Educating the TikTok generation.
Harper’s Magazine
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Alexander Chee, Matt Gallagher, Delphine Minoui, Lauren Markham, and Jamie Figueroa.
Apocalypse Now? Now? How About Now?
“And yet I am also, in the darkest corners of my heart, a doomsday prepper myself.”
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Elizabeth Van Brocklin, Brian Merchant, Christine Fennessy, Peter Schjeldahl, and Gabriella Paiella.
The Guy who Ordered a Hit On His Stepmother for $5
Death, delivered as per your instructions.
Downsizing in the Shadow of Disaster
When housing markets price people out of safety, they cram into disasters waiting to happen.
Keeping the Focus on the People: An Interview with Joe Kloc
It took eight years to write the story of Richardson Bay’s boat community, known as the anchor-outs.
Living Off the Grid in California’s Coastal Waters
Living off the grid isn’t just for landlubbers.
The Darwinian View of Our Storytelling Species
What the history of folktales reveals about the role storytelling played in human evolution.
