Derek Thompson
He is also the author of the books Hit Makers and On Work: Money, Meaning, Identity and the host of the podcast Plain English.
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Illustration by Joanne Imperio / The Atlantic AI Is a Waste of Time
The newest AI tools are accelerating basic research and scaring the general public. But many people are simply using them as toys.
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Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. America Fails the Civilization Test
The average American my age is roughly six times more likely to die in the coming year than his counterpart in Switzerland.
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Illustration by the Atlantic; Getty The Dangerous Rise of ‘Front-Yard Politics’
Many public crusaders are private reactionaries.
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Brian Finke / Gallery Stock Why Americans Care About Work So Much
Workism is rooted in the belief that employment can provide everything we have historically expected from organized religion.
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Illustration by Matt Chase / The Atlantic Click Here If You Want to Be Sad
The internet loves bad news. And that’s bad.
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Paul Spella / The Atlantic; Getty Why All the ChatGPT Predictions Are Bogus
And why the makers of AI should learn from the tale of Prometheus
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Illustration by Joanne Imperio / The Atlantic. Source: … The End of Silicon Valley Bank—And a Silicon Valley Myth
We are still learning exactly how much of this industry’s genius was a mere LIRP, or low-interest-rate phenomenon.
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Brian Finke / Gallery Stock We’re Missing a Key Driver of Teen Anxiety
A culture of obsessive student achievement and long schoolwork hours can make kids depressed.
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Miguel Pereira / Getty The Surprising Effects of Remote Work
Working from home could be making it easier for couples to become parents—and for parents to have more children.
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Daniel Zender / The Atlantic; source: Getty Why Are We Still Arguing About Masks?
All this time later, their utility is in doubt.
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Matt Chase / The Atlantic The AI Disaster Scenario
Is it right to freak out? Is it wrong? Will AI end the human race? But also: Aren’t these tools awe-inspiring?
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Gregory Halpern / Magnum America’s Teenage Girls Are Not Okay
Rising teen anxiety is a national crisis.
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Matt Chase / The Atlantic; Getty The Super Bowl Is an Economic Indicator
How the big game’s ads explain the crypto bubble, the price yo-yo, and the revenge of the touch-grass economy
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Getty; The Atlantic Don’t ‘Buy American’
Joe Biden wants to transform the U.S. economy. His plan has one big risk.
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The Atlantic The Economy Is Still Very, Very Weird
It’s the most important economic lesson of the decade: What goes up must come down (and what’s gone down will probably go up again).
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Tyler Comrie / The Atlantic; Getty America’s Fever of Workaholism Is Finally Breaking
For the first time in 50 years, the rich are buying more free time.
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Getty; The Atlantic The Weight-Loss-Drug Revolution Is a Miracle—And a Menace
How the new obesity pills could upend American society
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James Leynse / Corbis / Getty What the Tech and Media Layoffs Are Really Telling Us About the Economy
About 130,000 people have been dismissed from their jobs at large tech and media companies in the past 12 months. Why?
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Tyler Comrie / The Atlantic Stop Trying to Ask ‘Smart Questions’
“Can you just explain this to me like I barely know anything about this subject?”
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Corinna Kern / laif / Redux The Surprising Reason for the Decline in Cancer Mortality
Behavioral changes and screenings may be just as important as treatments, if not more so.
