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Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?

More comfortable online than out partying, post-Millennials are safer, physically, than adolescents have ever been. But they’re on the brink of a mental-health crisis.

2017-09-10 12:23:11

Jean M. Twenge

Why Ever Stop Playing Video Games

MANY AMERICANS have replaced work hours with game play — and ENDED UP HAPPIER. Which wouldn’t surprise most gamers.

2017-02-20 10:22:15

Frank Guan

This article is more than 15 years old Forty years of the internet: how the world changed for ever

In October 1969, a student typed LO on a computer - and the internet was born

2009-10-23 03:00:10

Oliver Burkeman

The Shut-In Economy

In the new world of on-demand everything, you’re either pampered, isolated royalty — or you’re a 21st century servant.

2015-03-25 11:20:45

Lauren Smiley

Death of an Innocent

How Christopher McCandless lost his way in the wilds

2010-05-15 08:21:57

Jon Krakauer