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a thoughtful corner of the internet dedicated to slow contemplation
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if we still celebrate shakespeare, we can still celebrate what we wrote last year
the archive is alive (and so are the ideas inside)
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there’s no ONE way to be a feminist, queer, or a mother (or anything else)
when empowerment turns to judgement: from identity to imprisonment
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tap now, think later: life without friction
The Autopilot Economy: How the online world amplifies our impulses and erases the pause between thought and action.
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always optimizing, never arriving
We track. We optimize. We obsess. And it’s never enough.
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