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Single-use plastic bags are the worst environmental choice at the supermarket. Wrong: they’re the best choice. These high-density polyethylene bags are a marvel of economic, engineering, and environmental efficiency: cheap and convenient, waterproof, strong enough to hold groceries but so thin and light that they require scant energy, water, or oth... See more

I don’t think you can truly change for the better in a lasting, meaningful way unless it’s driven by self-acceptance. In essence, beating the sh** out of yourself to improve performance only works for so long.

Burnout isn't something that goes away on its own - the recovery is just as slow and painful as what caused the burnout in the first place.

But the college bundle has always more than the sum of its individual parts. In COVID era, colleges are forced to unbundle, so now college is competing with other unbundled alternatives.

“We believe that ideas only become great when they are challenged and tested.”

Most people do not feel they or their loved ones could die from the climate crisis this month, and so emergency mode is harder to activate and sustain. As Salamon pointed out to me, if we truly accepted we were in a climate emergency, then every day the news would lead with updates about which countries were reducing their emissions the fastest, an... See more