In pursuit of 'Instagram face,' are we losing the imperfections that make us human?

Plastic surgery is becoming so normalized and undetectable, it's changing our relationship to reality. The New Yorker staff writer Jia Tolentino considers how beauty standards have dovetailed with AI.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3931x2211+369+228/resize/3931x2211!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F88%2Ff5%2Fd2674fcf47b6821b611249840210%2Fgettyimages-1638169330.jpg' alt='undefined'/><p>Plastic surgery is becoming so normalized and undetectable, it's changing our relationship to reality. <em>The New Yorker</em> staff writer Jia Tolentino considers how beauty standards have dovetailed with AI.</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5902070' />