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The Intellectuals and the Masses: Pride and Prejudice Among the Literary Intelligensia, 1880-1939.

PS Picks: John Carey’s ‘The Intellectuals and the Masses’

PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.

Ted Scheinman

Social Justice

Can ‘Jupiter Ascending’ Change the Way We Feel About ‘The Matrix’?

With yet another Wachowski flop, might we start re-evaluating the film that made them so famous in the first place?

Wes Judd

Economics

Does That Restaurant Rate 4 Stars? Sure—on a Sunny Day

New research finds online restaurant reviews are influenced by the weather.

Tom Jacobs

Social Justice

Whither Cultural Critics?

With access to books, movies, and television more open than ever, and research showing that crowdsourcing leads to biases, cultural criticism needs to change.

Adam Waytz