France Will Never Be Enough for the People Desecrating It
No society, no matter how equal or enlightened, can satisfy nihilists.
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Telmo Pinto / NurPhoto / Getty The Violence Sweeping France Was Never Really About Schools
Much of the protesting by students has become an exercise in nihilistic resentment.
Illustration by Adam Maida / The Atlantic The Other Way AI Impairs Our Thinking
Suddenly the technology is sapping people’s concentration in a new way, one that abstaining from AI won’t fix.
Illustration by Matteo Giuseppe Pani / The Atlantic. Source: Getty. France’s Best Argument Against Racism Isn’t Working
The country’s most beloved men are paragons of diversity, but ethnic resentment is still winning.
Getty The Social Ritual That Made Me a Better Man
Long live guys’ night.
Thomas Hoepker / Magnum The Overlooked Reason Europe Doesn’t Have AC
Americans and Europeans tend to have very different ideas about physical suffering and sacrifice.
Benjamin Girette / Bloomberg / Getty The White Identitarians Are Having a Moment
Now that DEI and anti-racism are in retreat, they’re moving on to a more ambitious goal.
Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: Elizabeth Frantz / The New York Times / Redux. The Absurd Misunderstanding Fueling the Debate Over The Odyssey
Elon Musk’s outrage at Christopher Nolan says more about today’s myopic notion of identity than it does about classical antiquity.
Illustration by The Atlantic* Theft Is Now Progressive Chic
In some left-wing corners of the commentariat, moral rectitude is out. Flagrant disregard of the social contract is in.
iStock / Getty The Very Powerful Men Who Think Introspection Is Dumb
For some of America’s tech oligarchs, looking inward seems to be a waste of time better spent moving fast and breaking things.
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