Around the Interwebs Why the two-party system is effing up the U.S. democracy. So what are we going to do about it? Let’s call it what it is: a climate emergency. Do you realize these are signs of privilege? Facts that could save a life. Good to know, I guess....
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Around the Interwebs If humans were perfectly rational creatures, we would be able to calculate the costs and benefits of every activity well enough to accurately weigh the value of everything we do against everything else we could have been doing. Why do we spend time on things we hate?...
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Around the Interwebs Interesting, but controversial take. What do you think? The Liberals Who Can’t Quit Lockdown. Languishing vs. flow. Do you know the difference? Missing hiker found safe after posting a photo of his feet. Amazing story. At what age are people the happiest? I am childfree by choice,...
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Around the Interwebs Thoughts on returning to pre-pandemic life. “I don’t trust people in the same way and I don’t think I ever will again“. What to know before you post a vaccine selfie. “Back to normal anxiety” is more common than you might think. Can you relate? Effective psychological tricks....
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Around the Interwebs Why is reading so hard right now? Super-interesting! Are you also struggling? Some fixes for pandemic monotony. Take a fake commute. Ha. How the Coronavirus Outbreak Has – and Hasn’t – Changed the Way Americans Work People share unwritten rules in life. Can you think of any...
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Around the Interwebs How to heal the mass trauma of Covid-19. 5 hacks to make your mask more protective. The Pandemic Has Erased Entire Categories of Friendship. Stop asking “how are you?”. Don’t end texts with a period. Have you considered how ending your message changes the meaning of it for...
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Around the Interwebs Turns out it’s pretty good waking up early. “There was so much day ahead of me! So many hours to be alive. […] I felt like I had already lived an entire day only to have another one sprawling before me.” In case you were wondering (as...
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Around the Interwebs A political obituary for Donald Trump. What a beautiful photography project: No Memory Is Ever Alone. Where did the commute time go? How people used their ‘extra’ time in a WFH life. The best good news of 2020. Our Covid life, illustrated. Fascinating. Physics explains why time...
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