The Atlantic June 2023 Issue (Image from one article "THE BILLION-DOLLAR PONZI SCHEME THAT HOOKED WARREN BUFFETT AND THE U.S. TREASURY"

 

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ARTICLES

• Never Give Artificial Intelligence the Nuclear Codes

  The temptation to automate command and control will be great. The danger is greater.

  ROSS ANDERSEN

• The Counteroffensive

  The future of the democratic world will be determined by whether the Ukrainian military can break a stalemate with Russia and drive the country backwards—perhaps even out of Crimea for good.

  ANNE APPLEBAUM AND JEFFREY GOLDBERG

• The Billion-Dollar Ponzi Scheme That Hooked Warren Buffett and the U.S. Treasury

  How a small-town auto mechanic peddling a green-energy breakthrough pulled off a massive scam

  ARIEL SABAR

• How Tom Hanks Became Tom Hanks

  The actor—and now novelist—reflects on how he got here, and the other lives he might have lived instead.

  CHRIS HEATH

• Call of the Wild

  The enduring appeal of watching human beings attempt to master the Alaskan backcountry

  JAMES PARKER

• Disaster

  TSITSI JAJI

• Surrender to Steely Dan

  How the insufferably perfectionist duo captured the hearts of a new generation of listeners

  JACK HAMILTON

• The Outer Limits of Liberalism

  What happens when a society takes individualism to its logical conclusion?

  DAVID BROOKS

• War and Consequences

  The conflict in Ukraine is about much more than Ukraine.

  JEFFREY GOLDBERG

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