Why Remote Work Is So Hard—and How It Can Be Fixed

Plus: how baseball players became celebrities; the Grim Reaper; and the 1975’s new album. View in browser | Update your preferences Annals of Inquiry Why Remote Work Is So Hard—and How It Can Be Fixed The challenges aren’t just technological. They’re managerial. By Cal Newport A Critic at Large How Baseball Players Became Celebrities Lou Gehrig and Babe Ruth transformed America’s pastime by becoming a new kind of star. By Louis Menand Reclamation Dept. After the Pandemic, Will Nature Take Over? Alan Weisman’s “The World Without Us” imagines what Earth would be like if everyone vanished. By Raffi Khatchadourian Scare Tactics Does the Grim Reaper Wear Sunscreen? As a protest against newly opened beaches, a Florida attorney patrols the sand, warning heedless sunbathers with the words “See you soon!” By Henry Alford Newsletters Sign Up for The New Yorker’s Books & Fiction Newsletter Book recommendations, fiction, poetry, and dispatches from the world of literature, twice a week. Pop Music The 1975 Has More to Say “Notes on a Conditional Form,” the band’s new album, serves as a gesture of faith in its fans, who are eager to follow its front man down any path he chooses to take. By Carrie Battan Culture and More The Front Row What to Stream: Nanni Moretti’s “Dear Diary” The nostalgic charm of Moretti’s semi-autobiographical film, and of two short films of New York cityscapes by Lowell Bodger, holds a particular poignancy right now. By Richard Brody Culture Desk My Stupid Quarantine Body Did I think that somehow, at forty-two, I’d be able to hone my body into a weapon? By Emily Flake Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts Events We Are Actually Glad Were Cancelled The 2020 Raw-Milk-Salmonella Coachella Porta-Potty Shortage and other highlights of what isn’t happening this year. By Scott Jacobson, Todd Levin, Jason Roeder, Mike Sacks, and Ted Travelstead Daily Cartoon Tuesday, May 26th By Amy Hwang This e-mail was sent to you by The New Yorker. To ensure delivery, we recommend adding newyorker@newsletters.newyorker.com, to your contacts, while noting that it is a no-reply address. Please send all newsletter feedback to tnyinbox@newyorker.com. For more from The New Yorker, sign up for our newsletters, shop the store, and sign in to newyorker.com, where subscribers always have unlimited access. Contact us with questions. View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2020. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.