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How To Recognize When Tech Is Leading Us Down a ‘Slippery Slope’

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Sometimes, though, a slippery slope is real. In the early days of the automobile, some critics feared cars would take over city streets — and that we’d get so addicted to car travel that we’d rebuild the whole country around cars. Those critics nailed it. That really did happen. The same thing goes with Facebook or other social media; some early critics predicted they’d poison social and civic life. Again: Nailed it.

Behold, I Have Returned from a Hike

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…Fear not. I have returned intact—with several dozen selfies and the unwarranted belief that if you didn’t walk around in the woods yesterday your life is worthless.

For I, your former associate and now idol, went for a hike. Gaze upon my photos and weep.

Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics

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Helga Stentzel | Household Surrealism

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Nick Cave responding to a question about whether he's had covid vaccine, and if it hurts “the soul”

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