Politics In the shadow of crisis: Disaster and the myth of individualism Coronavirus will not be resolved by bug-out bags and bunkers, by people stockpiling dried foods and doubling down on their own self-enclosure. By Mark O’Connell
Why we are living in JG Ballard’s world The visionary English novelist’s dystopian imagination, defined by cataclysmic events, quarantines and technological isolation, has never felt so prescient. By Mark O’Connell
Rise of the keyboard fascists: how the internet enables radicalisation In Going Dark, Julia Ebner goes undercover online to study the dynamics and tactics of far-right extremist networks. By Mark O’Connell