
There have been 323 school shootings recorded in 2024 to date

First He Came for Cancel Culture. Now He Wants to Cancel Smartphones
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Alexander Beiner • Myth and Metrics: How Social Media Robs Us of Ritual, and How to Revive It
I’ve been writing for years about social media fueling the loneliness crisis and the way capitalism and big tech have innovated away human connection and trapped us in ecosystems that encourage and profit from a meaner, angrier user base. These platforms too often funnel young men into toxic spaces that answer their loneliness by pointing the finge... See more
Touching grass isn't enough
Today, on the solstice, I invite you to think about what makes life wonderful, to consider intergenerational legacies, and to imagine future memories. In doing so, I hope to shed light on the nature of the choices we are making, often unconsciously, and their impact on the world we leave behind. For we are doing much more than giving and receiving ... See more
Solstice greetings: whose favorite things? · Probable Futures
When lockdown ended, Gambuto warned, corporations and governments would conspire to make us forget the possibilities we’d glimpsed, by means of shiny new products and services and distracting culture wars; and we’d be so desperate to return to normality that we’d be tempted to comply. Instead, though, we could hold on to the sense of strangeness an... See more