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23 2026 July
The Non-Obvious Future Word of the Week: Fauxstalgia & The Lost Goal of Pelé
Fauxstalgia – The ache for a memory that was AI-generated and never actually lived through. The most legendary soccer player in history once shared that the best...
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The Biggest Business in America Is Growing by Betting on Your Stupidity
Gambling is officially mainstream in America, as evidenced not only by how many ads there were for gambling platforms during the Super Bowl but just...
Read Now23 2026 February
Why Boycotting the State of the Union Address Is a Bad Idea
Every year in America the State of the Union is a speech given by the President to offer a summary of how the year has...
Read Now19 2026 February
What If You Could Sue Someone for a Lack of Ethics?
Mark Zuckerberg is now standing trial for Meta’s role in making social media addictive and actively choosing to harm teenagers, or at the very least ignoring the...
Read Now18 2026 February
These Professors Just Proved the Power of Having a Visual Metaphor for Your Strategy
Strategy comes to life when you can make it visual. That’s probably not news for most of you, but an article from HBR this week dug a...
Read Now17 2026 February
The Non-Obvious Book of the Week: The Genius Myth by Helen Lewis
There is a difference between celebrating someone as a genius and giving them credit for their genius moments. That’s the premise of this book from...
Read Now16 2026 February
Saving Science in the Age of the Modern Believability Crisis
Among scientists and believers of science alike, there’s a frustration with all the voices out there who question science. From conspiracy theorists to pseudoscientists, anyone...
Read Now12 2026 February
The Best and Worst of Super Bowl Advertising
Earlier this week I published my usual annual recap of the best and worst ads from the Super Bowl. In the days after I wrote that piece,...
Read Now11 2026 February
Friction and the Power of Tokyo’s Popular New Cassette Cafe
After ordering your coffee at a Shibuya district cafe in the middle of Tokyo, you can browse a collection of cassette tapes to pick the...
Read Now10 2026 February
The Non-Obvious Book of the Week: Enshittification by Cory Doctorow
Every tech platform that we use frequently today has gone through the same progression. They start off user focused and great. We love them because...
Read Now09 2026 February
How the Joy Factor and “Kidults” Are Saving the Toy Industry
The toy industry had a “bounce back year” according to Circana industry reports, with global sales climbing 7%. This follows three straight years of decline and...
Read Now06 2026 February
Amazon Was Always Going to Shut Down All Their Go & Fresh Stores
Amazon announced last Tuesday that they are closing the majority of their physical grocery and retail stores and will be laying off 16,000 people. In past...
Read Now05 2026 February
How To Get Excited About the 2026 Winter Olympics
Anyone who knows me already knows that I’m a big fan of the Olympics. There’s nothing else in our modern world that aims higher to...
Read Now04 2026 February
Ending Dual Citizenship Would Be a Disaster
There is legislation under consideration by the U.S. administration right now to end the opportunity for dual citizenship in America. Citizens who hold multiple passports would...
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