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class="text-gray"> <span class="index-title">[Harper’s Index]</span> </a> <h3 class="index-item"> Estimated number of crimes committed in the New York City subway for every million hours people spend there <span>: 1</span> </h3> <div class="index-tooltip"> <a href="https://harpers.org/archive/2025/04" class="index-meta index-issue"> April 2025 </a> </div> <span class="index-caret"></span> </div> <div class="slide"> <a href="/harpers-index/" class="text-gray"> <span class="index-title">[Harper’s Index]</span> </a> <h3 class="index-item"> Percentage of Republicans who say that corporate DEI programs have had no effect on their careers <span>: 53</span> </h3> <div class="index-tooltip"> <a href="https://harpers.org/archive/2025/04" class="index-meta index-issue"> April 2025 </a> </div> <span class="index-caret"></span> </div> <div class="slide"> <a href="/harpers-index/" class="text-gray"> <span class="index-title">[Harper’s Index]</span> </a> <h3 class="index-item"> Who say that these programs have benefited their careers <span>: 26</span> </h3> <div class="index-tooltip"> <a href="https://harpers.org/archive/2025/04" class="index-meta index-issue"> April 2025 </a> </div> <span class="index-caret"></span> </div> <div class="slide"> <a href="/harpers-index/" class="text-gray"> <span class="index-title">[Harper’s Index]</span> </a> <h3 class="index-item"> Hindered their careers <span>: 21</span> </h3> <div class="index-tooltip"> <a href="https://harpers.org/archive/2025/04" class="index-meta index-issue"> April 2025 </a> </div> <span class="index-caret"></span> </div> <div class="slide"> <a href="/harpers-index/" class="text-gray"> <span class="index-title">[Harper’s Index]</span> </a> <h3 class="index-item"> Percentage by which Democrats are more likely than Republicans to say they expect to drink alcohol almost every day in 2025 <span>: 30</span> </h3> <div class="index-tooltip"> <a href="https://harpers.org/archive/2025/04" class="index-meta index-issue"> April 2025 </a> </div> <span class="index-caret"></span> </div> <div class="slide"> <a href="/harpers-index/" class="text-gray"> <span class="index-title">[Harper’s Index]</span> </a> <h3 class="index-item"> Estimated amount of microplastics, in grams, in the average American’s brain in 2016 <span>: 4.7</span> </h3> <div class="index-tooltip"> <a href="https://harpers.org/archive/2025/04" class="index-meta index-issue"> April 2025 </a> </div> <span class="index-caret"></span> </div> <div class="slide"> <a href="/harpers-index/" class="text-gray"> <span class="index-title">[Harper’s Index]</span> </a> <h3 class="index-item"> In 2024 <span>: 6.8</span> </h3> <div class="index-tooltip"> <a href="https://harpers.org/archive/2025/04" class="index-meta index-issue"> April 2025 </a> </div> <span class="index-caret"></span> </div> <div class="slide"> <a href="/harpers-index/" class="text-gray"> <span class="index-title">[Harper’s Index]</span> </a> <h3 class="index-item"> Percentage of Americans who cannot distinguish between right and left <span>: 15</span> </h3> <div class="index-tooltip"> <a href="https://harpers.org/archive/2025/04" class="index-meta index-issue"> April 2025 </a> </div> <span class="index-caret"></span> </div> <div class="slide"> <a href="/harpers-index/" class="text-gray"> <span class="index-title">[Harper’s Index]</span> </a> <h3 class="index-item"> Who say they rely on a “hand-related strategy” to do so <span>: 45</span> </h3> <div class="index-tooltip"> <a href="https://harpers.org/archive/2025/04" class="index-meta index-issue"> April 2025 </a> </div> <span class="index-caret"></span> </div> <div class="slide"> <a href="/harpers-index/" class="text-gray"> <span class="index-title">[Harper’s Index]</span> </a> <h3 class="index-item"> Percentage of U.S. engineers with Ph.D.s who were born abroad <span>: 56</span> </h3> <div class="index-tooltip"> <a href="https://harpers.org/archive/2025/04" class="index-meta index-issue"> April 2025 </a> </div> <span class="index-caret"></span> </div> <div class="slide"> <a href="/harpers-index/" class="text-gray"> <span class="index-title">[Harper’s Index]</span> </a> <h3 class="index-item"> Portion of job-seeking Harvard Business School students who were unemployed three months after graduation in 2022 <span>: 1/10</span> </h3> <div class="index-tooltip"> <a href="https://harpers.org/archive/2025/04" class="index-meta index-issue"> April 2025 </a> </div> <span class="index-caret"></span> </div> <div class="slide"> <a href="/harpers-index/" class="text-gray"> <span class="index-title">[Harper’s Index]</span> </a> <h3 class="index-item"> In 2024 <span>: 1/4</span> </h3> <div class="index-tooltip"> <a href="https://harpers.org/archive/2025/04" class="index-meta index-issue"> April 2025 </a> </div> <span class="index-caret"></span> </div> <div class="slide"> <a href="/harpers-index/" class="text-gray"> <span class="index-title">[Harper’s Index]</span> </a> <h3 class="index-item"> Percentage increase since 2022 in job turnover among U.S. CEOs <span>: 80</span> </h3> <div class="index-tooltip"> <a href="https://harpers.org/archive/2025/04" class="index-meta index-issue"> April 2025 </a> </div> <span class="index-caret"></span> </div> <div class="slide"> <a href="/harpers-index/" class="text-gray"> <span class="index-title">[Harper’s Index]</span> </a> <h3 class="index-item"> Percentage of funds deposited into online gambling apps that come from the top 3 percent of bettors <span>: 69</span> </h3> <div class="index-tooltip"> <a href="https://harpers.org/archive/2025/04" class="index-meta index-issue"> April 2025 </a> </div> <span class="index-caret"></span> </div> <div class="slide"> <a href="/harpers-index/" class="text-gray"> <span class="index-title">[Harper’s Index]</span> </a> <h3 class="index-item"> Chance that an online gambler has ever withdrawn any winnings <span>: 1 in 10</span> </h3> <div class="index-tooltip"> <a href="https://harpers.org/archive/2025/04" class="index-meta index-issue"> April 2025 </a> </div> <span class="index-caret"></span> </div> <div class="slide"> <a href="/harpers-index/" class="text-gray"> <span class="index-title">[Harper’s Index]</span> </a> <h3 class="index-item"> Percentage increase over the past year in new American learners of Mandarin on Duolingo <span>: 216</span> </h3> <div class="index-tooltip"> <a href="https://harpers.org/archive/2025/04" class="index-meta index-issue"> April 2025 </a> </div> <span class="index-caret"></span> </div> <div class="slide"> <a href="/harpers-index/" class="text-gray"> <span class="index-title">[Harper’s Index]</span> </a> <h3 class="index-item"> Minimum number of monthly users of character.ai, a website that offers AI-generated conversation partners <span>: 20,000,000</span> </h3> <div class="index-tooltip"> <a href="https://harpers.org/archive/2025/04" class="index-meta index-issue"> April 2025 </a> </div> <span class="index-caret"></span> </div> <div class="slide"> <a href="/harpers-index/" class="text-gray"> <span class="index-title">[Harper’s Index]</span> </a> <h3 class="index-item"> Number of minutes per day that the average user spends on character.ai <span>: 90</span> </h3> <div class="index-tooltip"> <a href="https://harpers.org/archive/2025/04" class="index-meta index-issue"> April 2025 </a> </div> <span class="index-caret"></span> </div> <div class="slide"> <a href="/harpers-index/" class="text-gray"> <span class="index-title">[Harper’s Index]</span> </a> <h3 class="index-item"> Percentage chance that an American is able to identify whether a poem was written by Shakespeare or by ChatGPT <span>: 42</span> </h3> <div class="index-tooltip"> <a href="https://harpers.org/archive/2025/04" class="index-meta index-issue"> April 2025 </a> </div> <span class="index-caret"></span> </div> <div class="slide"> <a href="/harpers-index/" class="text-gray"> <span class="index-title">[Harper’s Index]</span> </a> <h3 class="index-item"> Percentage of Americans who, in a blind comparison of poems by Shakespeare and by ChatGPT, find the latter more beautiful <span>: 61</span> </h3> <div class="index-tooltip"> <a href="https://harpers.org/archive/2025/04" class="index-meta index-issue"> April 2025 </a> </div> <span class="index-caret"></span> </div> <div class="slide"> <a href="/harpers-index/" class="text-gray"> <span class="index-title">[Harper’s Index]</span> </a> <h3 class="index-item"> Portion of Gen Z Americans whose favorite movie is <em>Avengers: Endgame</em> <span>: 1/4</span> </h3> <div class="index-tooltip"> <a href="https://harpers.org/archive/2025/04" class="index-meta index-issue"> April 2025 </a> </div> <span class="index-caret"></span> </div> <div class="slide"> <a href="/harpers-index/" class="text-gray"> <span class="index-title">[Harper’s Index]</span> </a> <h3 class="index-item"> Average length, in minutes, that Americans think a movie should be <span>: 92</span> </h3> <div class="index-tooltip"> <a href="https://harpers.org/archive/2025/04" class="index-meta index-issue"> April 2025 </a> </div> <span class="index-caret"></span> </div> <div class="slide"> <a href="/harpers-index/" class="text-gray"> <span class="index-title">[Harper’s Index]</span> </a> <h3 class="index-item"> Average length, in minutes, of a movie nominated for Best Picture at this year’s Academy Awards <span>: 150</span> </h3> <div class="index-tooltip"> <a href="https://harpers.org/archive/2025/04" class="index-meta index-issue"> April 2025 </a> </div> <span class="index-caret"></span> </div> <div class="slide"> <a href="/harpers-index/" class="text-gray"> <span class="index-title">[Harper’s Index]</span> </a> <h3 class="index-item"> Number of minutes that the average American says they would spend watching movies or TV on a perfect day <span>: 186</span> </h3> <div class="index-tooltip"> <a href="https://harpers.org/archive/2025/04" class="index-meta index-issue"> April 2025 </a> </div> <span 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author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qotvez70ziz85zxcgz75zz74zz72zz75znsz83zz75zz77z9z71zsz69zhu8lz78zc01z74zz71z"><i>The Color of Money and Trees</i></span><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qotvez70ziz85zxcgz75zz74zz72zz75znsz83zz75zz77z9z71zsz69zhu8lz78zc01z74zz71z">, which was published </span><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz76zez66zrz68zxgd8z66zz75zz70zuz72zz65zglevz82znz84zgemlz65zz86zqz84z">last year</span><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qotvez70ziz85zxcgz75zz74zz72zz75znsz83zz75zz77z9z71zsz69zhu8lz78zc01z74zz71z"> by VOID ©</span><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz76zez66zrz68zxgd8z66zz75zz70zuz72zz65zglevz82znz84zgemlz65zz86zqz84z"> The artist</span><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz80ziz68zz73zz82zz83zcko6lz76zz82ziehz73zz71zp0z80zz84znmz71zz67zz68zz84znfz82z">.</span><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qotvez70ziz85zxcgz75zz74zz72zz75znsz83zz75zz77z9z71zsz69zhu8lz78zc01z74zz71z"> Courtesy VOID</span></p> <p></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="slide"> <figure> <img src="https://harpers.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/ET_RIP-Youth-2024.jpg" alt="" class="home-gallery-slide" width="2400" height="2007" /> <div class="directions-nav"></div> </figure> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-8 offset-md-2"> <div class="slide-text text-center"> <div class="blurb"></div> <div class="subtitle"> <p><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qotvez70ziz85zxcgz75zz74zz72zz75znsz83zz75zz77z9z71zsz69zhu8lz78zc01z74zz71z"><i>RIP Youth</i></span><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qotvez70ziz85zxcgz75zz74zz72zz75znsz83zz75zz77z9z71zsz69zhu8lz78zc01z74zz71z">, a painting by Ed Templeton, whose work was on view last weekend </span><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz80ziz68zz73zz82zz83zcko6lz76zz82ziehz73zz71zp0z80zz84znmz71zz67zz68zz84znfz82z">with </span><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qotvez70ziz85zxcgz75zz74zz72zz75znsz83zz75zz77z9z71zsz69zhu8lz78zc01z74zz71z">Tim Van Laere Gallery</span><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz80ziz68zz73zz82zz83zcko6lz76zz82ziehz73zz71zp0z80zz84znmz71zz67zz68zz84znfz82z"> at </span><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qotvez70ziz85zxcgz75zz74zz72zz75znsz83zz75zz77z9z71zsz69zhu8lz78zc01z74zz71z">Art Basel Hong Kong</span><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz80ziz68zz73zz82zz83zcko6lz76zz82ziehz73zz71zp0z80zz84znmz71zz67zz68zz84znfz82z">.</span><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qotvez70ziz85zxcgz75zz74zz72zz75znsz83zz75zz77z9z71zsz69zhu8lz78zc01z74zz71z"> Courtesy the artist and Tim Van Laere Gallery</span></p> <p></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="slide"> <figure> <img src="https://harpers.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Inka-Essenhigh-AI-City.jpg" alt="" class="home-gallery-slide" width="1533" height="2048" /> <div class="directions-nav"></div> </figure> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-8 offset-md-2"> <div class="slide-text text-center"> <div class="blurb"></div> <div class="subtitle"> <p><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qotvez70ziz85zxcgz75zz74zz72zz75znsz83zz75zz77z9z71zsz69zhu8lz78zc01z74zz71z"><i>AI City</i></span><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qotvez70ziz85zxcgz75zz74zz72zz75znsz83zz75zz77z9z71zsz69zhu8lz78zc01z74zz71z">, a painting by Inka Essenhigh, whose work is on view through April 17 at Victoria Miro, London © Inka Essenhigh. Courtesy the artist and Victoria Miro</span></p> <p></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="slide"> <figure> <img src="https://harpers.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Rearick_GureBazterrak_3.jpg" alt="" class="home-gallery-slide" width="2000" height="2000" /> <div class="directions-nav"></div> </figure> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-8 offset-md-2"> <div class="slide-text text-center"> <div class="blurb"></div> <div class="subtitle"> <p>A photograph by Anne Rearick from her book <em>Gure Bazterrack</em>, which was published in October by Deadbeat Club. Courtesy the artist and Deadbeat Club</p> <p></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="slide"> <figure> <img src="https://harpers.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/EW-25_001_ARTDESK_HM.jpg" alt="" class="home-gallery-slide" width="1735" height="932" /> <div class="directions-nav"></div> </figure> <div class="row"> <div class="col-md-8 offset-md-2"> <div class="slide-text text-center"> <div class="blurb"></div> <div class="subtitle"> <p><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz80ziz68zz73zz82zz83zcko6lz76zz82ziehz73zz71zp0z80zz84znmz71zz67zz68zz84znfz82z"><i>The Material World</i></span><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz80ziz68zz73zz82zz83zcko6lz76zz82ziehz73zz71zp0z80zz84znmz71zz67zz68zz84znfz82z">, a painting by </span><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz81zz76zez66zrz68zxgd8z66zz75zz70zuz72zz65zglevz82znz84zgemlz65zz86zqz84z">Emma Webster</span><span class=" author-d-1gg9uz65z1iz85zgdz68zmqkz84zo2qowz80ziz68zz73zz82zz83zcko6lz76zz82ziehz73zz71zp0z80zz84znmz71zz67zz68zz84znfz82z">, whose work is on view through April 12 at Petzel, New York City. 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