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Why we should never stop learning
Rethinking the value of education and the case for lifelong learning.
Nov 12
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What we lose when everything is mapped. Plus ten things to do offline.
We don't get lost anymore.
Nov 5
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Jenna Park
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America is one big subscription service
We used to own things, but now we subscribe to them instead.
Oct 22
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Jenna Park
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What happens when our most nostalgic season vanishes?
What happens when our most nostalgic season vanishes?
Oct 15
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Jenna Park
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3 a.m. is a special kind of hell
The witching hour of insomnia. But what if disrupted sleep was actually biologically natural?
Oct 8
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Jenna Park
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An epidemic of indifference
On hyper-individualism and the collapse of the social contract. How do we start caring again?
Sep 10
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Jenna Park
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We need to believe them
The symphony of cicadas, the silencing of women, and the muse of Manhattan.
Sep 3
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Jenna Park
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Beyond the infinite scroll is more loneliness
Disconnection is the paradox of social media. I miss hanging out with friends.
Aug 20
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Jenna Park
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What Nabokov’s butterflies can teach us about science and art
Butterflies, biomaterial experiments, and why the Liberal Arts matter again.
Aug 6
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Jenna Park
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Everybody wants daughters now, but is it progress?
Girl dads, girl bias, and capitalist feminism.
Jun 25
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Jenna Park
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On being more human through our screens
What makes a newsletter worth reading?
Jun 18
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Jenna Park
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Critical thinking might be the only thing that matters in an automated world
Why are we gutting institutions still capable of teaching something AI can’t replicate?
Jun 4
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Jenna Park
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