Is the app that ate email eating into a whole lot more—like privacy, productivity, and personal time?
Search results
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
Having the Wrong Conversations about Hate Activity
How a terrified mother tried — and failed — to be a walking-talking public service announcement.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
Having the Wrong Conversations about Hate Activity
How a terrified mother tried — and failed — to be a walking-talking public service announcement.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Nonfiction, Quotes
Why Should a Website Decide Where You’re From?
In Real Life Mag, information accessibility and data-use expert Zara Rahman explores the coercive power of the location drop-down menu.
Posted inEditor's Pick
America’s Great Divergence
A growing earnings gap between those with a college education and those without is creating economic and cultural rifts throughout the country.
Posted inBooks, Business & Tech, Nonfiction, Quotes
Rolling Down the Highway with the Sum Total of Human Knowledge
Google had a plan to scan every book in the world. 25 million books later, the project lost its way.
Posted inBooks, Editor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
Rules for Departure
While hitching a ride to a week-long bike tour, Rachel Z. Arndt considers the rituals of leaving — and making a clean break.
Posted inBooks, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
Rules for Departure
While hitching a ride to a week-long bike tour, Rachel Z. Arndt considers the rituals of leaving — and making a clean break.
Posted inArts & Culture, Blog Post
‘The Force Awakens’ Brought ‘Star Wars’ Fans Back Together. ‘The Last Jedi’ Tore Us Apart
In a divisive year, we hoped a new ‘Star Wars’ film would bring us together. It didn’t.
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Dream of Ara: Inside the Rise and Fall of the World’s Most Revolutionary Phone
After generating incredible buzz among designers and gadget geeks, Project Ara — Google’s groundbreaking modular smartphone — was suspended in 2016, concluding a three-year, bang-to-whimper arc.
