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How consistency beat purpose in the longest-running consumer study in marketing
A few years ago, a story started circulating in marketing circles that felt both urgent and flattering.
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Digital
Ivanti and the security industry’s oldest unsolved problem
When Ivanti disclosed a critical vulnerability in its Connect Secure platform in early 2025, the company had technically already fixed it.
Culture
6 lessons small businesses can learn from the success of Mini Brands
Within a few years, the hashtag #minibrands had accumulated over six billion views on TikTok.
Analysis
Nonprofits are winning on mobile traffic and losing on mobile revenue
Back in 2010, the idea of donating to a charity from a mobile phone felt like a genuine breakthrough.
The Noise
Why opt-out compliance is a values question, not a technical one
In 2006, a relatively unremarkable legal settlement landed quietly in the email marketing world.
News
The ad industry’s AI problem isn’t adoption—it’s accountability
A few years ago, the conversation around AI and advertising regulation felt almost hypothetical.
News
Rotator cuff tears appear in nearly all adults over 40 — and may be overtreated
The physician points to the image, the patient sees the damage, and a treatment pathway — often surgical — begins.
Analysis
If you feel anxious every Sunday evening, your mind is sending you a warning you…
Around 4 PM on Sunday, sometimes earlier, a familiar tightness settles into your chest.
Digital
The Gmail tab that marketers fear is actually where people go to buy
An archived version from 2013 is available for reference here.
News
Another round of cool rainy weather has hit Singapore, and residents are coping with…
Singapore is, by almost every measure, a city engineered against discomfort.
News
A small clinical trial found that DMT may help treat depression
SSRIs, SNRIs, and their pharmacological cousins have generated hundreds of billions of dollars in global revenue on the strength of that premise.
News
Scientists just created a QR code smaller than most bacteria — and it actually works
A person sees it, decides to engage with it, and bridges two worlds with a deliberate act.
News
Peter Thiel is building a tech neocolonial empire in Honduras, and Trump just helped…
The vehicle for Thiel's territorial ambitions in Honduras is a legal framework known as Zones for Employment and Economic Development, or ZEDEs.
News
The U.S. collected $175 billion in illegal tariffs. Getting that money back won’t…
The United States Supreme Court ruled on Friday that tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump under an economic emergency declaration were illegal.
Psychology
If you can’t stop thinking about a conversation from years ago, your brain is…
Maybe it was during a work meeting, maybe over coffee with a friend, maybe in the middle of an argument with a partner.
News
The Supreme Court ruled Trump’s sweeping tariffs illegal — he responded by…
On Friday, the Supreme Court of the United States delivered what should have been the most consequential check on presidential power in a generation.