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602. Is Screen Time as Poisonous as We Think?

Young people have been reporting a sharp rise in anxiety and depression. This maps neatly onto the global rise of the smartphone. Some researchers are convinced that one is causing the other. But how strong is the evidence?

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  612. Is Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade Its Most Valuable Asset?

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  How to Stop Worrying and Love the Robot Apocalypse (Update)

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  611. Fareed Zakaria on What Just Happened, and What Comes Next

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  610. Who Wins and Who Loses Once the U.S. Legalizes Weed?

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  609. What Does It Take to Run a Cannabis Farm?

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  Abortion and Crime, Revisited (Update)

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  608. Cannabis Is Booming, So Why Isn’t Anyone Getting Rich?

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  607. Is America Switching From Booze to Weed?

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  606. How to Predict the Presidency

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  Has the U.S. Presidency Become a Dictatorship? (Update)

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  605. What Do People Do All Day?

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  EXTRA: Roland Fryer Refuses to Lie to Black America (Update)

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  604. Did the N.F.L. Solve Diversity Hiring? (Part 2)

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  603. Did the N.F.L. Solve Diversity Hiring? (Part 1)

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  EXTRA: In Praise of Maintenance (Update)