Column: Don't confuse internet communities with real connection
Coffee shops, parks, libraries, museums and community centers — what do these places all have in common? They’re not your house or your workplace. They’re “third places.”
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Coffee shops, parks, libraries, museums and community centers — what do these places all have in common? They’re not your house or your workplace. They’re “third places.”
On Nov. 2, the Beatles released a new song, six decades after their first album debuted. “Now and Then,” an originally unfinished demo recorded by John Lennon in the late 1970s, became a full-fledged track in the Beatles’ discography thanks to machine learning. That’s right — artificial intelligence just became the fifth member of the Beatles.
Recently, when I go to bed, I wonder if I should be journaling. When I wake up, I feel like I should be stretching. When I walk around campus, I think about how my heavy backpack and poor posture are contributing to the deterioration of my health. When I’m with my friends, I wonder if I’m being present enough. When I’m using my phone at night, I wonder if I need blue light glasses. When I read a corny romance novel, I’m stressed that I’m not reading a self-help book that will “change my life.”
Everything just works out for me. Good things just come my way. The universe is on my side. I get everything I want through my positive attitude and intentional affirmations. I have Lucky Girl Syndrome.
In my wealthy suburban hometown, dads are getting high on the golf course on Sunday afternoons, and the cannabis industry is catching on. High-end dispensaries are popping up all over the country, but do we really need this kind of industry gentrification when there are thousands of marginalized individuals incarcerated for simple possession?
Clarence Thomas has a brilliant legal mind. But I hate the role he plays on the Supreme Court.
My dad and I debate about politics as the news plays on the TV in the background. He says young people are brainwashed by social media. I say older people aren’t any better.