Society

The Internet may have battered book sales, but it hasn’t killed reading—far from it. Today we read more, and in more ways, than ever, and this is thanks to all the book-killing culprits.

Across the world, generally speaking, the higher the GDP, the higher the incidence of anxiety. So why are wealthy, prosperous nations so damn neurotic?

How do you mourn a man like Mandela? The news crews and somber dignitaries did it one way; the locals—dancing, singing, selling memorabilia—did it quite another.