The first is that authenticity turns out to be just another form of hyper-competitive status seeking, exacerbating many of the very problems it was designed to solve. Second, and even more worrisome, is that the legitimate fear of the negative effects of technological evolution has given way to a …

Hey everyone, today is Thanksgiving.

Instead of spreading messages of hate, or making yet another divisive post, or amplifying the commercial news, or forwarding along some meme or message you don’t really know much about, or stomping your feet, or trying to invent yet another reason to look down …

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Part of my childhood burned to the ground today, so I thought I should at least acknowledge it with a post.

The Continental Hobby Center in Lynchburg, Virginia, was a regular haunt …