Do Brain Implants Change Your Identity?

Plus: the killing of Adam Toledo, and new fiction from Margaret Atwood. View in browser | Update your preferences Annals of Medicine Do Brain Implants Change Your Identity? As neural devices proliferate, so do reports of personality changes, foundering relationships, and people who want to leave their careers. By Christine Kenneally Dispatch The Killing of Adam Toledo and the Colliding Cycles of Violence in Chicago With shootings in the city on the rise, trust in the police has nearly bottomed out. By Alex Kotlowitz Page-Turner The History of New York, Told Through Its Trash In 1948, the landfill at Fresh Kills was marketed to Staten Island as a stopgap measure. No one guessed that it would remain open for more than half a century. By Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein The New Yorker Radio Hour The Children of Morelia Nearly a century ago, five hundred Spanish children were sent away from violence and hunger for a new life in Mexico. Plus, Jelani Cobb on the conviction of Derek Chauvin. More in Culture Fiction “Old Babes in the Wood” “My heart is broken, Nell thinks. But in our family we don’t say, ‘My heart is broken.’ We say, ‘Are there any cookies?’ ” By Margaret Atwood This Week in Fiction Margaret Atwood on Loss and Memory The author discusses “Old Babes in the Wood,” her story from the latest issue of the magazine. By Deborah Treisman New Yorker Live How Memes Become Money As cryptocurrencies, meme stocks, and N.F.T.s upend markets, Sheelah Kolhatkar, the digital artist Beeple, and others appraise the new online economy. Humor and Puzzles Daily Shouts But I Can’t Complain Hot tip: whenever you’re feeling down, think about the worst things that could ever happen to a person. By Annah Feinberg Blitt’s Kvetchbook A New and Improved Justice League! Cruising soon into a court near you. By Barry Blitt Crossword The Weekend Puzzle “You hate to see it”: ten letters. By Caitlin Reid You're receiving this e-mail because you signed up for The Daily from The New Yorker. Was this e-mail forwarded to you? Sign up. Unsubscribe | Manage your e-mail preferences | Send newsletter feedback | View our Privacy Policy Copyright © Condé Nast 2021. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.