In her new book, The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality, Amanda Montell embarks on a journey to explain the cognitive biases that warp our very-online brains. From attributing the appeal of conspiratorial wellness influencers to proportionality bias to debunking the “zero sum bias” that prompts the debilitating comparisons we make on social media, Montell puts words (and real psychological concepts) to some of the most persistent angsts of the 2020s. In the excerpt below,...
Channing Tatum and Jenna Dewan announced their separation in 2018 after nine years of marriage, but the exes—who are both currently engaged to other people—are still squaring things away financially. And it’s gotten quite messy: According to a Monday report in People, Dewan and Tatum are on the brink of going to trial over Tatum’s Magic Mike money, after Tatum’s lawyers said in court documents that they’ve "exhausted all efforts in an attempt to settle this matter without litigation." Court...