The Hyperaddictive, Time-Sucking, Relationship-Busting, Mind-Crushing Power and Allure of Silly Digital Games
From Tetris to Angry Birds, an examination of “stupid games.”
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From Tetris to Angry Birds, an examination of “stupid games.”
Sam Anderson New York Times Magazine Apr 2012 20min Permalink
As of this year, more women than men are in the U.S. workforce. More women are managers and more women are earning college degrees. Here’s why.
Hanna Rosin The Atlantic Jun 2010 35min Permalink
A voyage to North Sentinel island, home to one of the last entirely isolated populations on Earth.
Adam Goodheart The American Scholar Sep 2000 1h5min Permalink
How an unassuming bureaucrat outsmarted Jamie Oliver and pulled off a cafeteria miracle in one of America’s unhealthiest cities.
Jane Black Huffington Post Feb 2017 25min Permalink
The reclusive director comes out of his shell at 73.
Eric Benson Texas Monthly Mar 2017 20min Permalink
F. Lee Bailey is disbarred, penniless, and giving business advice out of his girlfriend’s salon.
Andrew Goldman Town & Country Jul 2017 15min Permalink
ShyShy Pate has been missing for 19 years, but you’ve probably never heard of her.
Jessica Testa Buzzfeed Jul 2017 20min Permalink
A profile of a young activist in Chicago who almost committed suicide on Facebook Live.
Ben Austen Huffington Post Sep 2017 35min Permalink
There are just a handful of people using iron lungs in the U.S. And the machines they rely on to live are wearing out.
Jennings Brown Gizmodo Nov 2017 15min Permalink
After 10 years of documenting memes, nobody has seen this much shit.
Kaitlyn Tiffany The Verge Mar 2018 Permalink
The anti-trust saga of Microsoft and Netscape.
Victor Luckerson The Ringer May 2018 30min Permalink
An investigation into the aftermath of an allegation.
Anna Merlan Jezebel Jun 2018 25min Permalink
After decades of influence, the media mogul isn’t so much a person as an epoch.
Richard Cooke The Monthly Jul 2018 40min Permalink
One of the most accomplished Himalayan guides works at an outdoor retailer in Lower Manhattan.
Ryan Goldberg Deadspin Jul 2018 25min Permalink
The death of a submissive man-pup and the scrotal silicone injection that killed him.
Daniel Villarreal The Stranger Nov 2018 25min Permalink
Searching for answers after unexplained brain injuries afflicted dozens of American diplomats and spies.
Adam Entous, Jon Lee Anderson New Yorker Nov 2018 45min Permalink
A gym entrepreneur’s side business in marijuana spins out of control.
Doyle Murphy Riverfront Times Jan 2019 Permalink
A profile of Lorena Bobbitt.
Amy Chozick The New York Times Jan 2019 15min Permalink
After sepsis forced the amputation of Sheila Advento’s hands, an intricate transplant technique made her whole again. Then came the side effects.
David Dobbs Wired Feb 2019 35min Permalink
It started with black market rations and ended with “the wedding of the century.”
Karan Mahajan Vanity Fair Mar 2019 25min Permalink
Does the ubiquitous dance troupe really present five thousand years of civilization reborn?
Jia Tolentino New Yorker Mar 2019 15min Permalink
The unlikely rise of the 1983 national croquet champions.
Julian Smith Deadspin Sep 2019 20min Permalink
The history of a sundown town.
Logan Jaffe ProPublica Nov 2019 25min Permalink
Inside a literary Ponzi scheme.
David Segal New York Times Feb 2020 Permalink
From Kenya to Amsterdam to New Jersey, an industry collapses in a matter of weeks.
Zeke Faux, David Herbling, Ruben Munsterman Bloomberg Businessweek Apr 2020 10min Permalink