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Amazon is worth more than $1 trillion. How it got us hooked, and what might happen if it’s broken up Written by Danielle Chiriguayo and Amy Ta, produced by Brian Hardzinski and Nihar Patel Listen 36 min MORE “He [Jeff Bezos] wanted to be a successful entrepreneur. He was selling books, not because he had a passion for reading — which he did actually — but because it was tactical, it was a beachhead for further expansion. His vision was to have a store where he could sell everything,” says Brad Stone, author of “A...

The Atlantic The Atlantic Daily: It’s Okay to Feel Burned Out Our lives are different now. One year in, you might’ve picked up some weird pandemic habits, or maybe you’re just battling chronic burnout. It’s all okay. March 16, 2021 Every weekday evening, our editors guide you through the biggest stories of the day, help you discover new ideas, and surprise you with moments of delight. Subscribe to get this delivered to your inbox. The pandemic has made our lives strange, small, and stressful. No wonder so many of us feel like we have “spent the past year being pushed through a pasta...

COVID-19 was already here a year ago today, and already spreading across the U.S., with more than 1,000 confirmed cases and dozens of deaths on the books. Still, consensus has settled on today as a proper marker for the one-year anniversary of the long, grinding, lethal nightmare we have endured, and continue to endure. One year ago today, the World Health Organization officially labeled the crisis a “pandemic,” but most people I’ve spoken to don’t remember that specifically. Today became “Shit Got Real Day” for most of them when it was announced that actor Tom Hanks and his wife ...

Mario TamaGetty Images For the past year, we've been living in what has been endlessly dubbed our “new normal.” In our “new normal,” we stay inside. We don’t see people we don't live with, and when we do, it’s with masks on and at least six feet apart. In our “new normal,” we cancel our gym subscriptions, our dinner parties, our vacations—essentially all of our plans. We develop solo hobbies, like needlepoint or baking, and we do what we can to keep ourselves and everyone around us safe. We judge each other’s every action like we’re in a heightened version of

A year into this pandemic, our brains are still trying to make sense of what’s happened to us.