People who become more sentimental with age don’t mellow—they’re finally able to feel things they once had to put aside so that all may pass.
“Sentimental” is rarely meant as a compliment. We reach out to describe…
Pride isn’t the reason older men struggle to make new friends—they’ve been raised to believe that friendships happen to you when you’re busy, something you never ask for.
I’ll admit something I’m not proud of. For a long time, I…
Meta Glasses announces partnership with EssilorLuxottica
Meta Essilor has announced its new artificial intelligence glasses developed in collaboration…
People who make friends with someone they no longer have anything in common with don’t agree—they’re protecting the last person who remembers who they used to be
Friendship on paper has no meaning anymore. You live in different countries.…
Reading fiction is one of the few activities shown to enhance the ability to model other minds, making it worth preserving, not just for enjoyment.
There is a category error in the way most people think about…
The reason grandparents spoil their grandchildren isn’t neglect—it’s a second chance to be a softer version of the parent they’re too tired or too afraid to be.
Why does the same person who handed out every cookie when you…
People who downsize late in life and keep the oddest little things aren’t irrational—each one a door to a room the rest of the house has already forgotten.
Think of life as a house with hundreds of rooms, most of…
Australia tightens social media ban
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says Australia will make its ban on social…
People who keep every birthday card they’ve ever received aren’t sentimental hoarders—for many, the cards prove that they were thoughtful times without asking.
There’s a neat bit of modern wisdom that says if you haven’t…
Writers whose work is now aggregated by AI search results and never guide the reader get a citation that doesn’t show up in analytics tools and aren’t considered influential in any system that doesn’t pay them.
There’s a standard way to describe what’s happening to writers in the…
