What was the actual genesis of Nat Rich's 30,000-word report in the #NYT titled LOSING EARTH taking up the entire issue of the August 5 edition of the glossy New York Times Sunday Magazine?

What was the actual genesis of Nat Rich's 30,000-word report in the #NYT titled LOSING EARTH  taking up the entire issue of the August 5 edition of the glossy New York Times Sunday Magazine?

HERE'S [''with podcast quotes''] HOW THE NYT ARTICLE ACTUALLY CAME TO BE:

https://cli-fi-books.blogspot.com/2018/08/what-was-genesis-of-nat-richs-30000.html