Molly

We are entering what some online commentators call a ‘Silent Depression’ – an age marked by an inability to call things as they are, despite truly dire financial circumstances, so it makes sense that we’re seeing this reflected in our music. Periods of recession have typically always been defined by music with faster, frenetic melodies and a hooky ... See more

Fast forward to November 2014. The global economy is still under damage control. I had just graduated high school when Pitbull and Ne-Yo released “Time Of Our Lives”, the lead single from Mr. Worldwide’s eighth album, titled Globalization . Debuting on Billboard’s Hot 100, the duo describe scraping their last funds to party with the lyrics: “ This ... See more

It’s July 2007. Timbaland drops “The Way I Are” featuring Keri Hilson and D.O.E. Grammar ticks aside, the track tops charts worldwide with its catchy confession of connection under financial stress: “ If I have no money, no car, no card to buy you flowers – will you still like me, just the way I are? ” An eerie foreshadowing of the Great Recession ... See more

plato says “death should be viewed as the achievement of life.”

Oh! Of course! Impermanence! I always forget. The Buddhist writer Jack Kornfield wrote of his teacher holding up a teacup, saying: “To me this cup is already broken. Because I know its fate, I can enjoy it fully here and now. And when it’s gone, it’s gone.” The cup is already broken. The phone and wallet are already lost. We have everything we need... See more

We've gone from soy to oat to almond to pistachio, and now we're back to just regular milk.The big picture: "By the end of the 20th century, it seemed like cow's milk was over," The New York Times' Julia Moskin writes.But in 2024, America's consumption of whole milk jumped 3.2%, while consumption of plant-based milk dropped 5.9%, The Times reports,... See more

In recent years, many travelers have deliberately slowed down during their trips, tossing out the crammed itineraries to fully immerse themselves in one destination. It’s a practice that some travel experts call slow travel.

“Many tourists arrive at the same place, take dozens of photos with their mobile phone and continue running to another point o... See more

The key takeaway isn’t just ‘tell a story with your data’—it’s that when the full story is told, the data disappears. You don’t see individual bricks; you see a house.

The same applies to strategy. We’re often asked to include stats or data as proof, but strategy is built from many interconnected pieces of information. Isolating a single brick doesn... See more

“I’m not so full of hubris that I think that it’s a given that everything I have now is going to last forever,” she says. “People on the internet, they think they’re God, like they’re never going to die. And I think that I could die.”