Matthew Shaer will join Smithsonian magazine as a staff writer on May 5. He was previously a contributor for New York magazine. His work has also been published in GQ, Harper’s, Mental Floss, Fortune and Foreign Policy. Learn more about other cultures, the environment, science, technology and more by following Smithsonian on Twitter.

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