
16 2022 September
New Global Study Reveals the Emojis That Make You More (Or Less) Attractive
Forget the best and worst pickup lines, now thanks to Adobe all single people have some data on the emojis to use (and which ones to avoid) when trying to appear more attractive.
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15 2022 September
Why Are We So Unprepared For Predictable Things?
In a world where we spend a lot of time worry about disruptions that we can't see coming, this whole week should be a reminder that there are some disruptions we clearly know are coming. So when they do happen, being unprepared is no one's fault but your own.
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13 2022 September
Monopoly Makes Kids Angry, For Their Own Good
I really wish I was in the room when they presented the insight behind this campaign to Hasbro. It's bold, clever and deep in a way you don't expect marketing to be.
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08 2022 September
What If We Could Repurpose All Parking Lots?
Parking lots are an eyesore and steal livable space in many cities, yet they have always been treated as a necessary urban evil. But what about in ten years? Or twenty?
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06 2022 September
“Prebunking” Could Fix Our Misinformation Problem
If debunking is proving something wrong after it has already been released, "prebunking" is the idea that you could prevent lies from being believed if you could warn people about the deception before it happens.
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01 2022 September
Why Microsoft’s Clippy Is Now a Pop Culture Icon
Clippy's newfound popularity seems to reflect a hunger for the good old times when assistants might be annoying, but were also easily switched off and lived without. Unlike the ubiquitous voice assistants of today.
Read Now30 2022 August
One Simple Way To Solve the College Loan Debt Crisis
What if student loans had zero percent interest? This is the one solution that could actually solve the student loan debt crisis without creating ensuing resentment and backlash among those who don't benefit from it because they either chose not to borrow for college or already paid back their loans.
Read Now25 2022 August
Should We Bring Extinct Animals Back To Life?
Humanity may be close to having the power to bring back extinct species. They are calling it “de-extinction” and the company behind the effort, Colossal Biosciences, is...
Read Now23 2022 August
Back To School Images of the Past Show Us How Far We Have Come
Sometimes a deep dive into history is just what we need to appreciate how far we've come.
Read Now16 2022 August
Real Journalism Is Dying … and It Might Be Your Fault
Gannett, the nation’s largest newspaper chain and owner of more than 250 regional newspapers announced “dismal” earnings for the past quarter and announced another round of...
Read Now13 2022 August
A Scientist’s Joke Goes Horribly Wrong When People Take Him Seriously
Just because a piece of information comes from a "credible" source, we don't live in a world where any media source should be trusted blindly--no matter how credible they seem.
Read Now11 2022 August
Why I Will Never Buy a Macbook
I am a writer, so my keyboard is pretty important to me. It's the reason why my computer of choice for the past two decades has consistently been a Lenovo Thinkpad. They have the best keyboards.
Read Now04 2022 August
Frederick Douglass and How Photos Will Shape Our Idea History In the Future
“Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized...
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