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The Philosopher from the 1800s Who Talked About Social Media
Long before Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, there lived a man in 19th-century Denmark who foreshadowed them all. His name was Søren Kierkegaard. We recognize him as a philosopher and a pugilistic...
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New Parties for the Age of Social Media
Who actually flies to Vegas for a bachelor party? I’m not being mean or judgmental here. I really want to know. Who has that kind of money to spend on a friend? I mean, if you’re living in LA and...
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What Happens When You Finally Quit Social Media
An anonymous confession. A recent study reported by The New York Times suggests that people are people with or without Facebook. People without Facebook have mood swings; people with Facebook have mood...
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Social Media and Our Identities
About two years ago, my then 14-year-old daughter shuffled into our living room and sat down on the other end of the white couch where I was stationed. I was scrolling through Twitter to see what was...
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I Deleted My Social Media and Didn’t Tell Anyone (Except You)
I deleted all of my social media accounts a month ago and I didn’t tell anyone. Well, two qualifications. First, I deleted LinkedIn (honestly, I don’t remember ever signing up for LinkedIn) and...
View ArticleBinge/Cringe
This one comes to us from Nathan Hoff. Why do I keep eating ice cream? Why do I keep looking at porn? Why do I keep drinking booze? Why do I work like there’s no tomorrow? Why do I binge-watch Netflix?...
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Alone Together In One Body and Spirit
Social distancing has reorganized our public life by sequestering us within the familiar spheres we tell ourselves we are comfortable with. But when self-quarantining excludes the normal distractions...
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September 25 – October 1
1. The broad theme for this week’s review is this: many people have discovered a bunch of things that just aren’t working. Take, for example, the research recently published that says our digital...
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October 23-29
1. Leading off this week with some gems from the psychotherapist Sheldon Kopp. Oliver Burkeman riffs on one of Kopp’s aphorisms for his latest newsletter: “You are free to do whatever you want. You...
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November 11-18
This weekender long read comes from the desk of Mockingbird’s social media guy, Bryan J., who reflects on the state of social media and the slew of recent articles responding to the purchase of Twitter...
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