There’s a silver lining to your unhappiness
What can an economist teach us about misery? I had that question in mind while reading the new book The Opposite of Happiness: How Bad...
Category : Culture
Movies may soon get more boring
An activist protests the merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery in Hollywood on September 22, 2026. | Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images...
Can thrift shops save us from Shein?
Think about what you’re wearing right now. Did you pick it out? Or was it chosen for you by an algorithm you haven’t even considered? ...
The two athletes in every horse race
Horse racing can be an unusually dangerous profession for both the jockey and the horse: Riding a half-ton animal at nearly 40 miles per hour...
Live auctions are turning shopping into gambling
A man attends a live sneakers auction sale on the Whatnot app on March 12, 2026. | Alain Jocard/AFP via Getty Images If you haven’t...
The online “burnerverse” trying to ruin young women’s lives
Maddie Kowalski is a student at the University of Florida. Last November, someone found nonconsensual intimate images and videos of her, stitched them together, and...
A sinkhole swallowed Nicolas Cage’s driveway. Yours might be next.
If we want our beach towns to survive, we may need to wheel them further upshore. | David Swanson/AFP via Getty Images There is a...
An Israeli documentary about Gaza is sweeping the world – and Israelis are furious
A graffiti mural depicting Israeli filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, directors of the documentary NAZA. | Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty Images At the Venice...
The cost of youth sports is out of control
Some families are paying thousands of dollars to keep their kid in a sport that they love. | John Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images In...
Is it harder to have kids today? Or is it harder to want to?
Anna Louie Sussman’s book, Inconceivable: The Impossibility of Family in an Age of Uncertainty, arrived as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been documenting her egg freezing...