Welcome to Friday,
We have moved into my favorite time of year: chilly weather requiring a jacket, leaves turning amber, grey skies, and shorter days. It’s autumn, and that fact is fully reflected in this month’s reading. Here are five things I thought worth sharing this week.
Charlie Warzel sums up what the antitrust lawsuits against Amazon and Google tell us about the condition of the Internet.
A charming read about a sheep farmer and what to do when opportunity falls out of the sky.
Americans tend to frame solitude as a negative thing – a lack of friendships or interest or any number of things. There has been no shortage of coverage of what many insist on calling a “loneliness epidemic.” However, as this small study (among others) showed, how we think about solitude greatly impacts our experience of it. If we look at quiet time alone as a positive thing, our experience tends to be positive. However, having negative perceptions of solitude influences our experience of it to be negative. As the authors write, “our findings suggest that people experiencing loneliness experience solitude more positively when they reframe solitude as a beneficial experience that promotes their health and well-being.”
Breaking down the numbers on what makes horror films a safe bet for Hollywood.
Max Weber on Journalists: “And it is truly no small task to crank out quick and convincing responses to any and every problem or issue in the world, whatever “the market” demands, falling into neither total superficiality nor undignified self-exposure with all its inexorable consequences.”
Currently reading: The Sketch-book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. by Washington Irving
Have a creative weekend.
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