Society

What mice may be able to tell us about the incel movement, MRA’s, and the hikikomori movement. — Shortly after my meltdown, I was talking to Jessica Wildfire about a bunch of stuff this week. She’s an incredible person and you should check out her writing if you haven’t. One of the things we talked about was behavioral sinks. The more we talked about cities and social media…

I used to think hookups were the way to go — quick, easy, and no strings attached. I didn’t have to commit to anything serious, and I could satisfy my physical desires without any emotional baggage. These were the words of someone I know who was hooked on the hookup…

Changing the economics of how the Internet operates doesn’t solve the world’s banking woes, but it does help us build a more resilient economy and country. The days of the free Internet are over. That economic model left the station several decades ago and is speeding straight into the side…

I dare you to test whether your culture is less cultish than the Heaven’s Gate cult — Here’s a challenge we can all take on: as bizarre as cults like the Branch Davidians, Jonestown, and Heaven’s Gate are, try to show that your primary beliefs and practices aren’t just as cultish. I expect you think that passing that test would be easy. …

What an incredible woman! Tina Turner was never a victim I take my hat off to Tina Turner. I bow in great humility to someone who was truly human. She epitomized what it was to live with pain, PTSD, and one health crises after another throughout her life, and never breathe a word about her loss…

The Jungle Book is often cited as THE description of a world where anything goes; where self-interest rules. “NOW this is the law of the jungle, as old and as true as the sky, And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it…

And why changing your mind can be a good thing — Each year I begin my poetry lesson by showing my class a poem called Please Don’t Take My Air Jordans by Reg. E. Gaines. Lemon Anderson brings the poem to life with a charisma to which many of my students can relate. The poem is about a kid that is…

Like the Titanic, the planet is sinking. Meanwhile, who are we in this real-life movie? — It’s a well-known scene from the Titanic. No! I’m not talking about poor Jack, who might have fit in the floating door with Rose, nor about the historical incongruity of having supposedly authentic Picasso paintings on the ship. (Seriously, how did we let this one pass?) I am talking about…