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Turns out the zombie apocalypse isn’t as fun as they said it would be – Rebecca Solnit on our dangerously disconnected world
A population numbed, dazed, present-but-not-present – had it happened overnight it would be a sci-fi horror movie. And if you looked up from your phone for long enough, you might notice it’s started already...
Rebecca Solnit
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A population numbed, dazed, present-but-not-present – had it happened overnight it would be a sci-fi horror movie. And if you looked up from your phone for long enough, you might notice it’s started already...
Rebecca Solnit
S... See more
Rebecca Solnit • Turns out the zombie apocalypse isn’t as fun as they said it would be – Rebecca Solnit on our dangerously disconnected world
“The word for world is forest” — Ursula K. Le Guin
In the late 18th century, officials in Prussia and Saxony began to rearrange their complex, diverse forests into straight rows of single-species trees. Forests had been sources of food, grazing, shelter, medicine, bedding and more for the people who lived in and around them, but to the early modern... See more
In the late 18th century, officials in Prussia and Saxony began to rearrange their complex, diverse forests into straight rows of single-species trees. Forests had been sources of food, grazing, shelter, medicine, bedding and more for the people who lived in and around them, but to the early modern... See more
Maria Farrell • We Need to Rewild the Internet
Digitally isolated
It’s can’t be connection if it leaves you alone.
A poignant depiction of the iPhone as a prison via Felipe Luchi for Go Outside Brazil.
I keep thinking about being digitally isolated. What is “digital isolation?” In a nutshell: today we are more connected to anyone/everyone than at any point in history yet
... See moreDoomprompting Is the New Doomscrolling.
The new slot machines of thought — AI’s infinite scroll and the quiet outsourcing of our intention.
Anu
Aug 11, 2025
The blank box of ChatGPT, Claude, or your large language model of choice staring back at you felt like a clean slate. Here was a remarkable new technology that put the world’s knowledge at our... See more
The new slot machines of thought — AI’s infinite scroll and the quiet outsourcing of our intention.
Anu
Aug 11, 2025
The blank box of ChatGPT, Claude, or your large language model of choice staring back at you felt like a clean slate. Here was a remarkable new technology that put the world’s knowledge at our... See more
Doomprompting Is the New Doomscrolling.
Mar. 3, 2020
The Tyranny of Terrazzo
Will the millennial aesthetic ever end?
By Molly Fischer
Illustration by Fala Atelier
Illustration: Fala Atelier
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You walk beneath a white molded archway. You’ve entered a white room.
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The Tyranny of Terrazzo
Will the millennial aesthetic ever end?
By Molly Fischer
Illustration by Fala Atelier
Illustration: Fala Atelier
This article was featured in One Great Story , New York ’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly.
You walk beneath a white molded archway. You’ve entered a white room.
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Molly Fischer • Will the Millennial Aesthetic Ever End?
the quiet rebellion of a little life
caitlyn
Dec 09, 2024
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there’s a pervasive myth that has seeped into every corner of our current reality claiming that in order to have a meaningful life, we’re told that worth is measured in titles, achievements, and the scope of our influence. it’s a myth that demands endless striving, as though the only... See more
caitlyn
Dec 09, 2024
hello.
there’s a pervasive myth that has seeped into every corner of our current reality claiming that in order to have a meaningful life, we’re told that worth is measured in titles, achievements, and the scope of our influence. it’s a myth that demands endless striving, as though the only... See more
Caitlyn Richardson • the quiet rebellion of a little life
The Cult of Yesterday
Capitalism, Necromancy, and the Dark Side of Nostalgia
River Quintana
Feb 09, 2024
Some of the sources of Pop Art VI, Peter Blake
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Capitalism, it seems, can’t let go of the past. Like a necromancer, it reanimates the corpses of bygone trends, ideologies, and aesthetics, then sells them back to us at a markup. This... See more
Capitalism, Necromancy, and the Dark Side of Nostalgia
River Quintana
Feb 09, 2024
Some of the sources of Pop Art VI, Peter Blake
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Capitalism, it seems, can’t let go of the past. Like a necromancer, it reanimates the corpses of bygone trends, ideologies, and aesthetics, then sells them back to us at a markup. This... See more
River Quintana • The Cult of Yesterday
The Internet’s Lonely Urban Design
The Information Superhighway paved over Virtual Villages; can we bring them back?
Keaton Brandt
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Jan 28, 2024
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In the beginning, the internet resembled a quaint village where everybody knew your name. It was largely self-governing and self-policing, with its own norms and customs. Like many... See more
The Information Superhighway paved over Virtual Villages; can we bring them back?
Keaton Brandt
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Jan 28, 2024
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In the beginning, the internet resembled a quaint village where everybody knew your name. It was largely self-governing and self-policing, with its own norms and customs. Like many... See more
Keaton Brandt • The Internet’s Lonely Urban Design
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