Health
Grateful People Seem to Live Longer. I Don’t Think ‘Be Grateful’ Is the Lesson.
A study of nearly 50,000 women found that the most grateful among them were less likely to die over the following years. Before you go and…
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We Keep Telling People to Be Resilient. What If That’s the Wrong Instruction?
Most advice about getting through hard times is addressed to one person. Build your mindset. Find your strength. Work on yourself. The best evidence we have…
Insight
AI Is Moving Faster Than the Rules. So Who Gets to Decide What Happens Next?
We spent years asking whether artificial intelligence would become powerful. Now a more practical question is arriving: who gets to decide what powerful AI is allowed…
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Why Do We Keep Trying to Solve Global Problems One Country at a Time?
A virus crosses a border without a passport. Carbon dioxide doesn’t stop at customs. A cyberattack can begin in one country, use infrastructure in another and…
Mindset
Who Are You When Nobody Needs You?
A surprisingly difficult question for a successful adult is this: who are you when nobody needs you? Imagine Helen. For twenty years she has been a…
Health
Sometimes Keeping the Peace Is the Least Peaceful Thing You Can Do
There is a kind of peace that isn’t peace at all. Imagine a small community where everyone is determined to be nice. Nobody raises difficult subjects.…
Ikigai
What If Your Purpose Isn’t Waiting Somewhere Ahead of You?
What if your purpose isn’t a hidden destination that you’re supposed to discover? Imagine David scrolling through social media. One person has founded a charity. Another…
Health
You May Never Feel Finished — and That Might Be Good News
At what age are you supposed to finally become the person you intended to be? Forty? Fifty? Sixty? Imagine Anne looking back over her life. There…
Business
Italy Joined the Belt and Road, Then Left. Who Should Decide These Things?
In March 2019 Italy became the only G7 country to sign up to China’s Belt and Road Initiative. In December 2023 it withdrew. Nothing dramatic happened…
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The World’s Most Powerful Military, Running on a Chat App
In March 2025, the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, Jeffrey Goldberg, found himself added to a group chat. It was on Signal. The other members included the…