Money Can Buy You Everything, Except Maybe a Birkin Bag
Unless you know how to play the “Hermès Game”
During the Eclipse, Don’t Just Look Up
There’s so much more to experience.
Do Trump Supporters Mind When He Mocks Biden’s Stutter?
We visit a rally in Dayton, Ohio, to find out.
The Smartphone Kids Are Not All Right
Jonathan Haidt’s new book, The Anxious Generation, makes the case against devices for children—even if they desperately want them.
Inside a Hospital’s Abortion Committee
A Tennessee doctor explains how lifesaving decisions get made—and denied.
‘You Can Shut Your Eyes, but You Can’t Shut Your Ears’
The Oscar-nominated Zone of Interest is the sound of annihilation.
The Lost Boys of Big Tech
A conversation with Kara Swisher about Silicon Valley’s obsession with soft foods, its aversion to history, and the weirdest party she ever went to
How America Became Addicted to Therapy
And lost its tolerance for everyday stress.
What If Your Best Friend Is Your Soulmate?
A new book explores deeply platonic friendships.
The Despots of Silicon Valley
The intellectual origins of the movement that self-described “techno-optimists” are advancing is dark—and deeply familiar.
Stopping a School Shooting
The “Coward of Broward” reexamined
The Last Days of the Barcode
The invention that shaped our consumer appetites
Can We Keep Time?
Do photos, social posts, and diaries actually help us remember better?
Nikki Haley Could Surprise Us
Her path is narrow but real.
Time-Management Tips From the Universe
It could help to examine the cosmos.
No, the Economy Isn’t Tanking
But here is why you think it is.
What Is Rest, Anyway?
There’s a difference between leisure and laziness.
Should You Teach Your Kid to Make a Schedule?
Sharing the first episode of the podcast How to Keep Time
Read This Before You Buy That Sweater
Or at least read the tag
Time to Break Up With Your 9-to-5
Sometimes workplace culture requires you to leave the rest of your life at the door. What if there are better ways to structure time?