The Sum of Human Knowledge Would Fit into Your Local Walmart

When we compare the sum of human knowledge today with what it was just 100 years ago, we are sometimes tempted to think ourselves advanced. Collectively, ...

Stats on Our Highly Distracted Age

We’re living in an extraordinarily distracted age. It’s impacting society, and chances are it's impacting you. Did you know …?

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Salon Owner Offers Video Consultations to Prevent DIY Hair Disasters

As the lockdown from Covid-19 began to become reality, Deanna Everson peered into the future, and what she saw scared her. As the owner of Portland’s ...

We All Have Questions

Before there was the Internet and Google, the only way to find answers to a pressing question was to visit the local library and ask the all-knowing librarian. ...

The Worst Passwords in the World

Today, everything from email to your life's savings is likely sitting behind a digital password. But in spite of the gravity of unauthorized access, ...

Kansas Officer Fired After McDonald's Coffee Hoax

An officer at the center of a false account has been relieved of duty, according to Herington Police Chief Brian Hornaday. The officer had previously ...

Facebook Rumor Stokes Fear of White Vans

Rumors spread through social media have become so ubiquitous, that even city officials have propagated them--despite a lack of actual corroborating evidence. ...

Big Tech’s Crisis of Conscience

The Esalen Institute is a retreat center founded in 1962 and is a three-hour drive south of San Francisco. In the 1960’s this is where Aldous Huxley ...

Pornography Can Wall You from True Intimacy

In a series of online messages, Brooklyn Nine-Nine actor Terry Crews opened up about his addiction to pornography, which he says "really, really ...

The Average American Baby Watches Nearly 3 Hours of TV Daily

Children are spending more time than ever in front of a screen, and it doesn't necessarily bode well for their futures. In 1997, babies and toddlers ...