There’s a lot to be said about being able to feel that something is done.  Finished.  Over.  Last call.  Go home.  In Oliver Burkeman’s newsletter “The Imperfectionist,” he recently touted the importance o...

I haven’t been on an airplane in a long time.  I can only imagine how hellish it’s become; a microcosm of how well we’re generally faring being around one another.That we spend so much time in virtual landscapes obviously means we s...

The activity of the internet has been described as a “race to the bottom of the brain stem.”   Much of what we encounter online appeals to our most primal impulses.  Cause if you can access that shit, you can sell yours.<...

Last episode, I focused on online dating to consider how we’re becoming increasingly accustomed to a version of presence that is so half-assed it might as well be absence.  I’m enjoying being off the apps, by the way. A feature...

Dating apps are built on a business model that ushers users through a revolving door of disgust and desire.  Hopeful romantics ping reliably between two poles: “That’s it, I quit” and “Oh god, the crushing loneliness.”  Users a...