Sigal Samuel
Senior Reporter
Sigal Samuel is a senior reporter for Vox’s Future Perfect. She writes primarily about the future of consciousness, tracking advances in artificial intelligence and neuroscience and their staggering ethical implications. She also writes the philosophical advice column Your Mileage May Vary. (To submit a question anonymously, click here.)
Before joining Vox, Sigal was the religion editor at the Atlantic. Her work has also been published in outlets like BuzzFeed, the Daily Beast, the Rumpus, and Electric Literature. She has appeared on NPR, BBC, and CBC. Sigal is also the author of two award-winning books. Osnat and Her Dove, a children’s book, tells the true story of the world’s first female rabbi. The Mystics of Mile End, a novel, tells the story of a dysfunctional family dealing with mysticism, madness, and mathematics in Montreal. Sigal earned her MFA in creative writing from the University of British Columbia and her BA in philosophy from McGill University. Learn more about Sigal here.
Sigal can be reached by email at sigal.samuel@vox.com. Follow her on X at @sigalsamuel or on Bluesky at @sigalsamuel.bsky.social.
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Latest articles by Sigal Samuel
“Setting boundaries” is broken — but there’s a different way to think about caring for yourself and others.
Meet the Future Perfect 25: Movers and Shakers.
Meet the Future Perfect 25: The Innovators.
Fighting hunger can feel impossible. But thanks to new innovations, it’s actually never been cheaper.
Resistance to exploitative AI starts with building a movement.
If you believe there’s a soul trapped inside ChatGPT, I have good news for you.
It’s not millennial cringe to wonder if you can enjoy the work of problematic artists.
New genetic testing offers us the chance to create superbabies. It can come with unintended consequences.
How rational is Eliezer Yudkowsky’s prophecy?
The paradox of moral perfectionism — and how to escape it.