Culture Gabfest

Plus: How Bad Is Plagiarism, Really?

The panel takes up a question posed by Anthony Lane in The New Yorker: Is plagiarism actually bad?

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In a recent New Yorker piece How Bad Is Plagiarism, Really?, critic Anthony Lane argues that a little intellectual theft here or there isn’t so bad. Our panel of writers, Dana, Nadira Goffe, and Richard Lawson, beg to differ. Actually, in an age of increasing A.I. usage, maybe we don’t care about plagiarism enough? They discuss.

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New York Times critic Dwight Garner says, “The Slate Culture Gabfest is one of the highlights of my week.” The award-winning Culturefest features Slate culture critics Stephen Metcalf, Dana Stevens, and Julia Turner debating the week in culture, from highbrow to pop.

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