From the outside, an IT department appears to be a group of people who keep the internet from collapsing. But listen to their job titles, and you’d be forgiven for thinking you’ve stumbled into a Renaissance Fair crossed with a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We have outsourced our thinking to machines, and in doing so, we have apparently also outsourced our attention spans. The modern workflow for a shocking number of people is as follows: 1. Pose query to AI. 2. Highlight the text.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
College—the hallowed institution where you’ll spend four years mastering the art of discussing postmodernism in coffee shops but graduate without the slightest clue how to unclog a drain. Universities are fantastic at teaching niche skills, like identifying 18th-century French literature[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The modern workplace is less humans collaborating and more humans frantically appeasing their robot overlords. AI has slithered into every corner of office life, from the chatty Slack bot that suggests synergistic paradigm shifts (read: nonsense) to the HR algorithm[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
You know that moment when you casually mention one time that you’re thinking about buying a kayak, and suddenly every ad on the internet is like, “Heard you want a kayak!!!”—despite the fact that you have never, in your entire[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
We all love to proudly declare we’re thinking outside the box – usually while sitting in the same office chair, drinking from the same coffee mug, and suggesting the same three ideas we always do. The truth is, we’re not[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Horoscopes are just astrology’s way of gaslighting you into thinking that the month you were born in determines the rest of your life. “Mercury is in retrograde!” Cool. So is my motivation, but you don’t see me blaming planets for[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Have you fallen down the digital filter rabbit hole, where a few taps can transform us from sleep-deprived mortals into ethereal beings with flawless skin, anime eyes, and cheekbones sharp enough to slice cheese. Sure, it’s fun at first—until you[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There’s something dangerously comforting about having a backup plan. That second kidney? A spare tire in the trunk? The emergency $20 bill you keep in your phone case? They all whisper the same seductive lie: “Go ahead, live dangerously—I’ve got[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There’s something uniquely humiliating about being yelled at by a pre-programmed fitness instructor who can’t even sweat. I’ve been using these virtual training apps long enough to realize they’re not actually designed to help me – they exist to gaslight[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…