‘It’s An iPad, Not An usPad’: Douglas Rushkoff on Digital Isolation By Cheri Lucas Rowlands Highlight “There’s no Dropbox plan that will let us upload body and soul to the cloud. We are still here on the ground, with the same people and on the same planet we are being encouraged to leave behind.”
Let the Unexpected Expand the Landscape of the Possible By Michelle Weber Highlight “In general, I try to expect nothing and hope that everything is possible. I want the courage to need very little and demand a lot.”
How Covid-19 Could Reshape Urban Life By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Cities were vibrant, culturally rich places to live before the pandemic. We can only speculate about how cities will be after.
‘Hand to hand to hand’: How Coronavirus Spread Aboard the Diamond Princess By Krista Stevens Highlight “…the ship…provided the world’s best data set on the virus, confirming crucial facts about how the disease spread, especially through asymptomatic carriers.”
No Time Like the Present By Robert Burke Warren Feature You don’t know what day it is, do you? Robert Burke Warren digs into ‘the Oddball Effect’ and fascinating brain data that may help explain why.
‘Let’s Reset’: A Career Social Distancer Mends Some Fences By Sari Botton Feature Coronavirus inspires Sari Botton to reach out to family and friends she’s fallen out with.
Finding Signs of Hope in Surprise Sugar Maples By Susan Krawitz Feature In the midst of a pandemic, nature reminds Susan Krawitz that miracles are possible.
This Week In Books: A ‘Melancholia’ or ‘Take Shelter’ Situation By Dana Snitzky Reading List I will become power-mad and lock my boyfriend inside forever!
What Does a Post-Apocalyptic Gated Community Look Like? By Ben Huberman Highlight For wealthy Americans, a dystopian future includes underground golfing in South Dakota.
Why I’m Giving Myself Permission to Keep Writing at This Time By Sari Botton Highlight Our stories matter. And they are our legacies for future generations. (Plus: some free writing resources.)
Coronavirus Could End Trump’s Chance at Reelection, But Things Are Too Terrifying Right Now To Feel Hopeful By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight One Republican offers a ray of light during these dark times: That this pandemic will end the Trump presidency.
The Bat-Borne Virus That Threatens to Become the Next Pandemic By Cheri Lucas Rowlands Highlight Steven Bedard, a former field biologist, travels around Bangladesh with a team of public health investigators studying Nipah, a bat-borne virus with the potential to become the next pandemic.
