{"id":74039,"date":"2025-08-17T21:08:03","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T21:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/74039\/"},"modified":"2025-08-17T21:08:03","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T21:08:03","slug":"seven-weekend-reads-the-atlantic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/74039\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven Weekend Reads – The Atlantic"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here.<\/a><\/p>\n

On this summer Sunday, spend time with stories about how the Ivy League broke America, parenting with friends, and more.<\/p>\n

How the Ivy League Broke America<\/a><\/p>\n

The meritocracy isn\u2019t working. We need something new. (From 2024)<\/p>\n

By David Brooks<\/p>\n

The Type of Love That Makes People Happiest<\/a><\/p>\n

When it comes to lasting romance, passion has nothing on friendship. (From 2021)<\/p>\n

By Arthur C. Brooks<\/p>\n

What Really Happened to Malaysia\u2019s Missing Airplane<\/a><\/p>\n

Five years ago, the flight vanished into the Indian Ocean. Officials on land know more about why than they dare to say. (From 2019)<\/p>\n

By William Langewiesche<\/p>\n

The Elite College Students Who Can\u2019t Read Books<\/a><\/p>\n

To read a book in college, it helps to have read a book in high school. (From 2024)<\/p>\n

By Rose Horowitch<\/p>\n

What Happened When Hitler Took On Germany\u2019s Central Banker<\/a><\/p>\n

Hans Luther was the principled and respected president of the Reichsbank\u2014but he wouldn\u2019t accede to Hitler\u2019s demands.<\/p>\n

By Timothy W. Ryback<\/p>\n

A Grand Experiment in Parenthood and Friendship<\/a><\/p>\n

Would you raise kids with your best pals?<\/p>\n

By Rhaina Cohen<\/p>\n

What the Comfort Class Doesn\u2019t Get<\/a><\/p>\n

People with generational wealth control a society that they don\u2019t understand.<\/p>\n

By Xochitl Gonzalez<\/p>\n

The Week Ahead<\/p>\n

The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox<\/a>, a new series that tells the story of Knox\u2019s wrongful conviction<\/a> for the murder of her roommate (out Wednesday on Hulu) The 15th-anniversary rerelease of Black Swan<\/a>, a movie about the manipulative relationship between a veteran ballet dancer and her rival (in theaters Thursday) All the Tomorrows After<\/a>, a novel by Joanne Yi about a teenager wrestling with loss and belonging (out Tuesday)<\/p>\n

Essay<\/p>\n

\"TK\"Illustration by Akshita Chandra \/ The Atlantic. Source: Getty.<\/p>\n

The Logic of the \u20189 to 5\u2019 Is Creeping Into the Rest of the Day<\/p>\n

By Julie Beck<\/p>\n

The shift begins when she leaves her desk at 5 p.m.<\/p>\n

She drives home, arriving at 5:45. Five minutes later, she\u2019s starting a load of laundry; at 6 p.m. she changes into workout clothes. By 6:25 she\u2019s on the treadmill for precisely 30 minutes. At 7 o\u2019clock she grabs a grocery delivery from her front porch and unloads it. At 7:15 she makes an electrolyte drink. Shower time is at 7:25. At 8 p.m. she cooks up some salmon and broccoli; at 8:25 she plates her dinner while tidily packing up the leftovers. Not a moment is wasted \u2026<\/p>\n

In the past few weeks, I have lived months\u2019 worth of compressed mornings and evenings with 5-to-9 vloggers. They are a self-selecting crew, certainly. But the sheer volume of hours that I consumed allowed me to see, in a big-picture way, how the need to be productive seeps into people\u2019s leisure time\u2014time that ideally would be free of such concerns. These videos reflect a truth that predates and will almost certainly outlive them: When life revolves around work, even leisure becomes labor.<\/p>\n

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