Annie Zhang

It doesn’t really matter what; the essence is just that you can’t be apologetic when you’re pursuing joy. You have to want it, then go for it with total abandon like a shoplifter of intangibles.

We might think of structure as simply: an organic scheme that allows the story to answer a question it has caused its reader to ask...

TikTok/Reels skits just feel like the glossy, expertly-edited versions of the inside jokes that kids make at summer camp talent shows...Most of the creators...are non-art minded amateurs working in templated formats...“[D]igital vaudeville” says it all — it's just not an "inventive creative practice that expands what is possible with art."

And in a... See more

6. The rise of the power trad couples

There are a number of popular ideas out there about who marries whom. One is that rich men primarily want physically attractive wives and don’t care about social status, education, and so on. Another is that power couples tend to be dual earners.

In fact, both of these stereotypes are wrong. As Lyman Stone... See more

This cross-national study investigates how psychopathy, narcissism, and fear of missing out (FoMO) influence online political participation, and how cognitive ability moderates these associations. Drawing on data from the United States and seven Asian countries, the findings reveal that individuals high in psychopathy and FoMO are consistently more... See more

To turn to consumer, I think of consumer as the inverse formula:

1. Take something we really enjoy doing, but feel guilty about.


2. And make us not feel so guilty about it!

This is a pretty interesting formula:

1. Take something that people know they should do, but don’t like doing.


2. And turn it into something they like doing.

"Tradwives and girlbosses end up in the same quadrant," she said. "They are actually both trying to cut their work in half."

Other practices, while not as deceptive, are wildly untraditional. Green lattes and smoothies are prepared with shortcuts (batched concentrate, nicknamed batcha) and flavorings (banana bread!) that send ripples of horror down the spines of matcha purists. Baristas inhale so much airborne green powder that they joke about coming down with matcha... See more