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Being Busy Is Eliminating the Joys of Shared Free Time - The Atlantic

theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/11/why-dont-i-see-you-anymore/598336/
Our unpredictable and overburdened schedules are taking a dire toll on American society.

Cash/Consent | Issue 35 | n+1

nplusonemag.com/issue-35/essays/cashconsent/

Why Are Rich People So Mean? | WIRED

wired.com/story/why-are-rich-people-so-mean/

Facing the Great Reckoning Head-On - danah boyd - Medium

medium.com/@zephoria/facing-the-great-reckoning-head-on-8fe434e10630

3 tribes of programming

josephg.com/blog/3-tribes/

The Real Dark Web

sonniesedge.net/posts/real-dark-web/

The best tourist secret attraction is the grocery store.

nymag.com/urbanist/article/the-best-tourist-secret-attraction-is-the-grocery-store.html

The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet – OneZero

onezero.medium.com/the-dark-forest-theory-of-the-internet-7dc3e68a7cb1
In his sci-fi trilogy The Three Body Problem, author Liu Cixin presents the dark forest theory of the universe. When we look out into space, the theory goes, we’re struck by its silence. It seems…

[1904.09954] Why Software Projects need Heroes (Lessons Learned from 1100+ Projects)

arxiv.org/abs/1904.09954

Adactio: Journal—Split

adactio.com/journal/15050
Materials and tools; client and server; declarative and imperative; inclusion and privilege.

Human Contact Is Now a Luxury Good - The New York Times

nytimes.com/2019/03/23/sunday-review/human-contact-luxury-screens.html

Death of the calorie | 1843

1843magazine.com/features/death-of-the-calorie
For more than a century we’ve counted on calories to tell us what will make us fat. Peter Wilson says it’s time to bury the world’s most misleading measure

The Teens Who Listen to ‘Mallwave’ Are Nostalgic for an Experience They’ve Never Had - MEL Magazine

melmagazine.com/en-us/story/the-teens-who-listen-to-mallwave-are-nostalgic-for-an-experience-theyve-never-had

‘When my world fell apart my friends became my family’ | Life and style | The Guardian

theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/jan/13/ella-risbridger-john-underwood-friendship-life-new-family
The death of her partner at the age of 25 was a devastating loss for Ella Risbridger. But she was never alone. For one thing, her mates would never have allowed that…

What White, Western Audiences Don't Understand About Marie Kondo's 'Tidying Up' | HuffPost

huffingtonpost.com/entry/marie-kondo-white-western-audineces_us_5c47859be4b025aa26bde77c

Why Are Young People Pretending to Love Work? - The New York Times

nytimes.com/2019/01/26/business/against-hustle-culture-rise-and-grind-tgim.html
I saw the greatest minds of my generation log 18-hour days — and then boast about #hustle on Instagram. When did performative workaholism become a lifestyle?

How the Appetite for Emojis Complicates the Effort to Standardize the World’s Alphabets - The New York Times

nytimes.com/2017/10/18/magazine/how-the-appetite-for-emojis-complicates-the-effort-to-standardize-the-worlds-alphabets.html

Gin’s Journey in Britain, From ‘Mother’s Ruin’ to a Hipster Drink - The New York Times

nytimes.com/2019/01/13/business/gin-industry-drinks-britain.html

I’m a Grocery Store Tourist - The Billfold

thebillfold.com/2018/05/im-a-grocery-store-tourist/

Design Ethics and the Limits of the Ethical Designer | Viget

viget.com/articles/design-ethics-and-the-limits-of-the-ethical-designer/