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All articles for theatlantic.com
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Is This Virtual Worm the First Sign of the Singularity? - Alexis C. Madrigal - The Atlantic (theatlantic.com)
A far-flung team is trying to build the first digital lifeform to work out the basic principles of the brain.
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Lost in Medication - Sarah Mourra - The Atlantic (theatlantic.com)
Psychiatrists who take time with their patients are not the norm. It's not because others don't care. Rather the system rewards efficiency, not empathy.
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What the Obama Campaign's Chief Data Scientist Is Up to Now - Alexis C. Madrigal - The Atlantic (theatlantic.com)
The short version: trying to keep the best minds of his generation from working on advertising.
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Why High Schools Should Treat Computer Programming Like Algebra - Jordan Weissmann - The Atlantic (theatlantic.com)
And 5 other cool ideas from The Atlantic's Technologies In Education Forum.
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What We Mean When We Say 'Race Is a Social Construct' - Ta-Nehisi Coates - The Atlantic (theatlantic.com)
In a world where Kevin Garnett, Harold Ford, and Halle Berry all check "black" on the census, even the argument that racial labels refer to natural differences in physical traits doesn't hold up.
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Space Is Now a Reality TV Show - Megan Garber - The Atlantic (theatlantic.com)
Chris Hadfield's return from the International Space Station marks a new era for the final frontier.
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Why Washington Saved the Economy, Then Permanently Destroyed the Labor Market - Derek Thompson - The Atlantic (theatlantic.com)
Comparing Washington's reaction to the banking crisis and the unemployment crisis shows how and why government focuses on the rich and ignores the rest
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The Kurds' Last Battle in Turkey: Teaching Kids Kurdish - Piotr Zalewski - The Atlantic (theatlantic.com)
As Turkey's biggest minority makes peace with the Erdoğan government, the classroom turns into a nationalist battlefield.
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Career Advice: Give - Emily Esfahani Smith - The Atlantic (theatlantic.com)
Givers focus on others, takers on themselves, and matchers care most about fairness. Studies show that most professional success, not just satisfaction, goes to givers.
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The Sublime Cluelessness of Throwing Lavish Great Gatsby Parties - Zachary M. Seward - The Atlantic (theatlantic.com)
The book is meant to condemn decadence, not celebrate it.