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Illustration by The Atlantic. Sources: Getty. AI Astrology Is Getting a Little Too Personal
Cryptic life guidance is one thing. Telling me to ditch my therapist is another.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Getty. How to Thrive in a Dying World
C Pam Zhang’s new novel is a bold encouragement to pursue one’s desires.
Sharon Core / Trunk Archives Sara Freeman on How Marriages Implode
“One could argue that contained in every marriage is the possibility of its implosion, the DNA of its demise.”
Photo-illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Jeff Landman. The Influencer Economy Is Warping the American Dream
Social-media influencing is both an alternative to traditional American capitalism and an embodiment of it.
Angela Weiss / AFP via Getty Even Influencers Are Scared of the Internet
Jenn Im posts about the harms of social media on social media, creating a new kind of “meta-content.” And she’s not alone.
Illustration by Joanne Imperio / The Atlantic. Source: Courtesy of Jenn Im. Mona Simpson on the Dissonance Between Reality and Memory
“Maybe a person is everyone she’s ever been, not just who she is at the present moment. With those we love, we see overlays of their best selves.”
The Atlantic; source: Alex Hoerner Ben Okri on Manipulating Reality
“Reality is all we have to work with, but we don’t really know what it is.”
Matt Bray / The Atlantic Elaine Hsieh Chou on the Ethics of ‘Trauma Porn’
“If you are retraumatizing the very audience a piece of media is supposedly for, can it really be for them?”
Hsiu Chon / The Atlantic An Asian American Grief
May we all find peace in the new year.
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