The Atlantic Summaries and Reviews
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The Happiest Way to Change Jobs
How to rock your work rather than let the work rule you
The Atlantic, 2023
The Parenting Prophecy
The way someone was raised often shows up in the way they raise their own kids — for better or worse.
The Atlantic, 2023
Make Yourself Happy: Be Kind
How to break the negative feedback loop that can make us act mean
The Atlantic, 2023
The Homeownership Society Was a Mistake
Real estate should be treated as consumption, not investment.
The Atlantic, 2022
The biggest problem with remote work
Companies need a new kind of middle manager: The synchronizer.
The Atlantic, 2022
Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid
It’s not just a phase.
The Atlantic, 2022
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.
The Atlantic, 2022
The Food War
The food shock of 2022 is not a good-news story. But our “bad” is less bad than ever before.
The Atlantic, 2022
Lessons from 19 Years in the Metaverse
A conversation with one of the few people who have real historical perspective on digital communities
The Atlantic, 2022
What Happens When You’re the Investment
Social capital is becoming economic capital
The Atlantic, 2021
The Nasty Logistics of Returning Your Too-Small Pants
What happens to the stuff you order online after you send it back?
The Atlantic, 2021
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
The Atlantic, 2021
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.
The Atlantic, 2021
The Internet Is Rotting
Too much has been lost already. The glue that holds humanity’s knowledge together is coming undone.
The Atlantic, 2021
Why Dead Trees Are ‘the Hottest Commodity on the Planet’
Blame climate change, wildfires, hungry beetles … and Millennial home buyers.
The Atlantic, 2021
The Polling Crisis Is a Catastrophe for American Democracy
If public-opinion data are unreliable, we’re all flying blind.
The Atlantic, 2020
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.
The Atlantic, 2020
How the Pandemic Defeated America
A virus has brought the world’s most powerful country to its knees.
The Atlantic, 2020
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.
The Atlantic, 2020
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?
The Atlantic, 2020
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.
The Atlantic, 2020
Why Every City Feels the Same Now
Glass-and-steel monoliths replaced local architecture. It’s not too late to go back.
The Atlantic, 2020
What Big Tech Wants Out of the Pandemic
The firms are all too eager to help the government manage the coronavirus crisis.
The Atlantic, 2020
The Mainstream Media Won’t Tell You This
Peddle misinformation. Cry “conspiracy” when no one else reports it. Repeat.
The Atlantic, 2020
Why America Is Afraid of TikTok
The company’s founder says in an interview that he wants it to be “a window” on the world. A Republican senator says it is a “Trojan horse.”
The Atlantic, 2020
Time to Capitalize Black and White
Black and white are both historically created racial identities – and whatever rule applies to one should apply to the other.
The Atlantic, 2020
The Small Business Die-Off Is Here
Many small businesses won’t survive, and that will change the landscape of American commerce for years to come.
The Atlantic, 2020
The System That Actually Worked
How the internet kept running even as society closed down around it
The Atlantic, 2020
When Will We Want to Be in a Room Full of Strangers Again?
Theater, an industry full of optimists, is reckoning with a heartbreaking realization.
The Atlantic, 2020
Capitalism’s Addiction Problem
The biggest, best-known companies in the digital economy are getting their users hooked on their products — and undermining the pillars of America’s market economy.
The Atlantic, 2020
Why the Coronavirus Is So Confusing
A guide to making sense of a problem that is now too big for any one person to fully comprehend
The Atlantic, 2020
The Modern Supply Chain Is Snapping
The corona virus exposes the fragility of an economy built on outsourcing and just-in-time inventory
The Atlantic, 2020
