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This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here.A growing body of research complicates the question of social media’s effects on teens. But that hasn’t stopped many adults from perpetual worrying about its presumed perils.First, here are three new stories from The Atlantic: Jack Smith’s backup option Trump can’t bluster his way through court. The gross spectacle of murder fandom Grown-People LoreMore than half a decade has passed since the psychologist Jean Twenge...

What if wizards weren’t always wise? What if they didn’t guide young protégés on fateful quests? What if they were selfish, bickered amongst themselves, and would do anything for a quick buck? What if seven of them had to get along for long enough to complete a job? A job that would yield a reward of an immensely powerful magic object. All those what-ifs collide in Sebastian de Castell’s The Malevolent Seven. What Is The Malevolent Seven? Cade Ombra is a battle wizard. He casts spells, but he does not wear a pointy hat. The Malevolent Seven is a novel that wears...

If you are reading this, then you know all the letters of the alphabet. You've probably been reading and writing with letters for many years. So, it should be a trivial exercise for you to recite the alphabet. Now try it backwards. The reason this is so much harder is because you memorized the alphabet using serial-learning. In other words, each letter is a cue for the next letter. This little exercise will teach you how to recite the alphabet backwards. Learn this and impress your friends. To do this, you should be familiar with the Peg Mnemonic System and...

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The beginning of any story is, by far, the hardest part. Well, except for that sticky middle pain in the @$$ ACT TWO that goes on FOREVER. Total nightmare not getting stalled there. Then, we need to make sure to knock it out of the park at the END lest readers curse our names for giving them such high hopes only to let them down. Okay, let’s just say ALL parts of writing a novel are difficult and present unique challenges. Yet, a story beginning is the kindling that starts the fire that (hopefully) makes readers burn through a book...