Ian Bogost
How Facebook Works for Trump
Donald Trump won the presidency by using the social network’s advertising machinery in exactly the way the company wanted. He’s poised to do it again.
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John Dominis / Getty The Supermarket After the Pandemic
The coronavirus will change grocery stores, and probably not for the better.
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Nintendo / Vectorpocket / rangizzz / Shutterstock / ... The Quiet Revolution of Animal Crossing
In the midst of a pandemic, it’s delightful to imagine doing whatever you like without worrying about making a living.
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Alex Halada / Getty When the Checkpoints Come
How will Americans react when restrictions on their movements are no longer voluntary?
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Vahram Muradyan Now Is the Time to Overreact
If the measures we're taking to fight the coronavirus work, they'll look excessive later on. But the alternative is worse.
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Arsh Raziuddin / The Atlantic You Already Live in Quarantine
Being holed up at home has never been more pleasant.
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Mike Hill / Getty / thispersondoesnotexist / Katie ... It Doesn’t Matter If Anyone Exists or Not
What a website that generates infinite fake humans tells us about modern life
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The Atlantic Every Place Is the Same Now
With a phone, anywhere else is always just a tap away.
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Farknot Architect / Romolo Tavani / Shutterstock A New, Meme-Fueled Nostalgia for War
On TikTok and Twitter, anxious posts about World War III recall a simpler era of global conflict.
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Michael Cohen / Getty Bill Gates’s Fortune Isn’t Going Anywhere
Even if Elizabeth Warren’s wealth tax were to become a reality
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House House / Ian Bogost / The Atlantic Video Games Are Better Without Gameplay
Untitled Goose Game is fun. The problem is, all games are also work.
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Simoul Alva Technology Sabotaged Public Safety
Without us even noticing
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Timothy Sean O’Connell Sandra Boynton’s Captivating Universe
Her picture books have sold 75 million copies in the past four decades. What’s the secret to her far-reaching appeal?
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Mat Hayward / Getty The Wildly Appealing, Totally Doomed Future of Work
WeWork was supposed to reinvent office life. Unfortunately, it did.
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Ian Bogost I Tried to Limit My Screen Time
It didn’t go well.
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Beck Diefenbach/Reuters For members: Trump’s big housing reform, Jay-Z’s NFL deal, Impossible Burger in grocery stores
Atlantic writers look ahead at their beats.
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breakermaximus / Shutterstock Video-Game Violence Is Now a Partisan Issue
For decades, both Republicans and Democrats saw games as cultural dangers. That changed after the Parkland shooting.
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Rose Wong Work Ruined Email
It’s not too late to fix it.
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David Dee Delgado / Getty Revenge of the Power Grid
Infrastructure doesn’t only exist when it fails.
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NBC News / Jacob Drew Vandever / Ian ... Raise Your Hand If You’ve Ever Felt Personally Victimized by This Debate
Political media have abandoned frankness for dankness.
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Isabelle Chauvel / Getty The Infrastructure of Joy
Will building delight into cities make them more cloying or more fun?
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