The Atlantic Summaries and Reviews

See all summaries and reviews from The Atlantic at a glance.

8 Article

The Happiest Way to Change Jobs

How to rock your work rather than let the work rule you
Arthur C. Brooks
The Atlantic, 2023
9 Article

The Parenting Prophecy

The way someone was raised often shows up in the way they raise their own kids — for better or worse.
Faith Hill
The Atlantic, 2023
8 Article

Make Yourself Happy: Be Kind

How to break the negative feedback loop that can make us act mean
Arthur C. Brooks
The Atlantic, 2023
8 Article

The Homeownership Society Was a Mistake

Real estate should be treated as consumption, not investment.
Jerusalem Demsas
The Atlantic, 2022
9 Article

The biggest problem with remote work

Companies need a new kind of middle manager: The synchronizer.
Derek Thompson
The Atlantic, 2022
9 Article
Jonathan Haidt
The Atlantic, 2022
9 Article

The Price of Privacy

Who gets to keep a secret in a hyperconnected world?
Sarah E. Igo
The Atlantic, 2022
7 Article

Why So Many COVID Predictions Were Wrong

The eviction tsunami never happened. Neither did the “she-cession.” Here are four theories for the failed economic forecasting of the pandemic era.
Jerusalem Demsas
The Atlantic, 2022
9 Article

The Food War

The food shock of 2022 is not a good-news story. But our “bad” is less bad than ever before.
David Frum
The Atlantic, 2022
10 Article

Lessons from 19 Years in the Metaverse

A conversation with one of the few people who have real historical perspective on digital communities
Charlie Warzel
The Atlantic, 2022
8 Article

What Happens When You’re the Investment

Social capital is becoming economic capital
Rex Woodbury
The Atlantic, 2021
9 Article

The Nasty Logistics of Returning Your Too-Small Pants

What happens to the stuff you order online after you send it back?
Amanda Mull
The Atlantic, 2021
8 Article

America Is Running Out of Everything

The global supply chain is slowing down at the at the very moment when Americans are demanding that it go into overdrive
Derek Thompson
The Atlantic, 2021
8 Article
Joe Pinsker
The Atlantic, 2021
7 Article

The Secret to a Fight-Free Relationship

Conventional wisdom says that venting is cathartic and that we should never go to bed angry. But couples who save disagreements for scheduled meetings show the benefits of a more patient approach to conflict.
Rhaina Cohen
The Atlantic, 2021
7 Article
Stephanie H. Murray
The Atlantic, 2021
7 Article

The Time Tax

Why is so much American bureaucracy left to average citizens?
Annie Lowrey
The Atlantic, 2021
9 Article
Ed Zitron
The Atlantic, 2021
9 Article

The Internet Is Rotting

Too much has been lost already. The glue that holds humanity’s knowledge together is coming undone.
Jonathan Zittrain
The Atlantic, 2021
8 Article
Derek Thompson
The Atlantic, 2021
8 Article
Rachel Gutman
The Atlantic, 2021
8 Article

Why Dead Trees Are ‘the Hottest Commodity on the Planet’

Blame climate change, wildfires, hungry beetles … and Millennial home buyers.
Robinson Meyer
The Atlantic, 2021
9 Article
Olga Khazan
The Atlantic, 2021
8 Article
Deborah Fallows
The Atlantic, 2021
8 Article
James Fallows
The Atlantic, 2021
9 Article

How Science Beat the Virus

And what it lost in the process
Ed Yong
The Atlantic, 2020
9 Article

The Polling Crisis Is a Catastrophe for American Democracy

If public-opinion data are unreliable, we’re all flying blind.
David A. Graham
The Atlantic, 2020
9 Article

The Panopticon Is Already Here

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 Defeated America

A virus has brought the world’s most powerful country to its knees.
Ed Yong
The Atlantic, 2020
8 Article

Why Everything Is Sold Out

How the pandemic broke online shopping
Amanda Mull
The Atlantic, 2020
9 Article

The Supply of Disinformation Soon Will Be Infinite

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
7 Article

The Election That Could Break America

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
7 Article

The Plan That Could Give Us Our Lives Back

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
9 Article

Why Every City Feels the Same Now

Glass-and-steel monoliths replaced local architecture. It’s not too late to go back.
Darran Anderson
The Atlantic, 2020
8 Article

What Big Tech Wants Out of the Pandemic

The firms are all too eager to help the government manage the coronavirus crisis.
Franklin Foer
The Atlantic, 2020