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The best way to improve yourself is to help others too.
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Artificial intelligence is destroying the career ladder for aspiring artists.
The Atlantic 31 Atlantic Stories You Might Have Missed
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New Year’s Resolutions That Will Actually Lead to Happiness
Set goals to improve your well-being—not your wallet or your waistline. (From 2020)
Jan Buchczik What Parents of Boys Should Know
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Photograph by Vasantha Yogananthan Confessions of a Novelist
“I remember saying to myself, when the book was done: ‘I don’t yet know how to write a novel; but I know how to find out how to.’” (From 1933)
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An inquiry into a few fundamental questions: How did spaghetti and meatballs, a dish no Italian recognizes, become so popular here? What makes some brands of pasta much better than others? (From 1986)
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It’s not just kids who can’t stop scrolling.
LIMITED SERIESAutocracy in America
There are authoritarian tactics already at work in the United States. To root them out, you have to know where to look.
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Younger generations are having a hard time imagining their future.
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