Stories about the intersection of the internet and culture.
The Internet
As humans, we're naturally social creatures. We all fall somewhere along the spectrum of sociability. Some crave it but few completely despise it. When you're born your immediate family forms your first social group. As you get older it expands to your wider family, classmates, and
The Internet
This week the situation in Venezuela took a new turn. The country's assembly leader, Juan Guaidó, announced himself as interim president and declared the rule of the current president, Nicholas Maduro, illegitimate. Soon the US and other countries followed in supporting his claim and calling for new elections
The Internet
The #10YearChallenge might be the first non-negative (I hesitate to say positive just yet) thing to happen on Facebook in a long time. It's interesting to reflect on yourself ten years ago and see how much has changed and how much has stayed the same. This article on
Culture
One of the keys to mastery laid out in Robert Green's book is widening your environment. This can be accomplished by reading books and being exposed to new ideas and viewpoints. > "With your mind expanding, you will redefine the limits of your apparent world." This
The Internet
There's a forum that I've been a member of for several years and recently there's been a big discussion of the tendency to toxic arguments and discussions on the site. Debates can get heated but it's pretty common for it to devolve