The Atlantic Summaries and Reviews
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Make Yourself Happy: Be Kind
How to break the negative feedback loop that can make us act mean
The Atlantic, 2023
The Happiest Way to Change Jobs
How to rock your work rather than let the work rule you
The Atlantic, 2023
How to Sleep
Should you drink more coffee? Should you take melatonin? Can you train yourself to need less sleep? A physician’s guide to sleep in a stressful age.
The Atlantic, 2017
The Myth of "Learning Styles"
A popular theory that some people learn better visually or aurally keeps getting debunked.
The Atlantic, 2018
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
The biggest problem with remote work
Companies need a new kind of middle manager: The synchronizer.
The Atlantic, 2022
Why I Hope to Die at 75
An argument that society and families – and you – will be better off if nature takes its course swiftly and promptly
The Atlantic, 2014
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
The Homeownership Society Was a Mistake
Real estate should be treated as consumption, not investment.
The Atlantic, 2022
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
Why Do We Need to Sleep?
At a shiny new lab in Japan, an international team of scientists is trying to figure out what puts us under.
The Atlantic, 2018
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
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 Nasty Logistics of Returning Your Too-Small Pants
What happens to the stuff you order online after you send it back?
The Atlantic, 2021
How to Fight Amazon (Before You Turn 29)
Lina Khan Has a Novel Theory About Monopolies – and Her Sights Are Set Squarely on the Company.
The Atlantic, 2018
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 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
What Happens When You’re the Investment
Social capital is becoming economic capital
The Atlantic, 2021
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
The System That Actually Worked
How the internet kept running even as society closed down around it
The Atlantic, 2020
You’re Likely to Get the Coronavirus
Most cases are not life-threatening, which is also what makes the virus a historic challenge to contain.
The Atlantic, 2020
The Problem with HR
For 30 years, we’ve trusted human-resources departments to prevent and address workplace sexual harassment. How’s that working out?
The Atlantic, 2019
The Coming Software Apocalypse
A small group of programmers wants to change how we code – before catastrophe strikes.
The Atlantic, 2017
The 3 Things That Make Organizations More Prone to Sexual Harassment
Nothing’s foolproof, but there are research-proven changes companies could make.
The Atlantic, 2017
Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid
It’s not just a phase.
The Atlantic, 2022
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
How the Pandemic Defeated America
A virus has brought the world’s most powerful country to its knees.
The Atlantic, 2020
The Polling Crisis Is a Catastrophe for American Democracy
If public-opinion data are unreliable, we’re all flying blind.
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
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
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 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
The Coming Generation War
The Democrats are rapidly becoming the party of the young – and the consequences could be profound.
The Atlantic, 2019
Iran’s Real Enemy in Syria
At a time of economic hardship, Tehran has provided billions of dollars to help Assad crush Islamist rebels. The question is why.
The Atlantic, 2018
This Article Won’t Change Your Mind
The Facts on Why Facts Alone Can’t Fight False Beliefs
The Atlantic, 2017
When Bankers Started Playing With Other People’s Money
In 1970, the small firm of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette held its IPO – and fundamentally reshaped the world of finance.
The Atlantic, 2017
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
The Mainstream Media Won’t Tell You This
Peddle misinformation. Cry “conspiracy” when no one else reports it. Repeat.
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
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
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
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
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
The Billion-Dollar Disinformation Campaign to Reelect the President
How new technologies and techniques pioneered by dictators will shape the 2020 election
The Atlantic, 2020
