Somewhere between scanning QR codes and letting algorithms pick our personalities, something else quietly shifted. Our relationships started to feel lighter. Faster. More replaceable. Enter the overlap I can’t stop thinking about the “5-Year Stranger Theory” (which I write about yesterday) meets the digital leash. Because yes, relationships […]
We love choices. We say we want options. More flavors, more shows, more ways to customize our coffee and our lives until everything feels uniquely ours. And yet something feels off. Because the choices don’t feel as expansive as they used to. They feel curated. Narrowed. Pre-decided in […]
Yesterday, I complained (eloquently, I think) about needing an app to breathe in public. But let’s go deeper because it’s not just that we’re tethered to our phones. It’s that the phone is quietly making decisions for us. What we buy. What we watch. What we read. Even […]
There was a time—not ancient history, just pre-everything-needs-a-passwordwhen you could simply exist in public without downloading something first. I remember writing about this years ago after watching a Sesame Street skit that cheerfully predicted a world of apps for everything. It felt cute. Playful. Slightly absurd. Well. Joke’s […]
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