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[Symposium] Twain Dreams

The enigma of Samuel Clemens

by John Jeremiah Sullivan,

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[Essay] The Reenchanted World

On finding mystery in the digital age

by Karl Ove Knausgaard,Translated by Olivia Lasky, Damion Searls,

[Symposium] For Those Who Would Be Real

James Baldwin’s testimony in images

by Harmony Holiday,

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Year in which the Harper’s Index was first published : 1984

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Portion of the earth’s continents on which Harper’s Magazine subscribers live : 7/7

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Number of Harper’s subscriptions registered in Antarctica : 1

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Percentage by which tourism to the United States is projected to decrease this year : 9

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Percentage by which Democrats are more likely than Republicans to display political signs outside their homes : 10

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Portion of Republicans who say that Americans should have the right to protest : 3/4

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Who say that Americans should have the right to protest Israel’s war on Gaza : 2/5

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Number of bills that would restrict the right to peaceful assembly currently pending in Congress : 5

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Percentage increase this year in seizures of eggs being smuggled into the United States : 48

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Percentage increase last year in the number of U.S. households that owned chickens : 28

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Percentage of American men who are interested in trying lab-grown meat : 59

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Percentage increase last year in U.S. hospitalizations from food poisoning : 112

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Percentage by which female physicians are more likely to commit suicide than nonphysician women : 53

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By which male physicians are less likely to commit suicide than nonphysician men : 84

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Chance that an American aged 18–64 who has been prescribed a stimulant will misuse it : 1 in 4

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Percentage of Americans who feel comfortable discussing their health with family members or close friends : 81

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Who feel comfortable discussing their bank-account balances : 38

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Chance that an American will work for one of their parents’ employers before turning 30 : 1 in 3

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Estimated percentage by which those who do so earn higher salaries there : 24

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Number of companies that accounted for half of global carbon-dioxide emissions in 2023 : 36

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Estimated cost to insurers caused by natural disasters worldwide last year : $146,000,000,000

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Percentage by which this cost exceeded this century’s annual average : 51

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Percentage of millennial and Gen Z investors who viewed environmentally motivated investing as extremely important in 2022 : 44

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Percentage of corporate executives who say they feel comfortable letting AI make decisions on their behal : 38

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Who say they would defer to AI’s reasoning over their own : 44

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Percentage of corporate executives using AI who say they trust its business advice over that of their colleagues : 74

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Factor by which the word “notable” appears more frequently in AI-generated sentences than in those written by human : 13

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Portion of Americans aged 13–17 who say they have been the subject of deepfake pornograph : 1/17

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Percentage of U.S. tenth graders who say they love school : 26

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Percentage of parents of U.S. tenth graders who say their child loves school : 65

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Average amount that an American child received from the tooth fairy, per tooth, in 2024 : $5.84

[Harper’s Index]

Year in which the Harper’s Index was first published : 1984

[Harper’s Index]

Number of Index lines that have ever been published : 19,787

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Portion of the earth’s continents on which Harper’s Magazine subscribers live : 7/7

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Number of Harper’s subscriptions registered in Antarctica : 1

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage by which tourism to the United States is projected to decrease this year : 9

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage by which Democrats are more likely than Republicans to display political signs outside their homes : 10

[Harper’s Index]

Portion of Republicans who say that Americans should have the right to protest : 3/4

[Harper’s Index]

Who say that Americans should have the right to protest Israel’s war on Gaza : 2/5

[Harper’s Index]

Number of bills that would restrict the right to peaceful assembly currently pending in Congress : 5

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage increase this year in seizures of eggs being smuggled into the United States : 48

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage increase last year in the number of U.S. households that owned chickens : 28

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of American men who are interested in trying lab-grown meat : 59

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage increase last year in U.S. hospitalizations from food poisoning : 112

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage by which female physicians are more likely to commit suicide than nonphysician women : 53

[Harper’s Index]

By which male physicians are less likely to commit suicide than nonphysician men : 84

[Harper’s Index]

Chance that an American aged 18–64 who has been prescribed a stimulant will misuse it : 1 in 4

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of Americans who feel comfortable discussing their health with family members or close friends : 81

[Harper’s Index]

Who feel comfortable discussing their bank-account balances : 38

[Harper’s Index]

Chance that an American will work for one of their parents’ employers before turning 30 : 1 in 3

[Harper’s Index]

Estimated percentage by which those who do so earn higher salaries there : 24

[Harper’s Index]

Number of companies that accounted for half of global carbon-dioxide emissions in 2023 : 36

[Harper’s Index]

Estimated cost to insurers caused by natural disasters worldwide last year : $146,000,000,000

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage by which this cost exceeded this century’s annual average : 51

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of millennial and Gen Z investors who viewed environmentally motivated investing as extremely important in 2022 : 44

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of corporate executives who say they feel comfortable letting AI make decisions on their behal : 38

[Harper’s Index]

Who say they would defer to AI’s reasoning over their own : 44

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of corporate executives using AI who say they trust its business advice over that of their colleagues : 74

[Harper’s Index]

Factor by which the word “notable” appears more frequently in AI-generated sentences than in those written by human : 13

[Harper’s Index]

Portion of Americans aged 13–17 who say they have been the subject of deepfake pornograph : 1/17

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of U.S. tenth graders who say they love school : 26

[Harper’s Index]

Percentage of parents of U.S. tenth graders who say their child loves school : 65

[Harper’s Index]

Average amount that an American child received from the tooth fairy, per tooth, in 2024 : $5.84

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“Street Protests During the DNC, Chicago, Illinois, 2024,” by Kris Graves. This image is part of the two-book set entitled RNC/DNC published last year by KGP MONOLITH. Courtesy the artist and KGP MONOLITH

Still captures by Jacob Lazarus from his book Frames of Annexation which was published last year by ZONE6. Courtesy the artist and ZONE6

“Salle de Crimée Sud, (98) ANR.02.035, Salles de l’Afrique, Aile du Nord – 1er étage, Château de Versailles, France,” a photograph by Robert Polidori, whose work is on view through May 24 at Karsten Greve, in Paris © Robert Polidori Courtesy Galerie Karsten Greve Cologne, Paris, St. Moritz

Voice Figure, c. 1885-1904, an image of sound created with paint on glass, by Margaret Watts Hughes, from her book Sound May Be Seen, which was published last month by The Further Reading Library | Christine Burgin Books.

Year in which the Harper’s Index was first published : 1984

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