We’ve written about the importance of making and maintaining friendships in adulthood and the benefits of face-to-face interaction. After reading one of these articles, maybe you tried to get your friends together to do something. Perhaps you threw out a text to them, and the resulting conversation went something like this: You: Hey, that new […]
Why Dress Codes Are Slowly, Gradually, Going the Way of the Dodo
Thoughts on dressing up in a world where members of Congress are trying to get away with wearing sneakers inside the Oval Office. Hoodies in the Senate? Sure!
Shall we put this one in the “I told you so category?” If you have been reading my blog and my twice-a-month newsletter, you know this was coming. For the past year, I have argued that …
Pluralistic: How (and why) Biden should overcome the Supreme Court to end the debt showdown (26 May 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
The map of anti-trans risk has polarized into two Americas - one where trans people have full legal protections, and one where they are persecuted by the state.
Kevin O’Leary Just Perfectly Explained Why Elon Musk Hates Remote Work. It’s a Lesson in Emotional Intelligence
'Shark Tank' investor Kevin O'Leary details why Elon Musk is wrong about working from home--and it teaches a great lesson in balancing emotional and rational thought.
In 49 States, Your Boss Can Hold You Captive and Rant at You About Why They Hate Unions
Minnesota just banned captive audience meetings, presumably understanding that it is unreasonable to force working people to attend mandatory meetings at which their boss delivers to them the equivalent of an Ayn Rand book reading.
Impacts of YouTube on loneliness and mental health
Impacts of YouTube on loneliness and mental health
Frequent users of YouTube have higher levels of loneliness, anxiety, and depression according to researchers from the Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention (AISRAP).
Frequent users of YouTube have higher levels
Economists Show AI Bringing Positive Impact to Workplaces
Three researchers have found that AI, far from eliminating jobs, can instead increase worker productivity, improve customer sentiment, and even reduce employee turnover.
The Underground History of Russia's Most Ingenious Hacker Group
From USB worms to satellite-based hacking, Russia’s FSB hackers, known as Turla, have spent 25 years distinguishing themselves as “adversary number one.”
The counterintuitive, inadvisable, and absolutely inevitable collision between rain and desert. Once it was announced that Seattle would be awarded the NHL’s 32nd hockey team, the comparisons began…