r state. But for the 2,000 years be- Oct. 7 sabbath, nothing can communi-
fo at, the story of the Jews was one cate the experience of bombardment.
of everance through persecution, Imagine enduring both. The roughly
flig d the kind of intimate, house- 200 hostages Hamas carried away at
to-house slaughter Israelis awoke to on gunpoint were awakened at dawn by
the morning of Oct. 7. What Hamas re- the terror of a missile onslaught and
corded on smartphones and uploaded faced the darkness of Gaza beneath
to social media was a 21st century po- the thunder of Israeli munitions. They
grom. The massacre of more than 1,400 form a kind of human bridge between
people renewed and validated the dread two realms. “I can only hope that she
that resides in every Jewish Israeli as a is being held in Gaza,” says the son of
kind of inheritance—the embedded col- 74-year-old Vivian Silver, a peace activ-
lective memory of trauma that has kept ist missing from her kibbutz. “What a
a society’s sense of confdence eggshell- terrible hope that is.”
thin even behind the most powerful With power cut off by Israel, ac-
fghting force in the Middle East. counts of the profound suffering in Gaza
What that military is directing onto are largely being told from a distance.
the Gaza Strip—6,000 bombs in the And in a conflict that has always been
frst six days—had by Oct. 17 killed
more than 3,000 people. For Pales-
about competing narratives, Hamas
ensured that attention would be on
PORTRAITS
tinians, the Israel-Hamas War is likely the hostages and their loved ones. The OF GRIEF
the worst trauma since the Nakba, or
“catastrophe”—as they refer to the
families speak wrenchingly about what
they know and the torment of what they
The stories of
1948 victory of the Jewish army that, in don’t. Searching for hope, they fnd Israel’s missing,
establishing a Jewish homeland, exiled themselves at the mercy both of terror- in the words
more than 700,000 Arabs who claimed ists and of the intelligence apparatus of
the same land. Their descendants’ def- an Israeli government that failed them
of their family
ant presence in blockaded Gaza (where on Oct. 7, then ignored them in the cha- members
2.2 million people are ruled by Hamas) otic days that followed. PHOTOGR APHS BY MICHAL
and on the West Bank (where 3 million But they have their fellow citizens. CHELBIN FOR TIME
chafe under Israeli military occupa- After the worst loss of Jewish lives since
tion) has posed a persistent challenge the Holocaust, it was Israelis—the le- To read more from the
families of the missing,
not only for Israel’s security, but also gions rising to donate blood, to prepare and for updates on this
for the moral code cultivated during the food, to report for duty—who confrmed developing story, visit
millennia that Jews had not a state, but a why their nation exists. —KArl VIcK time.com/israel-hostages
With reporting by Leslie Dickstein, Mathias Hammer, and Julia Zorthian
Keren Schem,
mother of
captive Mia
Schem, with
daughter Danny
in Mazor, Israel,
on Oct. 16
37
WORLD
‘Bring my
daughter home.
She is only an
innocent child.’
KEREN SCHEM, 50
Schem’s daughter Mia, 21, is
missing after attending the Nova
music festival
She went to the party Friday night

with a friend. I woke up on Saturday
morning and I saw what was
happening. I called her: the phone
was ringing and there was no
answer. I called the friend too but
his phone was off. The only thing
I know is that Saturday morning at
7:17, she sent a message to one
of the people in the party: “They
are shooting us. Please come
save us.”
I’m a single mom. I have four
children. Mia is the second one.
Mia is very, very creative; she’s
very, very beautiful. She’s only just
started her life. She’s painting,
learning how to make tattoos.
She is my best friend. She’s like a
mother to my youngest girl. Every
mom will say this about her child,
but Mia was so, so special. She’s
all my world. Their father is not part
of their lives, and she’s very, very
important to us, and she’s just
vanished. I have no clue where she
is. Mia is a real warrior, and I know
that she will never give up and she
will fight until the end.
I want to tell Mia that she is the
love of my life . . . I want to tell Mia,
if she hears me: I will do everything
I can. And if they hear me, our cruel
P R O D U C T I O N A N D C A M E R A A S S I S TA N C E B Y O D E D P L O T N I Z K I
enemy, I’m telling them now: You

can come here and you can take
me. Bring my daughter home. She
is only an innocent child. Take me
and bring my daughter home.
—As told to Charlotte Alter
Yoni Asher, center, with
family on Oct. 15 in
Ganot Hadar, Israel, and
portraits of his missing
daughters Raz and Aviv

‘Children and
babies are not
part of this war.
They shouldn’t
be part of
this war.’
YONI ASHER, 37
Asher’s wife Doron, 34, and his
daughters Raz, 4, and Aviv, 2,
are missing after the attack on
Kibbutz Nir Oz
I wasn’t with my wife and my

daughters. They were with
their grandmother, my wife’s
mother, in Kibbutz Nir Oz. In
the morning, we spoke on the
phone and she told me that
they were locked and hiding
and they could hear gunshots
outside. She said that she
heard people inside the house.
We stopped talking so that
it wouldn’t endanger her. And
unfortunately, this was our
last conversation; I haven’t
heard from her since. Not
too much time later, I saw a
video on social media, which
unfortunately showed my wife
and my two daughters on some
kind of vehicle, and it appeared
they had been kidnapped by
Hamas to be taken to Gaza.
Children and babies are not
part of this war. They shouldn’t
be part of this war. Since
Saturday, I’ve been without
all of my family. These are my
only daughters, and I just want
anyone who can hear me, I’m
begging you to do something so
that I know that they are alive.
They are young children. They
need medicine and special
food, and caretaking. How is
this possible? Every day that
passes is a catastrophe. I am
terrified over their fate and
I don’t know who to turn to
anymore. All I can do is talk to
anyone who will hear me.
—As told to Anna Gordon
39
The missing members
of Haran’s family
that the IDF forces were in their

house but they didn’t tell us what
they saw or what’s happening.
Later on, we received a video of
the house, which was completely
ruined, burned down. Nothing
really was left, but the shelter was
empty, and they didn’t find any
bodies. And they didn’t see any
signs of blood or something like
that. At this point, we realized that
all of my family—including my
3-year-old niece and my 8-year-old
nephew—have probably been ab-
ducted by Hamas. We had no idea
if they’re together or not, or what
has been done. The only thing we
saw was a video that Hamas re-
leased where we recognized my
sister’s husband being handcuffed
and put into the back of a car. He
was alive, so these were the only
indications. We knew their cell-
phone locations were somewhere
‘Later on, we received a video of around the Gaza border. But ever
since then, we have no new in-
the house, which was completely formation and we have no idea if
they are alive, if they are together,
ruined, burned down.’ where the children are, if they are
being kept safe.
We know nothing. Honestly we
SHAKED HARAN, 34 was actually the last text we re- feel like this is another terror at-
Nine members of Haran’s family are ceived from them. tack. First there’s the terror attack
missing after the attack at Kibbutz From that point on, we tried itself and then there’s so much that
Be’eri everything and anything to get in is unknown. We’re eight days into
touch and to understand what’s the situation and we have no idea
i wasn’T in The kibbuTz. i was going on. But the reality in the kib- of anything. If you look at the list,
in my home in Be’er Sheva. We butz was like a horror film. We you see that so many are elderly
woke up from the sirens for the kept getting messages from people people and children and women.
missiles and we ran into the shel- saying that they’re being chased. My parents and my uncle take
ter, and we were there for a few There’s gunshots everywhere. medication that is really critical for
hours. At this time my brother in Houses are being set on fire. But we them. We haven’t received any in-
the south of Israel started getting had no idea where my parents were, formation, not from the Red Cross
the news of what’s going on and or my sister and her young children. and not from other organizations
he started trying to communicate A friend of my father called him so this is the situation now. I’m 30
with my parents. more than 100 times and eventu- weeks pregnant right now. The first
At the beginning they answered ally someone answered in Arabic. few days were unbearable. I was
him. They were locked down in They said in broken Hebrew, “hos- frightened that I was not going to
the shelter, eight of them together. tage, hostage, Gaza, Gilad Shalit manage to stay healthy. But once
It was almost all the family, except [a ransomed Israeli soldier].” And we understood that the odds were
my uncle and aunt. They told my so at that point, there was some that they were abducted and they
brother that they’re keeping safe indication that they had been kid- might still be alive, we tried to take
and they’re following all of the or- napped. But we still didn’t know all our energy and power because
ders and then at around 10:30 in at that point if any of the Israeli there’s still hope for us. There’s
the morning or 11:00 he tried to forces reached their house, be- some hope. We’re not naive, we
text them again. And they wrote cause the fighting went on for al- know the situation, but we’re try-
back that they’re in very big trou- most three days in the kibbutz. ing to hold on to this hope.
ble and that they love us. And that We finally received a message —as Told To anna Gordon
40
Time November 6, 2023
Jonathan Polin,
right, and
Rachel Goldberg
in Jerusalem on
Oct. 15
Our son was in the picture,

as was Aner. Through social
media, we started to search
for other families of people
who were in the shelter and
to try to piece together a
story: Sometime around
7:30 Saturday morning,
those in the bomb shelter
came under heavy gunfire.
People were being critically
wounded. And what we next
know from witnesses is that
at roughly 9 a.m., gunmen
came into the shelter, and
they said anybody who can
get on their feet and walk
out of here, walk out. And
our son was one of some
small number of people to
walk out.
The witnesses who have
shared this information
have confirmed that our
son’s left arm had been sev-
ered from the elbow down.
He’s a lefty. And he was
bleeding. But he’s a trained
medic so he had fashioned
for himself a tourniquet.
‘The first message said: “I love you.” Witnesses say he was taken
onto a pickup truck under
The second message said: “I’m sorry.”’ gunpoint and the truck
drove off. That’s the last
time anybody that we can
JONATHAN POLIN, 53 were going. We just figured didn’t even know where he identify saw him. The Israeli
Polin’s son Hersh Goldberg- they were going camping. was. My daughter got on- police identified a ping to
Polin, 23, was injured and Saturday morning, I got line and saw that there was his telephone at 12:45 p.m.
abducted at the Nova music up and left at 7:30 to go to a big music festival in the on Saturday on the Gaza
festival in southern Israel the synagogue. I was hear- south. My wife reached out border. From that time, we
ing booms and figured there to Hersh and Aner’s third don’t know where he is. We
My wife and i both grew was something going on, very close friend, and that don’t know what condition
up in Chicago. We then but didn’t know what. I got third friend confirmed that he’s in. We don’t know if
were living for professional home at about 9:30. My wife they’d gone to the festival. the truck pulled away and
reasons in California, immediately showed me From about 1 p.m. threw him on the side of the
where Hersh was born. We that she had turned on her Saturday until now, we’ve road and shot him. We don’t
moved when he was 4 to phone, which she doesn’t had an ongoing mini– know if he was taken into
Richmond, Va. And when normally use on Shabbat, be- situation room set up in my Gaza. We have no idea.
he was 7, the family moved cause it’s prohibited on the apartment. We had two dif- Right now we have a team
to Israel, in July 2008. Jewish sabbath, and showed ferent friends each go to working full speed with the
Friday night, Hersh was me that we had received two a different hospital in the No. 1 goal being get Hersh
home with us in Jerusalem. back-to-back text messages south to see if they could the medical treatments
And at 11 p.m., he came from Hersh at 8:11 a.m. The find our son. They went that he needs immediately.
and said goodbye to us. He first message said: “I love through unidentified bodies Of course we’d prefer that
had a backpack on and he you.” The second message and did not see him. At some being at home in Israel, but
was going to meet up with said: “I’m sorry.” time, a picture started to cir- if not, then at least he can
his friend, Aner Shapira. We knew he was in some culate online that was from get it in Gaza. —as told to
We didn’t know where they sort of distress, but we an outdoor bomb shelter. anna gordon
41
Liri, Roni, and Gili Roman
on Oct. 16 in their father’s
apartment in Tel Aviv, where
Yarden was planning to
live with her partner and
daughter. One of Yarden’s
paintings hangs on the wall
‘We hoped to hear from her that everything

is fine. That didn’t happen.’
RONI ROMAN, 25 She sent pictures of her with Geffen in the shelter, say-
Roman’s sister, 35-year-old German-Israeli citizen Yarden ing that they’re all right, and just waiting for it to end. From
Roman, was kidnapped from Kibbutz Be’eri South Africa, we did not understand what was going on
and how unusual this was. Half an hour had passed, and
WE WERE ALL TOGETHER, ALL THE FAMILY, THREE then one hour, and then two hours, and there was no con-
weeks of travel in South Africa with Yarden and her part- nection. We were just starting to understand that this is an
ner Alon and their daughter Geffen. They were just heading extremely unusual situation—that there are terrorists that
back to Israel for the holiday eve on Friday, and they were got into Israel, and that they were everywhere.
staying with Alon’s family in Kibbutz Be’eri. Me and my fa- We decided to go on the road, a 15-hour drive to the air-
ther, we stayed in South Africa. port, to go back to Israel. We hoped that we would have
more information and we will hear from her that every-
thing is fine. That didn’t happen.
‘The only
When we landed, we got a call. The brother of Alon got
a call from him from another cell phone saying that he is
thing that we
here with Geffen, healthy. They got to the army and they want now is
are OK and they are on their way to us. But he doesn’t
know where Yarden is. that my sister,
[Alon’s brother] told us the story. They were in the
shelter when those terrorists came to their house. They my parents’
took Alon, Yarden, and Geffen to a car that went to the
[Israel-Gaza] border. Just before the border, Alon and child, comes Karina Ariev, who is among
Yarden decided to jump out of the car to try to escape.
Geffen was in Yarden’s arms. She is 3 years old, so she lit-
home.’ the missing
erally held her in her arms. They were all barefoot and
wearing pajamas. They started to run, and when the SASHA ARIEV, 24 food. They are very warm.
terrorists started to run after them and shoot at them, Ariev’s sister, 19-year-old We feel that all the Israeli
Yarden passed Geffen to Alon because she knew that he IDF soldier Karina Ariev, was people, you know, they just
can run faster. Yarden found a place to hide, and Alon taken hostage from her army came together to be one
also, but it was much further than Yarden was, and that base big family and the only thing
was the point where they were separated. Alon and Gef- that people want now is our
fen were hiding for almost 24 hours. He didn’t know She called us in the morning hostages to be back; our
what happened to Yarden. All night, he heard [the ter- and she said that the children to be back. We do
rorists] going around them and looking for them, so he base has been raided and not care about bombing
couldn’t reach out. attacked. She basically Gaza, going on the ground
My oldest brother Gili went back to the fields to look called to tell us goodbye. operation. The only thing
for her because we had hoped that maybe she is still hid- And so, if she won’t live, that we want now is that my
ing somewhere. Alon also went to the field to look for her. she asked us to continue sister, my parents’ child,
our life. The last message comes home.
They spent four days searching. We didn’t find her. We’re
was: “The terrorists, they She’s all I have, you
pretty sure that they took her and that she’s in Gaza, al- know. I love my parents
are here.”
though we don’t know it for sure, because we didn’t get any A few hours later, we and all, but she’s the one
information about her. Right now, her status is missing. identified her in a video. my heart belongs to. She’s
My sister was working as a physical therapist. She This was a video that the the only one I love in this
lived in the kibbutz for four years, until this year. She was terrorists took and then world, the only one I want
doing her studying in Sheikh Jarrah, in East Jerusalem. published on their Telegram to be with me. She always
She is quiet and humble and she has a really good con- channels. This is our last comforts me. Even [though]
nection to people. She has a lot of empathy and care. This confirmation that she is she’s my little sister, I can
is really the person she is, and this is who she was also alive. She is alive on the always come to her and she
for me. My mother had cancer and passed away last year. video, but we don’t know will be logical with me and
This year, Yarden was for me really a mother. what is going on now. We make me come together.
Right now, I’m really focusing on her health and that know that they probably took She is very lovely. She is
she will be OK over there and that she will be back. I’m her. She was in their jeep, very innocent. She is very
not a politician. There is a lot of pressure everywhere. I with other girls. We went childish, although she is
can understand that the situation is really complex and to the police to show them now a teenager. She likes
there is a war right now. And this is making the whole the video and to say that we to decorate her room. She
story really complicated because this is not an army identify my sister so they can likes stickers and the fluffy
do something. The same dolls of the animals. She
against an army. These are innocent people here that
evening, military officers loves to paint. She loves
need to be saved.
came to our door and they cosmetics; she is always
We’re all together with Alon, with Geffen. Everyone said to us that my sister doing my makeup. I do not
here is playing with her and making sure that she’s fine. Karina is held in the hands understand anything about
Right now, she knows that mama is missing. She doesn’t of a terror organization. it. I remember the day she
know why, or how, or the details of anything. Obviously, From this moment, we do not was born because the gap
she was there, but she didn’t understand what was going know any other information. between us is five years.
on. I’m sure that she understands that this is a serious We sit, watch TV, and I was in the hospital and I
issue because she is just acting perfectly and not cry- hope for the best. Our saw her. All this life, since
ing at all, not yelling—just being the best child that she family supports us. Many the moment she was born
can. This is not usual. This is her understanding what she people from our work, from till now, is just rolling in my
should do to help her mother. I hope that she will get her the school that my sister head like a film. —As told to
back. —As told to YAsmeen serhAn was in, are sending lots of Yasmeen Serhan
43
ESSAY
BY YUVAL NOAH HARARI
In its war against

Hamas, Israel has a
duty to defend its
territory and its
citizens, but it must
also defend its
humanity
Seeing Gaza
WORLD
PHOTOJOURNALIST SAHER ALGHORRA DOCUMENTS

DESTRUCTION AND GRIEF IN HIS CITY BY SANGSUK SYLVIA KANG
Saher alghorra haS long loved to document authorities told Reuters, and Plumes of
both the beauty and challenges of life in Gaza. That’s Alghorra’s photos put those numbers smoke fill
what first drove the 27-year-old Gaza native to become in stark relief. In one, Omar Lafi the sky from
a photojournalist. But even Alghorra—who has already mourns the loss of his nephew, with airstrikes in
lived through the devastating 2008 and 2014 Gaza-Israel whom he was inside a market buying Gaza City
S A H E R A L G H O R R A — M I D D L E E A S T I M A G E S/A F P/G E T T Y I M A G E S
on Oct. 7
conflicts—was not prepared for what has transpired this food when the nearby Al-Sousi
month. “The humanitarian situation here is extremely cat- Mosque in Gaza’s Al-Shati refugee
astrophic,” Alghorra tells TIME. camp, set up in 1948, was hit by an
Hamas launched a surprise attack on Oct. 7 that killed airstrike. On a separate occasion,
at least 1,400 people in Israel. Gazans have been subject Alghorra recalls, he saw a father
to thousands of airstrikes since then, and Israel imposed a holding his daughter near Al-Shifa
total siege cutting off electricity, water, food, and medicine, Hospital, exclaiming that he was
on top of a 16-year blockade that already left most Gazans planning to throw her a birthday party,
reliant on aid. More than 3,300 people have died in Gaza before she was killed by an airstrike.
in this latest escalation, and more than 13,000 have been At least 700 children have died
wounded, the Palestinian Health Minister said Oct. 18. in Gaza since the Israel-Hamas War
Child casualties make up a quarter of the total, Gaza broke out. To grasp how deadly the
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conflict has been so far for Gaza’s children, more children

were killed in Gaza during the first nine days of this war
than in 20 months of Russia’s war in Ukraine.
And those who live have not escaped the trauma. Al-
ghorra recalls meeting two children at the emergency room
at Al-Quds hospital who had lost their father while escap-
ing airstrikes. “They sat there crying. We tried to help find
[him],” he says. Alghorra followed them until they finally
found the man injured in a different part of the hospital.
“They hugged each other and collapsed in tears.”
AlghorrA’s photogrAphs show the many ways Israeli

airstrikes continue to overwhelm the 2.2 million Palestin-
ians living in what is one of the world’s most densely popu-
lated places. Families grieve next to lifeless bodies. Plumes
of smoke fill the sky. Rubble fills the streets. A mother, in-
jured after her house was hit by an airstrike the morning
of Oct. 9, cries as she learns that her daughter has died. Pa-
tients inundate Al-Shifa, the city’s largest medical complex,
as thousands more seek shelter there. Homes are destroyed
every day. “We see sadness and frustrations in the eyes of
the citizens who lose their loved ones during the war,” Al-
ghorra says. “There are families that have perished entirely.”
Amid the scale of death and destruction, health ofcials
have resorted to storing bodies in ice cream freezer trucks,
as cemeteries fill up and moving them to hospitals becomes
too risky.
“The health situation is at risk of collapse,” Alghorra
says. His photographs from Al-Shifa illustrate the urgency
on the ground. “There were emotionally difcult scenes
that took a toll on us,” he says. “It’s a difcult feeling, and
the smell isn’t good. I went to the Shifa Hospital to capture
images of suffering and sadness there, and all the sounds
were chants and ululations . . . There were many sounds of
crying and screaming.”
The hospital has warned that there is nowhere else for
patients to go. “It’s absolutely impossible to evacuate the
hospital,” Dr. Muhammad Abu Salima, the director of the
hospital, told the New York Times. “If someone doesn’t
die from the bombardment, then he’ll die from the lack of
medical service.”
Israel on Oct. 13 ordered the evacuation of more than
1 million Palestinians from northern to southern Gaza,
ahead of an expected ground offensive. Israel says the
order—which the U.N. has said is “impossible” to carry
out—is meant to protect civilian lives. But the U.N. and oth-
ers have warned it would cause a “humanitarian disaster.”
The war has also been deadly for those documenting it.
At least 17 journalists have been killed since the conflict
broke out. Even so, Alghorra remains determined to con-
tinue his work. “We are all at risk here, but we follow safety
guidelines regardless. This includes wearing press vests
and moving cautiously based on our assessment of danger- Omar Lafi grieves
ous areas,” he says, showing TIME his press attire. on Oct. 9 by the
“Photography is very important for documenting body of his nephew,
crucial moments,” he says. “In this war, our role as who was killed by
photojournalists is to show the world what the Palestinian an airstrike
people are going through.” □
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IN SPACE
Space travel is
increasingly routine:
humanity made a
record 178 success-
ful takeoffs into
orbit in 2022. More
interest—and
investment—led
to a spate of scien-
tific advancement
this year.
That includes
efforts to better
understand space,
like NASA’s OSIRIS-
REx, which gath-
ered samples from
an asteroid, and the
Japan Aerospace
Exploration Agen-
cy’s Lunar Excur-
sion Vehicle 2, built
to explore the moon.
Other innovations
turned their gaze
back on our planet,
like NASA’s TEMPO,
which monitors air
Czinger 21C
quality in the U.S.; The Browser Co. Arc
Nuview’s LiDAR Sat-
ellite Constellation,
planned to map Earth
in 3D; and Pixxel’s
work to detect envi-
ronmental threats
with its Hyper-
spectral Imaging
Satellites.
While scientists
expanded the bounds Roland 50th Anniversary Concept Piano
of space explora-
tion via NASA’s
Moxie experiment
to separate oxygen
from Mars’ atmo-
sphere, they also
worked to reduce
our impact and clean
up space trash—
which causes risky
collisions—with the
ClearSpace-1 robotic
arm. —Tara Law
Lego Braille Bricks
COOK
SMARTER
Home chefs have

long innovated their
own efficiency hacks,
but now companies
are catching up.
New inventions
speed up cooking,
like Breville’s Joule
Human Embryo Model Turbo Sous Vide,
which cuts sous-
vide time in half.
Or they streamline
tasks: the Nama J2
Cold Press Juicer
reduces prep work,
and the Dreamfarm
Fluicer is a hand
press that gets more
juice out of your
fruit. The Spinn Pro
converts whole
coffee beans directly
into drinks.
Other devices
improve upon exist-
ing appliances. The
Invisacook induc-
GE Cync Dynamic Effects tion stovetop dou-
Neon-Shape Smart Lights
bles as a countertop
and eliminates gas-
stove toxins, while
the GE Profile Smart
Mixer adds a built-
in scale and timed
mixing. Mill’s sleek
composter can help
you clean up more
sustainably.
On the road,
EcoFlow’s Glacier
cooler can both chill
food and make its
own ice, eliminating
a trip to the store.
And Sweetgreen’s
Infinite Kitchen
locations robotically
assemble your
Group Project salad faster and
New York City Better Bin more accurately,
serving as a model
for other chain
restaurants. —T.L.
HEALTH CARE
AT HOME Naqi Earbuds
Cala klQ
About 71% of people
think often about
their physical health,
according to a 2023
Ipsos survey—and
that’s likely an under-
statement. It’s no
wonder, then, that
many inventions aim
to give users more
control over their
well-being.
Acer Ebii
Having accurate
data goes a long way
in staying healthy.
The COROS Heart
Rate Monitor straps
to the upper arm and
measures heart rate
more accurately than
wrist monitors, and
the Lumen is a home
breathalyzer that
tracks metabolism
in real time.
Some products
speed up muscle
recovery. The Thera-
Mad Rabbit Tattoo Repair Patch
body RecoveryTherm
Cube relieves sore- AudioShake
ness via infrared and
cryotherapy, while the
Lumaflex Body Pro
is an FDA-cleared red-
light-therapy device
for pain relief at home.
Other innovations
aim to improve quality Faro Powerdock Set
of life. The Salistick
saliva pregnancy
test liberates people
from the urine test,
while the Vibrant
System, a vibrat-
ing capsule, relieves
constipation without
medication. And the
CAN Go smart walk-
ing cane promotes
independence with
tools like fall detec-
tion and emergency
calling. —Tara Law
EVEN MORE
INVENTIONS
AlertCalifornia’s AI
wildfire detector uses
AI cameras to detect
wildfires earlier.
So-VITS-SVC is AI
software that’s gone
viral for its uncanny
ability to speak or sing
like any musician.
LeapFrog Magic
Adventures Telescope
is an advanced edu-
cational telescope
for kids.
Intel’s Thunder-
bolt 5 is computer-
connection tech with
double the data-
transfer speed of its
predecessor.
Wavelogix Rebel
Concrete Strength
Sensors measure
concrete’s durability
and need for repairs
in real time.
The Human Defense

Platform detects and
stops online bot fraud
attacks.
GoBoat 2.0 is an
inflatable electric boat
that fits in a backpack.
Equatic uses sea-

water electrolysis to
remove carbon from
the atmosphere and
generate hydrogen,
which can be used for
clean energy.
Sony FX3 The Columbia Uni-

versity robotic hand
is a prosthetic that
uses touch sensors
and machine learning
to interact with more
dexterity. —Emma
Barker Bonomo
ADVANCED
AGRICULTURE Beta Bionics iLet
Bionic Pancreas
Agriculture can’t
afford to ignore cli-
mate change. The
industry, along with
forestry and other
land use, contributes
Lancôme Hapta
about a fifth of global
greenhouse gas,
while the changing Apple Vision Pro
climate endangers
farmers’ livelihoods.
But innovations may
reduce the industry’s
impact.
Pivot Bio Proven
40 On-Seed uses
microbes to generate
nitrogen for plants,
cutting back on syn-
thetic fertilizer and
emissions. The Mon-
arch Tractor MK-V
is a completely elec-
tric, cloud-connected
tractor that doesn’t
require a driver. And
the Ryse Recon is an
electric aerial ATV—
Seaweed Generation AlgaRay
like a small personal
helicopter—that lets
farmers soar over
fields that would be 2 Heinz Remix
otherwise difficult to
traverse.
Other devices recon-
sider humanity’s rela-
tionship with animals
and ecosystems. Lenovo Yoga Book 9i
Good Meat Culti-
2
vated Chicken is one
of the first lab-grown
meats okayed for
sale in the U.S. Dalan
Animal Health Honey
Bee Vaccine is the
first USDA-approved
vaccine for a plague
that kills honeybees,
and BeeHome 4 is a
hive that keeps bees
healthy and ready to
pollinate with AI and
robotics. —Tara Law
EVEN MORE
Bark Phone INVENTIONS
The LG Signature
OLED M 97-In. Televi-
sion is the world’s first
to offer a wireless 4K
transmitter, for visually
lossless video without
the cables.
The Keystone Tower

Systems spiral welded
wind tower allows for
easier turbine installa-
tion. Steel is shipped
in flat sheets, and spi-
ral welded on-site.
Framework’s new
Laptop 16 can be con-
tinually modified and
upgraded by swapping
out parts, even the
CPU and graphics card.
Mercedes-Benz Drive Pilot The Muon position-

ing system, developed
at the University of
Tokyo, picks up where
GPS fails; it measures
subatomic “muon”
particles to determine
location even through
water and buildings.
Eion’s Enhanced Rock

Weathering algorith-
mically measures how
much CO2 rocks and soil
Bird Buddy
absorb, and how that
process can be sped up
by adding minerals.
The Sightful
Spacetop is a laptop
that consists of AR
glasses and a key-
board with touch pad.
Put on the glasses and
see a 100-in. virtual
screen, anywhere.
Ultimate Ears CRG Automation

Pro UE Premier Improved Cavity
Access Machine
safely demilitarizes
chemical weapons.
—Emma Barker
Bonomo
Lyma Laser
Curaprox Samba Robotic Toothbrush
Nike Aerogami
Loftie Clock
Utah Bionic Leg
THE AI REVOLUTION
Throughout history, videos solely from
innovations’ potential text prompts or other
to do good has been images or videos. Or
counterweighed by Stable Audio, which Amazon Echo Hub
their ability to wreak creates music and
havoc, or at least gen- sound based on a
erate controversy. No user’s text inputs.
recent tech illustrates Then there’s Nvidia
this like AI, includ- Neuralangelo, an
ing OpenAI’s AI model that
GPT-4, the can convert
best-known 2D images
large lan- into lifelike
guage 3D replicas.
model. When AI has
it launched in even reduced
March, it shifted boundaries
understanding of between people. Birdie+ Enterprise
what AI can do and The Humane Ai Pin*
raised alarms around attaches to your shirt
human replacement magnetically and does
in just about every many of the tasks
industry. smartphones can
Some AI tools, how- do—calling, texting,
maintaining a
parts of work, calendar—
like UiPath all without
a screen in
which acts front of your
as a smarter face. Meta
copy and paste Seamless-
to speed up fill- M4T can
ing text into forms. instantaneously
Or Adobe Liquid Mode, translate and tran-
which makes reading a scribe conversa-
PDF on a mobile device tions in nearly 100
more user-friendly languages. And the
by allowing font-size Zoox Autonomous
changes and search. Employee Shuttle Ser-
AI has also pow- vice has been bringing
ered up our cre- the company’s
and from
our techni-
cal expertise.
Consider
Adobe Pho-
toshop Gen- car pool.
erative Expand AI could also
and Generative Fill, tackle a persistent
which enable people problem for con-
to seamlessly fill in sumer goods: coun-
imagined content terfeits. Alitheon’s Romotow T8+
beyond the borders FeaturePrint uses
of a photograph and AI to stop such theft,
easily alter pictures by analyzing pho-
based on text prompts. tos to distinguish
Or Runway Gen-2, between real and fake
which can create full products. —T.L.
Dyson Airstrait
HIGH-TECH
HOMES
Over 120 million

households in Europe
and North America
had a least one
smart-home device
in 2022, per research
firm Berg Insight. But
the sea change has
just begun: innova-
tors have found a
growing number of Ember Baby Bottle System
ways to give humble
home appliances
new life.
Take the Hunter
Douglas Aura Illumi-
nated Shades, which
block the sun’s heat
for energy efficiency
while simulating day-
light indoors. Or the
RainStick Shower,
which sanitizes and
recirculates water
to save resources.
Developed by a
New York City Kraft Heinz 360Crisp
apartment-building
manager, the Water
Automation aqua-
HALT also conserves
water (and prevents
damage) by detecting
moisture and stop-
ping toilet leaks.
The kitchen calen-
dar can be replaced
by a Hearth Display
wall-mounted touch-
screen, which serves
as a hub for all your
family’s to-do lists,
schedules, and chore
charts. And even the
open flame has been
updated by Graphene
Radiator’s futuristic
Cision Vision InVision
warming virtual fire-
place and the BioLite
FirePit+, a Bluetooth-
controlled firepit and
grill that reduces
smoke. —Tara Law
EVEN MORE
W&P Reusable INVENTIONS
Stretch Wrap
TrailGuard AI uses
AI-powered cameras
to monitor endan-
gered animals and
catch the poachers
that threaten them.
Samsung’s Less
Microfiber Filter,
installed in the brand’s
washing machines,
catches microplastics
that leach into waste-
water from laundry.
The Adidas Adizero

Adios Pro Evo 1 is
the new super-light
supershoe that run-
ner Tigist Assefa wore
to set a world record
at September’s Berlin
Marathon.
Tabeeze Bottom-Up
Bodysuit is a onesie
intended in part for
2 O babies in the NICU
attached to monitors
LifeStraw Max
and tubes. It snaps at
Trek Fuel EXe 2023 the shoulders instead
of the bottom, and
aims to ease skin-to-
skin snuggling.
Plumis Automist is a
targeted sprinkler sys-
tem that puts out fires
faster with a mist that
also reduces water
Alef Aeronautics Model A damage.
Music: Not Impossi-

ble is a haptic bodysuit
that lets deaf and
hard of hearing people
experience music as
vibrations.
The Axiom Holo-

graphics Hologram
Zoo in Brisbane, Aus-
tralia, allows visitors to
see animals up close
and in action via holo-
grams, no captivity
needed. —T.L.
EVEN MORE
INVENTIONS Zeen AMP Robotics Cortex-C
The Sony Alpha

7R V mirrorless cam-
era uses AI to hold
humans—or animals,
cars, insects, etc.—
in sharp focus.
Sharrow’s MX
Propeller reinvents the
traditional propeller,
which hasn’t changed
in a century, making
Catchbox Plus
boats quieter and
more efficient.
Speaking of quiet,
Lockheed Martin and
NASA’s X-59 is the
quietest supersonic
jet ever designed. It’s
planned to take flight
next year.
The Jackery Solar

Mars Bot puts solar
panels on wheels. The
small vehicle uses AI
and light sensors to
zip around terrain and
seek optimal sunlight.
Digital Travel Credentials
Lenovo’s Rollable
Laptop prototype fea-
tures an expandable
screen that goes from
12.7 in. to 15.3 in.
on the go.
Iambic’s Model T
is a custom leather
sneaker, based on
photos of your foot and
a comfort question-
naire. For subsequent
orders, Iambic ana-
lyzes your tread wear.
Bots have learned to

evade CAPTCHAs, but
Arkose Bot Manager
is a new way sites can
stump bots using a Sphere
combo of 3D, visuals,
and audio, without
frustrating customers.
—Emma Barker
Bonomo
GREENER
POWER
Duolingo Music
When the H2FLY HY4
became the first fully
electric plane pow-
ered by liquid hydro-
gen to take piloted
flight in September,
it carried hope for a
cleaner airline indus-
try. And as EVs and
solar panels prolifer-
ate, so do other green-
energy innovations.
Form Energy’s
iron-air battery uses
the process of rust-
ing iron to outlast
Cruz Cool other batteries with-
out using rare-earth
metals, and the
Antora Thermal Bat-
tery stores energy
in blocks of carbon.
Brenmiller Energy’s
bGen stores heat in
crushed rocks that
can create steam for
industrial power.
New devices also
GACW Air Suspension Wheel
aim to replace
diesel, like Moxion
Power MP-75, a
Doona SensAlert battery-powered
outdoor generator,
and Sesame Solar’s
Mobile Nanogrids,
which use solar
Sonos Era 300 and mobile green-
hydrogen power in
disaster zones.
Others make clean
energy more acces-
sible. Oklo’s Aurora
Powerhouse is a
small, prefabricated
nuclear reactor that
makes the energy
cheaper and safer.
And Dyaqua Invis-
ible Solar Roof-
tiles are attractive
solar panels that
look like terra-
cotta tiles. —T.L.
Bhout Bag
Canon MS-500
SurgiBox SurgiField
Zellerfeld 3D-printed shoes Cionic Neural Sleeve
Happiest Baby
Snoo Smart Sleeper
FOR WHAT AILS YOU
Pharmaceutical com- forward. Eisai and
Tidal panies had a big year Biogen’s Leqembi,
in 2023. Among their the second drug
innovations are novel approved for treating
solutions that promise the underlying causes
to save lives. GSK’s of Alzheimer’s, has
Arexvy, for instance, been shown to reduce
is the first vaccine for cognitive decline by
ness especially Provention Bio

dangerous to Tzield, mean-
babies and while, is the
older adults. first drug
Others, to treat the
while ground- underlying
breaking, were cause of
not immune to Type 1 diabe-
controversy. Novo- tes, and may delay
Samsung Galaxy Z Flip5 Nordisk semaglutides onset of the disease.
Ozempic and Wegovy Cosmetically, medi-
are effective treat- cine hasn’t yet beaten
ments for weight loss aging, but Revance
and diabetes, but this
effects and the

high cost.
In hospitals, New
the Targeted
Real-Time
Early Warn-
ing System
uses AI to detect
signs of sepsis.
Several new prod- DR Dual Chamber
Callboats CAT 10-L
ucts address maternal Leadless Pacemaker
health problems. The System is the first
Thermo Fisher Sci- that works in both
entific preeclampsia chambers of the heart
blood tests can now but doesn’t need a
identify women at risk
complicating discomfort.
The einstein shape illness. And The Micro-
Sage Thera- Transpon-
peutics and der Vivistim
Biogen’s Paired VNS
Zurzuvae System for
became the chronic isch-
first FDA-approved emic stroke sur-
oral treatment for vivors can improve
postpartum depres- hand and arm func-
sion, a designation tion when paired
that alone could with therapy. And the
increase screening Luminopia is a VR
and diagnosis of the headset that offers
condition. a fun and less stig-
Some new drugs matizing alternative
fell short of cures but to eye patches for
are important steps lazy eye. —Tara Law
Project Gutenberg Open
Audiobook Collection
FIXING
SHIPPING Katalyst
New innovations are

trying to address the
inefficiencies that
back up the supply
chain and contributed
to global inflation of
8.7% last year.
At the warehouse
stage, the ArcBest
Vaux system uses
wheeled platforms WowWee Dog-E
and AI-powered
software that
smartly moves
freight off trucks.
Robots like the
Sanctuary AI
Phoenix, which does
small workplace
tasks, and Simbe
Tally 3.0, which scans
shelves for inven-
tory, reduce workload
on humans (and are
often more reliable).
Other tools track
Apple Watch Ultra 2
goods throughout
the supply chain. Stakt Mat
The Ember Cube is a
cold-shipping box that
delivers real-time tem-
perature and humidity
data for medical ship-
ments. The battery-
free Oppo Zero-
Power Tag transmits
location and other
data, powered only Logitech Playseat Challenge X
by ambient heat and
radio waves. And
the Wiliot IoT Pixel
transmits carbon-
emissions data at
each stop a product
makes.
Meanwhile, Laura
Maersk, the first
green-methanol-
powered container
ship, aims to reduce
the carbon footprint
of ocean shipping.
—Tara Law
EVEN MORE
Nokia G22
INVENTIONS
The Hewlett-Packard
Enterprise Frontier is
the world’s most power-
ful supercomputer.
Spotify DJ uses AI
to create your perfect
playlist, with com-
mentary from an AI-
generated DJ.
Goodbill analyzes
and negotiates
hospital bills to save
patients money.
PitchCom is an
encrypted device that
lets baseball pitchers
and catchers covertly
call pitches.
Medivis SurgicalAR The Kia EV6 GT gives

drivers high-end EV
performance at an
affordable price.
Tended Wearables
use geofencing to
precisely alert workers
of nearby dangers on
jobsites.
Super-salt-resisting
solar-still technology,
developed at MIT,
is the first to create
Owala FreeSip drinking water from
salt water cheaply,
using only solar power.
The Navtek Naval

Technologies Zeetug
is the first all-electric
tugboat.
Dedrone City-Wide
Drone Detection uses
sensors and AI to track
unauthorized drones.
Row 7 Seed Com-

pany Sweet Garleek
is a delicious leek-
garlic hybrid, in grocery
stores now. —T.L.
BETTER MATERIALS
As humanity works The cups also fold
to build a future that closed, eliminating the
avoids the worst need for plastic lids.
Luna UCR effects of climate Other innovations
change, the materials aim to limit the environ-
we use are taking cen- mental impact of min-
ter stage. Manufactur- ing metals needed for
ing and construction green energy. Niron’s
are two of the most Clean Earth Mag-
harmful human net is made
activities:
the cement tiful iron
industry and nitro-
alone is gen, which
responsi- is stronger
ble for 8% of and elimi-
OpenAI DALL-E 3 man-made car- nates the need
bon emissions. But for rare-earth mag-
creative minds are pro- nets. Li-Metal’s
posing clever new solu- lithium-production
tions to build cleaner. process makes the
One leader in the metal widely used in
cement industry is batteries more sus-
Brimstone, whose tainably by dissolving
carbon-negative lithium carbonate in
cement molten salt.
replaces lime- Some com-
stone with panies are
calcium sili- working to
cate rock. make supply
It became chains more
the first in traceable, to
the industry to ensure goods
receive third-party are produced
Academic Motorsports certification that its ethically. FibreTrace
Club Zurich Mythen product is as strong as embeds a luminescent
standard cement. pigment in fiber, which
Others are working to makes the final gar-
replace or reuse plas- ment scannable to ver-
tic. UBQ, for instance, ify its origins.
is a biologically based And to increase
thermoplastic energy efficiency,
made of scientists have
organic and taken on the
SMART Tire unrecycla- question of
ble waste. how to bet-
MicroPET ter insulate
is a system homes and
that uses spe- cars. At Pur-
cially engineered
bacteria to convert answer is whiter paint,
single-use plastic into which is composed of
nylon. And Choose chemicals that better
Planet A’s The Good scatter UV rays and,
Cup is a paper cup that when used on exteri-
replaces sealants with ors, can reduce the
a water-based glue, need to cool buildings
making it leak-proof, and cars by reflecting
easier to recycle, more heat than ordi-
and biodegradable. nary white paint. —T.L.
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BY WANG RU and ZHU LIXIN
Zhou Donghong, 56, holds a

paper trail
finely woven bamboo screen with
his partner. They steep it in a large
trough full of pulp and lift it. A
piece of moist Xuan paper takes
form on the screen, known as a
“mold and deckle” in the West.
Then they carefully separate the Getting the paper
freshly formed sheet of paper out of water.
from the screen, spreading it flat
out without any creases.
The process, called laozhi
(getting paper out of water) lasts
only a dozen seconds, but the
adeptness comes from Zhou’s
experience of doing it repeatedly
for 40 years.
This is one of the most impor-
tant steps in making Xuan paper,
a traditional handmade paper in Drying and smoothing
China. The paper, made in Jingxian out the paper.
county, Xuancheng, Anhui prov-
ince, is the product of a mixture of
sandalwood bark, rice straw and
stream water from the mountains.
Papermaking is the crystalliza- Checking the quality of each sheet is one of the 108 procedures in making Xuan paper.
tion of wisdom of ancient Chinese PHOTOS BY ZHU LIXIN / CHINA DAILY
people, regarded as one of the
four great inventions of China, is the most difficult because I Jingxian, which is today’s China
with gunpowder, the compass have to transform something in- Xuan Paper Co., Ltd. After finding
and printing techniques. Among tangible into something tangible, a good teacher, and years of prac-
various types of handmade paper Checking the quality which means I need to scoop it tice, he has honed his skills to the
in China, Xuan paper is famous and cutting the sheets. out from the pulp and turn it into extent that 99% of the paper he
for its close links to traditional cal- a sheet of paper,” Zhou says. “The makes meets the standard.
ligraphy and ink paintings. thickness, uniformity and weight In 1993 Zhou was given the
The traditional handicrafts of this sheet are all controlled by task of restoring zhahua, an
of making Xuan paper were in- my hands. In some way my hands ancient type of Xuan paper
scribed on the Representative List are just like a scale.” renowned for being incredibly
of the Intangible Cultural Heritage The skill can be mastered only light and “just as thin as cicada
of Humanity by UNESCO in 2009. through long hours and painstak- wings”. One hundred sheets of
Although laozhi seems simple, ing practice. Zhou says that he zhahua weigh just 3.1 pounds,
it is the most difficult step in mak- started learning the craft as an less than half of the weight of
ing Xuan paper, with demanding apprentice in 1985. ordinary Xuan paper. Zhou did a
technical details. Checking printed In 1986 he became an em- lot of reading and experimenta-
“The process of paper forming paper pages. ployee of a Xuan paper factory in tion, adjusting the concentration
Old treasure’s fineries on display

BY XING WEN and ZHU LIXIN
The short film not only show- The age-old craft continues
Amid the spectacle of the cased the allure of China’s “four to be faithfully practiced by a
Olympic Games opening ceremo- treasures of the study”, namely dedicated group of craftspeople
ny in Beijing in August 2008 the Xuan paper, brushes, ink and in Jingxian county, Xuancheng,
colossal screen in the Bird’s Nest ink slabs, but also conveyed the Anhui province. The enduring
stadium displayed the process serenity of classical Chinese art. tradition has not only made the
of creating a traditional Chinese Clad in pristine white robes, county one of the country’s lead-
painting, from the making of craftspeople skillfully executed ing hubs for handmade paper, but
Foldable fans are popular Xuan paper and the delicate the steps involved in making Xuan has also breathed new life into its
products made by China Xuan brushwork applied to its surface, paper, an exquisite and enduring culture and tourism sectors.
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requires a lot of collaboration. to be passed down to the pres-

Five people form a group, ent day.”
two for laozhi, two for shaizhi Li Xiaolong, a Chinese ink
(drying paper) and one for painter, says that when one
jianzhi (checking quality of creates freehand brush paint-
and cutting paper). Work ings, showing ink variations is
results of the whole group are important. Some painters drip
evaluated together. “There are or splash ink like raindrops, and
high demands for the appear- Xuan paper is the best for show-
ance, evenness and weight of ing what they want to present.
the finished products,” Zhou “Xuan paper and artists are
says. “The weight of one piece just like fish and water, which
of Xuan paper has only a means they need each other.
0.035-ounce margin of error. Xuan paper can show its quality
Paper that is not up to scratch through the creation of calligra-
is sent back for reproduction, phers and painters, and artists
and we’re not paid for it. cannot give full play to their
“It’s all about group spirit, talent without Xuan paper.”
tacit understanding and mutual Tang Shukun, director of the
trust.” Handmade Paper Institute at
The earliest record of Xuan the University of Science and
paper can be found in On Technology of China in Hefei,
Famous Paintings Through Anhui, says calligraphy and ink
the Ages, a book written by paintings, especially freehand
the Tang Dynasty (618-907) brushwork created on Xuan
scholar Zhang Yanyuan, in paper, have their unique appeal.
which he described Xuan pa- As early as the Tang Dynasty
per’s function as being a carrier Xuan paper was listed as a
of calligraphy and painting. tribute to the imperial court.
Huang Feisong, director As Chinese calligraphy and
of the Xuan Paper Research paintings developed, so did
Center at China Xuan Paper Co., Xuan paper, Tang says.
of paper pulp and the intensity of his Ltd., says that based on clues Jingxian became an impor-
movements, and he finally managed in the historical record, Xuan tant place for papermaking
to re-create the paper. paper was named after its main during the Ming Dynasty (1368-
Making Xuan paper is extremely production area, Xuancheng. 1644), Huang says.
demanding, and it takes nearly three “Xuan paper has many char- The Xuan paper industry
years to produce a batch of it through acteristics, such as the ability has grown steadily in Jingxian.
108 procedures. An artisan can only to show different shades of ink, Last year about 551 short tons
skillfully master some of them over a its stability, its durability and its of Xuan paper were produced
lifetime. resistance to insects, of which in the county, and more
For example, although Zhou, the first is the most prominent, than 30,000 locals are en-
a master of laozhi, knows all the Among various types and that’s why it has been the gaged in the industry.
other procedures, he specializes in of handmade paper in favorite of calligraphers and
that one area and the procedures China, Xuan paper is painters through the ages.
it entails, because each requires famous for its close links “The other features ensure it Online
long-term practice to attain the to traditional calligraphy can be kept for ages, and that Watch the video
necessary level of skill. As a result, and ink paintings. PHOTOS enables paintings, calligraphy, by scanning
the whole papermaking process PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY ancient documents and books the code.
ture that resembles a stack of tural and creative products made Chengdu Biennale 2023, Zhu Jin-
gracefully arranged paper. from the paper, such as foldable shi’s pillar-like installation, which
This is the Xuan Paper Museum, lanterns shaped like books and stands 39 feet tall and is 11 feet in
dedicated to the history and craft paper umbrellas. Huang Yingfu, diameter, is made using an inter-
of Xuan paper production that dis- deputy chief manager of the nal steel frame covered with Xuan
plays masterpieces of traditional company, said it is also expand- paper. He has named the piece
calligraphy and painting. ing the use of Xuan paper in Du Fu Tower, in tribute to the Tang
The museum is part of Xuan areas such as stamp production, Dynasty (618-907) poet Du Fu.
Paper Cultural Park, constructed book printing and as paper used Zhu’s exploration of the use
by China Xuan Paper Co., Ltd. for restoring cultural artifacts. of Xuan paper in art installations
People can visit workshops to In the contemporary art world dates back to 1988. Explaining
experience the traditional way the age-old, humble material also why he has been using the paper
Xuan paper is made. remains a source of vitality and in- for so long, he says that his instal- From top: An art installation covered
Apart from producing paper spiration, inspiring artists to create lations are the product of challeng- with Xuan paper by Zhu Jinshi.
in a variety of sizes, China Xuan unconventional installations. ing traditional forms of calligraphy Xuan paper is used in book printing.
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ave you ever had an inTense experience— Coppola carries us through both
fallen madly in love, say—only to look back the early, secret-garden bliss of this
years later and feel it had happened to a differ- love story and the darker tunnels of
ent person, a person who had walked through a confusion that later spring up in Pris-
dream, and survived it, to get to the self you were destined cilla’s path. Her trademark quick-shot
to become? That’s the feeling Sofia Coppola captures in her montages—an extreme closeup of a
quietly extraordinary Priscilla, which is adapted from the kitty-cat eyeliner swoop, a pair of sti-
story told by Priscilla Presley in her candid and moving 1985 lettos adorned with daisies, a can of
memoir Elvis and Me. Maybe we all have to survive our teen- Aqua Net hair spray—roll back time
age dreams; the things we want at age 14 are rarely the best to a mid-1960s girly world, where
for the long term, and luckily, most of us don’t get them. the right makeup and accoutrements
But the teenage Priscilla Presley got what she yearned for. could mean the difference between an
Priscilla invites us to walk side by side with her, but not so eternity of married joy and a prison
we can ultimately be punished by the fallacy of her dream; of old-maidhood. Shot by Philippe
rather, this is a story about deep, cavern-like loneliness, and Le Sourd, often in deep, secretive
how one person’s responding to the loneliness of another can tones, the movie is so intimate, it
be both an adventure and a destiny. So much of being a teen- seems to take place inside a seashell,
age girl is just waiting for your chance to be; this is the story with both the coziness and the claus-
of one who refused to wait. trophobia that implies.
Cailee Spaeny plays the 14-year-old Priscilla, an
Air Force kid living in 1959 Wiesbaden, West Germany, And CoppolA’s use of the anach-
with her siblings and parents—her dad is a captain. Cop- ronistic pop song is nonpareil: after
pola captures young Priscilla’s ennui—and her seraphic, Elvis bestows his first, gentle kiss
unassuming beauty—as she sits at an air-base snack bar, on Priscilla’s lips, she enters a fugue
the moony strains of Frankie Avalon’s “Venus,” a song state, having shifted to new plane of
about wanting the unattainable, swirling around her. (It’s existence. At that point, it’s Tommy
a starry-eyed cover by the band Phoenix.) A good-looking James and the Shondells’ “Crimson & △
older guy asks her if she likes Elvis Presley. Would she like Clover” that cocoons around her like Elordi and
to meet him? It seems creepy. Priscilla is sure her protec- a whisper, a song from the future, a Spaeny: before
tive parents won’t let her go. haunting in advance. (It wouldn’t be coziness turns
But the guy meets with her father and persuades him released until 1968, the year after Elvis claustrophobic
all will be OK. Priscilla has no idea what to wear, what will and Priscilla’s marriage.) Elvis is so
be the most pleasing and grownup—she can’t wear her tender with his very young love—until
Easter dress! she moans to her mother—and is whisked he’s not. After he has been discharged
off in the car Elvis has sent for her. When she arrives at from the service and goes back to the
his house, he’s rollicking at the piano, surrounded by States, he starts making movies again,
admiring young women—as opposed to teenage girls. often embarking on romances with his
He’s not just a teen fantasy; he’s a man, 24 years old. co-stars, the clearly irresistible Ann-
Eventually, he makes his way over to this shy but self- Margret among them. Priscilla, still
possessed young person and asks if she’s a junior or senior in Germany, picks up on her almost-
in high school. When he finds out she’s in the ninth grade, beau’s broken promises by reading the
he laughs, and says, “You’re just a bay-buh,” the last newspapers. Coppola shows her pag-
syllable just a ghost of a sound, a little bit of Tennessee he ing through them, feeling adrift—Elvis
carries with him always. “Thanks,” she says dryly, clearly had made her feel necessary, indispos-
insulted, as any self-respecting 14-year-old girl would be. able, adult. Now she was a kid again.
He laughs again. He doesn’t call her—and then he does,
Elvis, played by Jacob Elordi (of the Kissing Booth out of the blue. First she’s visiting him
movies and also Emerald Fennell’s upcoming Saltburn), at Graceland, his swanky, idiosyncrati-
likes this girl, and he feels he can talk to her. Her parents cally decorated Memphis mansion.
are persuaded to let her visit him again, and again. He tells Later, he’ll persuade her parents, with
her how much he misses his mother, who’d died not even his well-mannered Southern charm
a year earlier. He is just so deeply lonely—and this isn’t a and the sense of duty his mother
come-on, it’s the truth. She listens not just with sympathy, Gladys had instilled in him, to allow
but with something much deeper, a pure eagerness her to move into his palace fortress
to let this strange, sad man—who just happens to be and finish out high school nearby.
outrageously famous—fill her with his bounteous woe. She Amazingly, they allow it.
can carry as much as he can pour into her; she’s that strong. But Elvis’ love comes entwined
She’s not a bay-buh. with a need to control. When he takes
gradually sees what’s wrong with her
life and her screwed-up partner, but
who, by the movie’s end, can barely
reckon with what’s happened to her
over the past dozen years. And if you
were in her satin stilettos, could you?
Spaeny’s Priscilla, openhearted yet
wary, compliant yet cautious, is a
young woman in navigation mode, the
subject of many of Coppola’s movies
(The Virgin Suicides, Marie Antoinette,
Lost in Translation). She’s not demon-
strating anything for us; she’s merely
allowing us to travel with her.
In the epilogue to her memoir—
which was co-written by Sandra
Harmon—Presley noted with dismay
that so many books about her late ex-
husband had focused on his temper
tantrums, his drug abuse, his vari-
ous eccentricities. “I wanted to write
about love and precious, wonderful
moments and ones filled with grief
and disappointments, about a man’s
triumphs and defeats, much of it with
a child-woman at his side, feeling and
experiencing his pain and joys as if
Priscilla shopping—his entourage of incomparable tenderness, something they were one.”
joshing guy friends always in tow—he Priscilla Presley could never get over. Presley’s memoir is based on facts,
wants to reshape her. She steps out We see an early kiss between them, events, and her own experience. But
in a dazzling golden leafy-brocade Elvis’ slightly open mouth just brush- Priscilla is a story told from within that
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gown—the radiance of her face signals ing hers. That’s how levitation is experience—there’s no false know-
that she loves it—but he waves it away, achieved, when you’re young and in ingness about how bad things are
telling her prints don’t suit her. He love. Elordi makes a fine Elvis, though going to get, no sense of portent, no
urges her to dye her hair black, tells a very different one from the flashy per- “Of course, she should have known
her heavy makeup will bring out her former Austin Butler gave us last year, better than to trust a guy like that” as-
eyes, a lie of the devil told by a man in Baz Luhrmann’s crazy-marvelous sessment of the way young Priscilla
who knows no better. He wants her, Elvis. This is the private Elvis, and Beaulieu fell so crazily, sweetly in love.
it seems, to look more like himself, Elordi plays him as a man who floats Instead, Coppola draws us into the im-
as if he were seeking a missing half— further and further away from the mediacy of her desires, the way her
perhaps that’s an all-too-obvious met- woman he loves, like an astronaut friendship turned romance with one
aphor for Elvis’ twin Jesse Aaron, who whose tether has been cut, even though extremely lonely man represented,
died at birth, but there you have it. he yearns for closeness and connection. for a time, everything she wanted out
It gets worse: A fan of pills of all He’s not a bad guy; he’s just a mess. of life. Somehow, even though we
kinds, he gives her something to sleep And in this story, he’s just an accessory know how tragically the story turns
that ends up knocking her out for two to the heroine. It’s not his story. out, we want that for her too. A child-
days. He flies into a rage during a pil- Spaeny gives such an intimate, woman is a future unto herself; Pris-
low fight, hitting her accidentally, or lived-in performance that some view- cilla’s future just came earlier than
perhaps not, in the face. He wants ers may not think it’s enough. That’s most, swept in by a man who truly
their union to be chaste until mar- because she’s playing Priscilla as loved her, inasmuch as he knew how
riage; and then, after their consumma- an observer, a young woman who to love. Coppola’s movie ends almost
tion results in a child, Lisa Marie, he abruptly—it feels a little wrong, until
refuses to touch her. you realize that it’s the only possible
So much of being ending. You ask yourself, What did I
It all sounds horrIble, and it a teenage girl is just see? What just happened? Because
is. But Coppola makes it clear, as you’re waking up just as Priscilla Beau-
Elvis and Me does, that nestled within just waiting for your lieu Presley is, having walked with her
the darkness of this union was an chance to be through her dream of becoming. 
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REVIEW
The Eras Tour will make

anyone a believer
BY STEPHANIE ZACHAREK
Since humankind haS been walking

upright, and maybe even when we still had fins
for arms, we’ve been attracted to shiny, shim-
mering things. In concert, Taylor Swift is ex-
actly that. Tickets for the Eras Tour, Swift’s
first concert tour in five years—set to conclude
in November 2024—were costly and difficult
to get, which meant you had to either be very
lucky or fall within a certain income bracket
to participate. But the spirit of the Eras Tour is
now available to almost everyone in the form of
a concert film, one that is perhaps unsurpris-
ingly exuberant and delightful. Taylor Swift:
The Eras Tour is 2 hr. 48 min. of an irresistibly into oblivion. The Eras Tour is so named because
shiny, shimmering Taylor Swift. She’s the lure it hopscotches through Swift’s nearly 20-year
skimming through the water; we’re the gawp- career. You could make a gaudy, jumbled show
ing trout, dazzled to the point of transcendence. from that wealth of material, or a grand one, and
All that for less than 20 bucks. Swift has done the latter. Every number is like
We are trout, it seems, of many different a room in a sprawling mansion, executed in just
shapes, sizes, ages, and orientations (even if, sta- the right tone and color.
tistically, three-quarters of us are white). I saw And so, when Swift takes the stage for the
the film on what was supposed to have been its show’s first round of numbers—among them
opening night, although in one of Swift’s trade- “Cruel Summer”—she does so in a spangly,
mark last-minute moves, she launched the film pale lavender tank suit with over-the-knee high-
early. (Swift, who self-produced the film, is dis- heeled Louboutin boots to match, their soles as
tributing it in partnership with AMC.) My en- red as a cartoon devil. It’s a highly impractical
thusiastic audience was about one-third young outfit, but on Swift it looks normal, even low-
women, one-third little girls in sparkly attire (ac- key. When she segues into the Fearless era, she
companied by their parents), and one-third gay steps out in a minidress of golden fringe, once
men. One of the men handed me an elastic circlet again with boots to match, only these are a bit
strung with turquoise and smoke gray plastic more grounded—Swift, wisely, knows how im-
beads, apologizing for its tiny circumference— portant it is to switch between heels and flats.
one of the small Swifties had given it to him— For “Ready for It…,” off Reputation, she slinks
though it fit me just fine. “Now you can be part out in a one-legged black catsuit, shiny snakes
of the experience,” he told me. Plenty of people slinking around her limbs. For “Willow,” off the
could resist, but it turns out that I—really only a ▽ smoky-forest LP Evermore, Swift emerges from
moderate Swift fan—am not one of them. Swift’s stage a projected backdrop of spooky trees, wearing a
The Eras Tour is a cleverly if velvety black hooded cape over a flame orange
somewhat haphazardly stitched- dress. Her cloak-clad dancers close in protec-
together approximation of an tively around her, bearing glowing orange orbs.
Eras Tour live show. (The directo Swift can be anyone she wants to be: a heroine
Sam Wrench, and the footage was from the cover of a gothic-romance paperback,
captured at SoFi Stadium outside sensibly fleeing a foreboding castle; a drum
Los Angeles.) Some of the majorette sans baton, but with a mic instead,
cutting may be reckless; there’s and plenty to say.
the occasional WTF? camera Victim, survivor, temptress, storyteller by
angle. But Swift’s command the fire: Swift gives herself permission to be the
of her audience—and of the woman she wants to be at any given moment,
moment—is so complete that she which may be why so many little girls are
instantaneously airbrushes every drawn to her before they have any real sense
questionable filmmaking decision of what womanhood is. Well, that and the
◁
The Eras Tour will hit five
continents, with 146 dates POP CULTURE
sequins. There’s no easy way to break

down Swift’s appeal. The veteran
rock critic Ann Powers has made a
convincing case for her similarities to
Bob Dylan, in the sense of building
her own shape-shifting world. “In a
patriarchal society that favors white
men, how can a young woman who
looks like a supermodel dare to think
she could be historical? And yet she
does,” Powers has said.
The Eras Tour movie shows, to
stark effect, Swift’s power over an
arena full of people. Gazing out at
this massive audience, she’s like the
Romper Room lady with her magic
mirror—is it possible she knows each
and every one of our names? With her
kitty-cat smile and Cleopatra eyeliner,
she’s flirtatious, erotically suggestive,
but nonthreateningly so. Even at 33,
there’s something girlish about her,
a characterization that some women
might consider an insult, though it’s
really a gift, suggesting not innocence
or helplessness but a capacity for
delight. It’s the kind of thing you
want to hang onto until you’re 100
or beyond. Watching Swift made me
wonder what kind of a performer
she’ll be at 50, 60, 70. It seems there
are still many unexplored rooms in
her mansion.
At a run time of nearly three hours,
The Eras Tour is enough Taylor Swift
in one sitting for just about anyone.
Yet by the end of this rather long so-
C A S S I DY A R A I Z A — T H E N E W YO R K T I M E S/ R E D U X ; C O S T U M E S : G E T T Y I M A G E S ( 7 )
E R A S T O U R : K E V I N W I N T E R — TA S R I G H T S M A N A G E M E N T/G E T T Y I M A G E S ; S W I F T:
journ, Swift looks as if she’s just get-

ting started. Her hair may have frizzed
slightly, but that’s about it. No matter
how much money she stands to make
off this enterprise, there’s no sense
that she’s kept the meter running.
She’d give even more, if we wanted it.
The era of women having the
means to make enough money to take
care of themselves is relatively recent.
Just ask Edith Wharton’s Lily Bart. My
Eras Tour ticket cost less than $20,
and I begrudge not a cent of it. Swift
doesn’t need more money, but I had △
much more than $20 worth of fun.
And got a bracelet to boot. □
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8 QUESTIONS
Sly Stone The American music icon

on his new memoir, reclaiming his past from
myth at 80, and forgiving himself
How are you feeling these days? happened so I could go back in my

I feel good in my mind, but my memory and get a clearer idea. The
health is not very good. I have COPD, When you think more I went, the main thing I felt
which reduces my lung capacity, and was that I wanted to forgive other
other problems too. For part of this back on your people and also to forgive myself.
year I couldn’t hear almost at all until
I got a hearing aid.
life, does it You wrote about a time when
come back in the laughter of the audience on a
In your memoir Thank You
(Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin), you
memories? talk show got under your skin. Did
you have many experiences like
write that you had to enter “a new In melodies? that? When I watch it now I remem-
frame of mind to become Sylves- ber that it was for entertainment, but
ter Stewart again to tell the true In feelings? there was also something at stake.
story of Sly Stone,” referring to Audiences weren’t always right there
your birth name. What was that with us. There were concerts where
like? People liked to say there were I would try to talk to the crowd and
two personalities in me. A doctor they wanted a different kind of party.
said it when I was in rehab, that Syl- That happened at Coachella. There
vester was welcome in meetings but were talk shows where I wasn’t mak-
Sly couldn’t come. My dad even said ing jokes and people laughed. That
there were Sly days and Sylvester happened on David Letterman.
days. I never thought that’s how it
was. I was the same person no mat- Sly and the Family Stone’s 1971
ter what. But there was a myth, some album There’s a Riot Goin’ On is
stories that people liked to tell. I had widely regarded as one of the best
to get past some of the Sly Stone albums ever. Do you yourself look
stories, and the only way to get past back on it as a high point in your
them was to go right through them. life or career? It’s hard to say a thing
like that about one album or another
In your memoir, you write that because I was there when they were
“Music could keep you out of the happening. I like that album, but I
fire.” Has your conviction about also like Fresh and I like Stand! and
the power of music changed over I like the first album we ever made.
the years? I know music can always High points are for other people to
make a difference. I knew it when think about.
I was [a DJ] on the radio. People
would call into the station and say Your memoir has a section on
that they wanted me to play this song George Floyd. How would you
or that, and I could tell how much compare the 2020 summer of
it meant to them. It’s good for good protest to earlier ones you’ve wit-
ideas and good feelings to stay alive. nessed? I still watch the news and
still think about what could make
Was it painful for you to revisit dif- things better in America. There
ficult times, including drug addic- are days when it feels like things
tion and familial strife? There were are going in the wrong direction,
lots of things I felt, but I wouldn’t that every good thing has two bad
C O U R T E S Y O F S LY S T O N E
say that one of them was pain, ex- things behind it. Black and white,
actly. Remembering wasn’t always rich and poor, we have to find some
easy. Sometimes things came back, way to live together without hurt-
and other times I needed to hear the ing each other. It’s not simple but it’s
story of what other people thought important. —ANDREW R. CHOW
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