Derek Thompson
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He is also the author of the book Hit Makers and the host of the podcast Plain English.
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Hulton Archive / Getty Can Medieval Sleeping Habits Fix America’s Insomnia?
The history of “first sleep” and “second sleep” holds surprising lessons about preindustrial life, 21st-century anxiety, and the problem with digging for utopia in the past.
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Hy Peskin / Getty; The Atlantic The Most Amazing Statistical Achievement in U.S. Sports History
Wilt Chamberlain. Joe DiMaggio. Simone Biles. Which of their athletic achievements is most impressive?
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The Atlantic Silicon Valley’s New Obsession
A group of tech founders, crypto billionaires, and star scientists is launching a fleet of science labs.
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Getty; The Atlantic A Simple Plan to Solve All of America’s Problems
The U.S. doesn’t have enough COVID tests—or houses, immigrants, physicians, or solar panels. We need an abundance agenda.
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Getty; The Atlantic Why More Americans Are Saying They’re ‘Vaxxed and Done’
COVID has always divided Americans. The Omicron wave is even dividing the vaccinated.
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic The Atlantic Daily: Three Reasons to Be Optimistic About the 2020s
This decade is off to a terrible start. But there’s still time to make it the new roaring ’20s.
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The Atlantic Is Omicron Milder?
The mystery of the moment is very hard to solve. Here’s my best shot.
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The Atlantic Is America Really Running Out of Original Ideas?
The nation’s crisis of originality isn’t in our minds, but in our markets.
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Chaloner Woods / Getty; The Atlantic We Know a Lot More About Omicron Now
Here’s how to think about all the emerging data.
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Getty; Adam Maida / The Atlantic Three Myths of the Great Resignation
What if I told you the Big Quit wasn’t really about “quitting”?
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Al Drago / Bloomberg / Getty Joe Biden’s Year Was Ruined. Whose Fault Is That?
The president doesn’t control the economy, and a lot of presidential politics is just plain dumb luck.
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Bettmann / Getty; The Atlantic America Is Running on Fumes
In film, science, and the economy, the U.S. has fallen out of love with the hard work of ushering new ideas into the world.
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Han Castanedo Welcome to Work in Progress
A newsletter about the world’s most important mysteries
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Fairfax Media / Getty The Home Is the Future of Travel
The CEO of Airbnb thinks the lines separating life, work, and vacations will keep getting blurrier.
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Alessia Pierdomenico / Bloomberg / Getty Democrats Are Getting Crushed in the ‘Vibes War’
But in 2022, the economy’s statistical recovery could become a bona fide vibes recovery.
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Getty; The Atlantic America Needs a New Scientific Revolution
A repurposed antidepressant might help treat COVID-19, a remarkable study found. The way this research was funded highlights a big problem—and bigger opportunity—in American science.
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Getty; Paul Spella / The Atlantic Hot Streaks in Your Career Don’t Happen by Accident
First explore. Then exploit.
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Bettman / Getty; The Atlantic Where Did 7 Million Workers Go?
The U.S. economy is booming, but there’s a mysterious hole in the labor force.
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The Atlantic ‘Maybe the Coronavirus Was Lower-Hanging Fruit’
Emerging mRNA technology proved excellent for COVID vaccines. BioNTech’s founders preview what that could mean for cancer and other mysteries.
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Tom Sibley / Getty The Great Resignation Is Accelerating
A lasting effect of this pandemic will be a revolution in worker expectations.
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