We’re Primed to Be Addicted to Social Media

Networks are the internet’s black holes, and trolls are its dark energy nor·mie /nôrmē/ noun noun: normie; plural noun: normies … More

The End of Authenticity

A tourist in search of something increasingly hard to find. Since being in Amsterdam, I’ve felt out of place, which must … More

And what will rise from its ashes. The presence of advertising in our daily lives is akin to that of water in the … More

Capitalism’s Takeover of the Final Good “What is the goal of economics?” My Principles of Microeconomics professor, a lithe figure with … More

A follow-up to “Sugar-Coating Facebook” In the wake of my post about Facebook a little over a month ago, I … More

Sixty years ago, in the midst of a national healthcare epidemic, health experts deemed fat, and specifically saturated fat, to … More