The Idea File

Deconstructing the way we live, with The Atlantic's writers

The Climate Hellscape Is Coming, and Capitalism Can't Save Us

The Death and Afterlife of the Mall

All Great Civilizations Fall. Is America Next?

Fake Apologies Are on the Rise

The Millennial Booze Fatigue Syndrome

Why Is America So Obsessed With Ivy League Schools?

The Hidden Dangers in Your Phone Number

The Hidden Costs of P.E.

The Rat Apocalypse in New Zealand

It Was Easier to Be Skinny in the ’80s

‘We’re the Workaholics of the World’

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