War Goes Viral
How social media is being weaponized across the world
November 2016
In This Issue
The Tech Issue: The view from Silicon Valley, how social media is changing war, and breaking your internet addiction. Plus, a rare presidential endorsement, Jane Jacobs on the fragility of democracy, and much more
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Against Donald Trump
For the third time since The Atlantic’s founding, the editors endorse a candidate for president. The case for Hillary Clinton.
Features
Olaf Blecker The Binge Breaker
Tristan Harris believes Silicon Valley is addicting us to our phones. He’s determined to make it stop.
Zohar Lazar The View From the Valley
What does Silicon Valley think of Peter Thiel? Why did people fall for Theranos? And what’s in store for Marissa Mayer? In our third annual Silicon Valley Insiders Poll, more than 50 tech executives, innovators, and thinkers weigh in.
Alberto E. Rodriguez; DenisKlimov; Getty; ilterriorm; NBCUniversal; Nicescene; Patrick T. Fallon; Reuters; Shutterstock A Pocket Guide to the Robot Revolution
Sorting the good from the bad, the creepy from the adorable
André Chung How America Outlawed Adolescence
At least 22 states make it a crime to disturb school in ways that teenagers are wired to do. Why did this happen?
Josh Cochran The Prophecies of Jane Jacobs
She is renowned for championing urban diversity, but her real prescience lay in her fears about the fragility of democracy.
Dispatches
Edmon de Haro Making Up Is Hard to Do
This election has divided Americans like few in history. Can the country put itself back together again?
Arne Niklas Jansson / Wikimedia Big in Europe: The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster
Though Pastafarianism was founded to critique organized religion, it’s now an organized movement.
John Cuneo Saving Conservatism From Trump's GOP
Avik Roy—a former adviser to Marco Rubio, Rick Perry, and Mitt Romney—wants to rescue conservatism from Trump’s divisive tribalism. But can he persuade his party to join him?
Justin Renteria Why For-Profit Education Fails
Moguls’ good intentions too often betray them.
James Walton How Voters Respond to Electoral Defeat
Losers, weepers
Alvaro Dominguez Even Bugs Will Be Bugged
Exploring the next frontiers in surveillance
archolab Turning Detroit’s Abandoned Homes Into Greenhouses
A new kind of neighborhood regrowth
Joe McKendry The Worst Deal in Baseball
A very short book excerpt
The Culture File
Zohar Lazar When the World Is an Arcade
The psychogeography of Pokémon Go
Philip Gould / Getty How Music Made Bruce Springsteen
Since before he was the Boss, he's turned to rock and roll to create order out of an anxious and chaotic life.
Tim McDonagh The Master of Highbrow Horror
How the childlike fervor of Guillermo del Toro’s imagination turns genre films into art
Rune Fisker Why Is Dating in the App Era Such Hard Work?
Finding love in the postromantic, postmarital age
How War Created Pippi Longstocking
Astrid Lindgren’s translated diaries don’t dwell on the origin of the popular fictional character—but rather illuminate the turbulent surroundings she emerged from.
Departments
The Conversation
Readers respond to our September 2016 cover story and more
Graham Roumieu Who Is the Most Influential Politician in History?
A big question
Poetry
Evening Wind
A poem
