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Elon Musk said SSRIs zombify people. I took them for 18 months and I know what he means
Just Elon Musk, posting four words to his 240 million followers: "SSRIs are a huge problem.
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What 15 years of Bitcoin crises taught us about decentralized money
Today, those same coins would be worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
Psychology
People who find financial stability later in life often develop a relationship with…
Not the thrill of finally being able to say yes to things you once had to refuse.
Psychology
If your retired parent seems fine but has quietly stopped making plans, stopped caring…
A friend of mine brought something up over coffee a few weeks ago that I couldn't stop thinking about.
Psychology
One bad interaction can undo years of brand building. Here’s the fix
Somewhere in a Starbucks in Hell's Kitchen, New York, a barista once wrote a slur on a customer's cup instead of her name.
Psychology
The 2016 Marketing Hall of Femme: celebrating women who lead differently
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Psychology
The data your dating app shares without telling you could put vulnerable users in real…
In 2018, Scruff made a decision that seemed, on the surface, like a straightforward business call.
Psychology
A high-functioning adult who manages everything and quietly falls apart may have grown…
The tears come quietly, almost apologetically, as if even your breakdown needs to be considerate of others.
News
How CRON#TRAP malware turned trusted tech into a weapon
You click it, nothing obvious happens, and you move on with your day.
Psychology
The tool trap: why better podcast technology keeps producing smaller audiences
A few years ago, getting a podcast off the ground required real investment.
Psychology
The truth about ‘cheap’ expat life in Mexico—what TikTok doesn’t tell you
A few years ago, a particular fantasy went mainstream.
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Most brands enter new markets. Few bother to understand them.
The internet looks different depending on where you open it.
News
Why every British scandal ends the same way: a civil servant leaves quietly, a minister…
Sir Olly Robbins has left his post for not telling the Prime Minister that Lord Mandelson failed security vetting.
Analysis
A $1.1 million 3D printer, a weeping mayor, and the FBI: Cairo’s ceremony economy
The 3D printer arrived in Cairo, Illinois on a flatbed truck, and a crowd gathered to watch it unload.
Digital
Why incumbents quietly won enterprise AI while everyone watched the foundation models
For three years, the assumption inside most boardrooms was that whoever had the smartest base model would win enterprise AI.
Culture
The Ticketmaster verdict is a legal victory. For fans, it arrived as grief, not…
The morning a federal court confirmed what she already knew, Sarah Chen felt nothing like victory.