Step Right In: A Tour of an Amazon Fulfillment Center
With typically careful packaging, Amazon opens its doors to the public.
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Nov/Dec 2014
20 posts
Reality, Still Biting
Gen X is the most economically screwed age group. Were the slackers onto something after all?
The Most Dangerous Idea in Mental Health
The belief that hidden memories can be "recovered" in therapy should have been exorcised years ago, when a rash of false memories dominated the airwaves, tore families apart, and put people on the stand for crimes they didn't commit. But the mental health establishment does not always learn from its mistakes—and families are still paying the price.
In the Picture: SNAP Food Benefits, Birthday Cake, and Walmart
In every issue, we fix our gaze on an everyday photograph and chase down facts about details in the frame.
Why Women Are Such a Minority in Elected Office
The obvious answers aren't necessarily the most accurate. Here, five studies help clear up the gender disparity in politics.
Downhill Integrationists: The National Brotherhood of Skiers
The latest entry in a series of interviews about subculture in America.
Introducing the New Issue of ‘Pacific Standard’
The most dangerous idea in mental health, the rise of extreme daycare, the anatomy of ignorance, and more in our November/December 2014 print issue.
We Are All Confident Idiots
The trouble with ignorance is that it feels so much like expertise. A leading researcher on the psychology of human wrongness sets us straight.