Top 5 articles: We're all meanies
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Top 5 articles for your week:
“Why It Feels Like Everything is Going Haywire” (Outline)
Because this piece from Jonathan Haidt - a reflection on social media and its impact - is excellent on an issue that’s somewhat been over-wrought in think-pieces over the last several years.
“America’s Epidemic of Unkindness” (The Atlantic)
Because some experts have honed in on something we may all be feeling about our relationships and communities; we are all a bit meaner. Those experts at UCLA wants to help.
“Why Is Beauty Important to Us?” (The New York Times)
Because we love Massimo Bottura, and his outlook on life and progress is always interesting.
“What Joe Biden Can’t Bring Himself to Say” (The Atlantic)
Because this is one of the best candidate profiles of this presidential cycle so far, and honestly, it might be looked back on as an article that changed a lot of attacks on who may be the eventual Democratic nominee.
“a privilege to eat slowly” (Substack)
Because dang, Anne Helen Petersen, this is soooooo good! A treatise on an on-demand, super-busy, get-it-all-done, have-it-all society.
BONUS: “How America Ends” (The Atlantic)
Because let’s end this list on a positive note, shall we? Kidding. This, like the other articles featured here, is an excellent essay on democracy from Yoni Applebaum.