Decoding the Viral Hit ‘Rich Men North of Richmond’; Measuring Graves and Spinning Wicks; Walter Russell Mead on China’s Economic Woes

[View this email in your browser]( August 25, 2023 • Elul 8, 5783 # [Soul Candles]( During the month of Elul, keeping alive a women’s folk tradition around the dead [BY ROKHL KAFRISSEN](#) LISTEN TO TABLET # WHAT REALLY MATTERS [Trouble in China]( Walter and Jeremy talk home schooling, the U.S.-Japan-South Korea security pact, AI’s threat to the nation-state, China’s economic woes, ‘The Magic Flute,’ and Walter’s evening with Fidel Castro AUGUST 24, 2023 # [The Night They Drove Oliver Anthony Down]( What the viral sensation behind ‘Rich Men North of Richmond’ can learn from Robbie Robertson [BY DAVID MEIR GROSSMAN](#) IN THE SCROLL A stroke patient has regained the ability to speak thanks to a brain implant powered by AI. The paper-thin layer of 253 electrodes was implanted on the patient’s brain by University of California, San Francisco, researchers who’d devised technology to essentially intercept the language signals that were en route to her jaw, tongue, and larynx to create speech. [READ ALL ABOUT IT IN OUR AFTERNOON NEWS DIGEST]( # # This email was sent to you by [Tablet Magazine](#) Tablet Magazine | P.O. Box 20079 | New York, NY 10001 [Remove me from this list]( | [Forward to a Friend]( You are receiving this email because you signed up at our website, www.tabletmag.com. Tablet Magazine P.O. Box 20079 New York, NY 10001 USA Email Marketing Powered by Mailchimp [Mailchimp Email Marketing](