The Banality of Conspiracy Theories
Moral panics repeat, again and again.
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Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: J. R. Osgood and Company / Library of Congress Eight Ghost Stories in Which the Dead Won’t Go Quietly
Literature has a long tradition of using the genre to address unsettled pasts and forgotten traumas.
Kirn Vintage Stock / Corbis / Getty The Upside of COVID Hygiene Theater
Yes, even at this stage of the pandemic.
Scott Olson / Getty We’re Talking About Vaccines All Wrong
To reach vaccine conspiracists and other skeptics, focus on what they care about most: freedom without repercussions.
Adam Maida / The Atlantic The Broken Technology of Ghost Hunting
The best tools for tracking down spirits have always been the ones fallible enough to find something.
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