Costa Ricans Live Longer Than Us. What’s the Secret?

Atul Gawande’s latest report in the magazine. Plus: Simone de Beauvoir’s lost novel of early love; and a late-summer tart. View in browser | Update your preferences Tuesday, August 24, 2021 Annals of Medicine Costa Ricans Live Longer Than Us. What’s the Secret? We’ve starved our public-health sector. The Costa Rica model demonstrates what happens when you put it first. By Atul Gawande Daily Comment Why Facebook Is Suddenly Afraid of the F.T.C. The agency is getting a second chance to convince a federal judge that the social-media giant is a monopoly which needs to be broken up. By Sue Halpern Books Simone de Beauvoir’s Lost Novel of Early Love Her passion for a doomed friend was so strong that Beauvoir wrote about it again and again. By Merve Emre Kitchen Notes A Late-Summer Tart from a Misunderstood Master of French Cooking Madeleine Kamman wrote recipes, like the one for this fig dessert, to honor the labor and the artistry of women in the kitchen. By Mayukh Sen Culture Desk Having a Laugh with S. J. Perelman The longtime New Yorker writer was a master of the extended satiric riff. By Adam Gopnik The Front Row The Movie World’s Misplaced Worship of “The Swimming Pool” American art-house cinema mistakes the film’s glamour and nostalgia for originality, leaving better movies unavailable. By Richard Brody Best-Laid Plans Bill Cunningham’s Wish Come True The choreographer Tom Gold was in a conga line when he met the late Times photographer. Now he’s realized Cunningham’s dream of a dance performance at Untermyer Gardens. By Rima Suqi From the Archive Fiction “The Gospel According to Mark” In this short story, published in 1971, the Argentinian author, who was born on this day in 1899, explores the rifts among Argentina’s social classes and questions the nature of sacrifice. By Jorge Luis Borges Humor and Games Name Drop Today’s Quiz The fewer clues you need, the more points you receive. By Liz Maynes-Aminzade Daily Shouts O.K., But Would You Still Be Vegan in These Scenarios Which I Just Made Up? What if an animal was doing improv and pretending to be a carrot when it died? By Chandler Dean and Leah Abrams Daily Shouts A Dishwasher Obsession The dishwasher has become a nucleus of daily life, simultaneously saving time and generating a cycle of dependence. By Glynnis Fawkes Daily Cartoon Tuesday, August 24th By Avi Steinberg 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.