The Atlantic Summaries and Reviews
See all summaries and reviews from The Atlantic at a glance.
A virus has brought the world’s most powerful country to its knees.
Ed Yong
The Atlantic, 2020
If public-opinion data are unreliable, we’re all flying blind.
David A. Graham
The Atlantic, 2020
Glass-and-steel monoliths replaced local architecture. It’s not too late to go back.
Darran Anderson
The Atlantic, 2020
If the vote is close, Donald Trump could easily throw the election into chaos and subvert the result. Who will stop him?
Barton Gellman
The Atlantic, 2020
The US has never had enough coronavirus tests. Now a group of epidemiologists, economists and dreamers is plotting a new strategy to defeat the virus, even before a vaccine is found.
Alexis C. Madrigal and Robinson Meyer
The Atlantic, 2020
Peddle misinformation. Cry “conspiracy” when no one else reports it. Repeat.
Helen Lewis
The Atlantic, 2020
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Xi Jinping is using artificial intelligence to enhance his government’s totalitarian control – and he’s exporting this technology to regimes around the globe.
Ross Andersen
The Atlantic, 2020
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How the pandemic broke online shopping
Amanda Mull
The Atlantic, 2020
Disinformation campaigns used to require a lot of human effort, but artificial intelligence will take them to a whole new level.
Renee DiResta
The Atlantic, 2020