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[IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Sep 6, 2023 ### [Musk's Struggle for the Future of AI](https://time.com/6310076/elon-musk-ai-walter-isaacson-biography/) 'I can't just sit around and do nothing.' An exclusive excerpt from Walter Isaacson's new Elon Musk ... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Sep 5, 2022 ### [Remembering Moon Landrieu Who Transformed New Orleans](https://time.com/6211004/moon-landrieu-obituary/) Former New Orleans Mayor Moon Landrieu is remembered for reviving the city [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Dec 13, 2021 ### [Why Elon Musk Will Go Down in History](https://time.com/6127750/elon-musk-history-innovators/) Elon Musk has already earned himself a spot in the pantheon of history’s great innovators, Walter Is... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jan 11, 2021 ### [How mRNA Tech Gave Us the 1st COVID-19 Vaccines](https://time.com/5927342/mrna-covid-vaccine/) The remarkable scientific discoveries behind the new COVID-19 Vaccines [HEALTH](/section/health/) *  Feb 6, 2020 ### [Walter Isaacson on How Book Editor Alice Mayhew Shaped Stories Like _All the President's Men_](https://time.com/5778986/walter-isaacson-alice-mayhew-obituary/) Insiders' edition [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) *  Sep 19, 2019 ### [Walter Isaacson on How Cokie Roberts Came to Love American Politics](https://time.com/5680997/cokie-roberts-death-walter-isaacson/) The voice of D.C. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 2, 2019 ### [Remembering Leah Chase Who Transformed New Orleans and Its Food](https://time.com/5599591/leah-chase-obituary/) She died on June 1 at age 96 [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Jan 3, 2019 ### [How America Loses Its Edge](https://time.com/5492621/how-america-loses-its-edge/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jul 26, 2018 ### [Why the Mississippi Remains the South’s Most Vital Artery](https://time.com/5349527/mississippi-river-the-south/) The Mississippi remains the South's most vital artery [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 7, 2018 ### [Remembering Ella Brennan, the Matriarch of New Orleans Cuisine](https://time.com/5304231/elle-brennan-remembrance/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Nov 16, 2017 ### [What Makes a Genius? The World's Greatest Minds Have One Thing in Common](https://time.com/5027069/what-makes-a-genius/) Franklin, Einstein, Jobs, da Vinci. How history's greatest thinkers broke with tradition and solved ... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jan 8, 2015 ### [Time to Build a More Secure Internet](https://time.com/3659180/time-to-build-a-more-secure-internet/) Yes, anonymity is empowering. But escalating hacks and scams show that we need a safer alternative [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 22, 2014 ### [Big Idea 2015: The Coming Micropayment Disruption](https://time.com/3636720/2015-micropayment-disruption/) A flourishing digital economy based on easy payments could help save journalism and encourage the in... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Nov 20, 2014 ### [The Price of Genius](https://time.com/3596955/the-price-of-genius/) Alan Turing, the man who pioneered computing, also forced the world to question what it means to be ... 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