Articles from the New Yorker
The Archive - 2002

December 2, 2002
THE CRITICS
Group Think
What does 'Saturday Night Live'
have in common with German philosophy?

August 12, 2002
BOOKS
Political Heat
The great Chicago heat wave,
and other unnatural disasters.

August 5, 2002
ANNALS OF PSYCHOLOGY
The Naked Face
Can you read people's
thoughts just by looking at them?

July 22, 2002
DEPT. OF HUMAN RESOURCES
The Talent Myth
Are smart people overrated?

May 27, 2002
A CRITIC AT LARGE
The Televisionary
Big business and the myth of the lone inventor

April 22 & 29, 2002
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
Blowing Up
How Nassim Taleb turned the
inevitability of disaster into an investment strategy

March 25, 2002
BOOKS
The Social Life of Paper
Looking for method in the mess

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