25 2024 April
Detroit Rides “Post Bankruptcy Energy” To Become America’s Most Unlikely Boomtown, According to WSJ
About ten years ago, no one would have said the city of Detroit would be sitting at the perfect crossroads of multiple urban trends. Around...
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18 2024 April
Meet Tupperware: The Slowly Fading Brand That Should Have Won the Nostalgia Trend
Tupperware parties were a thing; once so iconic that they symbolized an entire cultural movement of work-from-home (mostly) female entrepreneurs in a time when opportunities...
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15 2024 April
Augmented Reality Comes to Sports, Thanks to Wrestlemania
Last weekend The Rock made his return to wrestling and a “new era” for the sport was on display at WWE’s Wrestlemania 40 event. The...
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11 2024 April
Aruba Becomes First Nation to Use the Internet Archive to Back up Their Entire History
The Indigenous population of Aruba was first colonized by the Spanish, and then the Dutch – which has given the Caribbean island a diverse history....
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10 2024 April
The App That Recreates Social Media’s Dopamine Hits Without Actually Letting You Post Anything
One of the irresistible allures of social media has always been the dopamine hit from people engaging with the things that you post. Getting likes feels good....
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09 2024 April
AXA’s New Foresight Report Offers 100 Reasons to Love the Future
There are plenty of futurists who will offer you a list of all the ways the world can go wrong, and things could be worse....
Read Now08 2024 April
Harper Collins Identifies Eco-Friendly Fonts to Save Thousands of Trees and Reduce Paper Usage
Every few months there are new sustainability stories of the world’s largest brands trying to create less wasteful packaging. Coca-Cola announced a new lighter bottle design this...
Read Now03 2024 April
What The “Bridesmaid Burnout” Tells Us About the Future of Friendship
Back in early Fall of 2023, Glamour magazine launched a series of articles on the topic of “bridesmaid burnout.” Inspired by the spiraling demands of time, money...
Read Now22 2024 March
Facebook Brought Back the “Poke” Button … Here’s Why So Many People Started Using It Again
About a decade ago in a Facebook post, Mark Zuckerberg once wrote “we thought it would be fun to make a feature that has no...
Read Now21 2024 March
If Anyone Can Explain The “Weight Loss Revolution” … It Might Be Oprah
The “meta-narrative” of Oprah’s legendary media career has been her weight loss and body image. As a result, she may be the perfect ambassador to...
Read Now19 2024 March
This Bereavement Startup Shows the Hopeful Human Potential of AI
Dealing with the passing of a loved one is hard emotionally, but the paperwork and procedures involved can make it far worse. A startup called Empathy...
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The Rise of Antinatalism
There is a growing movement of people who believe that having children is unethical—which is known as antinatalism. A feature in Harper’s magazine this week explores what may...
Read Now16 2024 March
Inside the Big Announcement from Author’s Equity and How It Changes Book Publishing
Two of the best-selling non-fiction authors from the past decade have both indicated they will skip the traditional publishing deals and choose to go with new...
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