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“To make living itself an art, that is the goal.”

– Henry Miller

Having all notifications in one place sounds scary: People are already struggling to stay on top of their inbox today and risk missing important messages.

We tend to think of what we see cascading across the network — the substance, the specific claims — as the problem. Much of it is old phenomena manifesting in new ways: rumors, harassment mobs, disinformation, propaganda. But it carries new consequences, in large part because of the size and speed of networks across which it moves. In the 1910s, a

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As the natural experiment of the pandemic demonstrated, physical interaction is important. Text is a highly attenuated medium — it’s slow and cumbersome, and an ocean of nuance and tone and emotion is lost. Even video chat is a highly incomplete substitute for physical interaction. A phone doesn’t allow you to experience the nearby physical presen

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Why Micro-Payments for Journalism Don’t Work (Crypto or Otherwise)…

You aren’t vulnerable to discrimination.