I started exploring this subject with the following short essay… Parasocial Relationships I heard someone mention this word recently, and I thought it was interesting. “Para,” in this context, means […]
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Loneliness Capitalism
I just ran across a video on YouTube titled Loneliness Capitalism. That’s awesome. What an interesting idea. And no, I don’t mean loneliness is awesome, or that loneliness capitalism is […]
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Entropy and the Cost of Holding Things Together
Entropy is a word that sounds scientific enough to be safely ignored by most. A physics term, yes. A classroom idea, maybe. Something about heat death and disorder that has […]
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Novelty. What?
I never used to think much about the word novelty. It generally lived in the same mental drawer as snow globes and joke ties. You know… A novelty mug. A […]
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Welcome to the Real World
Authenticity. I’m driving around town right now, running errands, listening to a podcast on a YouTube channel called Re-Tribalize. The guy has an interesting foundational concept, even if the execution […]
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What Is Our Schelling Point
A Schelling Point is: a solution people naturally gravitate toward when they need to coordinate—without communicating—because it feels obvious, natural, or culturally salient. The world is coming apart all around […]
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Deracinated; Are You Feeling Uprooted Too?
There’s this word: deracinated. What a glorious word. It sounds so fancy. Ooo la la. It actually comes from the French word “déraciner” meaning to uproot, root out, or extirpate. It literally refers […]
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What are You Signaling; and Why?
Signal. Signal. Signal. We Are All Signaling Now. The word signaling keeps showing up. And if you haven’t run across it yet, surely you will soon. You find it in […]
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The Current Zeitgeist
Zeitgeist is a word that means: the defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history as shown by the ideas, beliefs, and practices of the time. It has […]
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I Need a Fix, Man!
Seriously. Haven’t we had enough? Have you ever turned off your Wi-Fi and your cell phone for an entire hour? Maybe more. It’s blissful. It’s freeing. Like walking out of […]