Was the Declaration of Independence Better Before the Edits? | The New Yorker

July 4, 2026

Thought this “re-imagining” of the declaration
(https://x.com/sundarpichai/status/2072803440137285925)
goes well with a recent
@NewYorker
piece on the “committee-style” writing of the piece
(https://newyorker.com/magazine/2026/05/11/why-the-declaration-of-independence-went-through-seventeen-drafts). Personally, I always find “(re)writing groups” rather taxing.

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