For several years, social-media users have expressed anxiety about algorithmic suppression. Now they’re getting some unexpected clarity. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/01/twitter-shadow-ban-transparency-algorithm-suppression/672736/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social
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The Only Thing More Dangerous Than Authoritarianism
The forces of Christian nationalism are now ascendant both inside the Church and inside the Republican Party. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/12/christian-nationalism-danger/676974/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social
**** How McKinsey Destroyed the Middle Class
Technocratic management, no matter how brilliant, cannot unwind structural inequalities. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/02/how-mckinsey-destroyed-middle-class/605878/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYVneiYGv5d-VhnY9BG10Bng&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social
Why the Populist Right Hates Universities
American conservatives are taking cues from Hungary’s Viktor Orbán because elite education is a convenient enemy for authoritarian populists. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/08/viktor-orban-illiberalism-ron-desantis-universities/674915/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYbIC8VDKoea9hw-cALFr4mI&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social
[The Washington Post] America’s bookstore capital, biggest readers and holiday spending habits!
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NYTimes: How America’s Diet Is Feeding the Groundwater Crisis
**** The Real Reason for Marriage Polarization
**** The End of Men
For years, women’s progress has been cast as a struggle for equality. But what if equality isn’t the end point? https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2010/07/the-end-of-men/308135/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYelJhnciGk72eKRNn8N4ht4&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social
***** Nobody Knows What’s Happening Online Anymore
Why you’ve probably never heard of the most popular Netflix show in the world https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2023/12/internet-information-trends-virality-tracking/676888/?gift=yGKGqaI9BMfIDuch_TrGYXDIhbG0IIZIAw_jVIR9bjw&utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social