Why Are So Many Knowledge Workers Quitting?

Plus: twenty years in Afghanistan; breaking up Big Ag; and state Republicans gamble with the Delta surge. View in browser | Update your preferences Tuesday, August 17, 2021 Office Space Why Are So Many Knowledge Workers Quitting? The coronavirus pandemic threw everyone into Walden Pond. By Cal Newport Twenty Years in Afghanistan A Reporter at Large Last Exit from Afghanistan From March: How peace talks with the Taliban and the prospect of an American withdrawal created the conditions for a collapse. By Dexter Filkins Letter from Kabul Afghanistan’s Theorist-in-Chief From 2016: A Profile of Afghanistan’s former President Ashraf Ghani, who fled the country on Sunday amid the Taliban’s advance. By George Packer Letter from Afghanistan After the Revolution From 2002: The city of Kandahar was full of reminders that the Taliban were not always what they seemed to be. The Taliban again seized the country’s second-largest city on Friday. By Jon Lee Anderson Letter from Afghanistan City of Dreams From 2001: With the Taliban gone, a peace of sorts came to Kabul. The Taliban again seized the Afghan capital on Sunday. By Jon Lee Anderson News & Culture Dispatch Is It Time to Break Up Big Ag? Renewed attention to antitrust has been focussed on Big Tech, but concentration in agriculture may be an underlying source of rural America’s pro-Trump political backlash. By Dan Kaufman Daily Comment State Republicans Are Gambling with the Delta Surge G.O.P. leaders are sticking to an anti-science message that equates some of the most routine public functions with tyranny. By Peter Slevin Our Columnists A Monumentally Important Democratic Spending Bill Behind all the procedural wrangling are ambitious efforts to tackle pressing problems that have been neglected for far too long. By John Cassidy The New Yorker Live David Byrne and Ruben Santiago-Hudson Celebrate the Return of Broadway Next Monday, the minds behind the shows “American Utopia” and “Lackawanna Blues” will discuss Broadway’s comeback, exclusively for subscribers. Humor and Games Name Drop Today’s Quiz The fewer clues you need, the more points you receive. By Liz Maynes-Aminzade Daily Shouts New York Beaches to Visit Before You Die Bear Beach, Actual-Fire Island, Demon Bay, and more. By Jiji Lee and Patrick Clair Daily Cartoon Tuesday, August 17th By Zoe Si 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.