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What the Algorithm Does to Young Girls
Unpacking the toxic treadmill of internet addiction and low self-esteem.
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Freya India
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The Forgotten Dispute that Could Ignite a War in South America
Here’s why Venezuelans just voted to annex most of Guyana.
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Francisco Toro
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Tara Isabella Burton on the Myth of Self-Creation
Yascha Mounk and Tara Isabella Burton discuss the shift in modern societies away from external truths to a new gospel of finding one’s authentic self.
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The Neoracists
 • John McWhorter
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Keira Bell: My Story
 • Keira Bell
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Why I'm Losing Trust in the Institutions
 • Yascha Mounk
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A Taxonomy of Fear
 • Emily Yoffe
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The Deep Roots of the Left’s Deafening Silence on Hamas
 • Yascha Mounk
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Amanda Knox on the Harms of Public Shaming
I know what cancellation feels like. It’s rarely an appropriate response.
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Amanda Knox
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All COPs are Bastards
The UN’s annual climate change conferences refuse to get real. Here’s what a more honest conversation would look like.
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Francisco Toro
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The Trouble with “Bidenomics”
Voters aren't buying the administration's messaging. But staying silent on the economy may be even worse for Biden.
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Michael Baharaeen
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Tim Urban on Everything
Yascha Mounk and Tim Urban discuss making better choices, managing human foibles, and distilling big ideas into clear words.
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The Crisis in Medicine: A Provocation
A cardiologist argues that contemporary medicine may harm as much as help.
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Akshay Pendyal
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The New Antisemitism
Jews are being attacked as the root of all Western evil.
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Tomer Persico
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Bethany Allen on How China Abuses its Economic Might
Yascha Mounk and Bethany Allen discuss the historical trajectory of the modern Chinese economy.
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