Let’s Talk About Biden, Trump and … Taylor Swift
Do any of them deserve to be Time’s person of the year?
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/27/opinion/biden-trump-taylor-swift.html?smid=em-share
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****** NYTimes: Powerful Forces Are Fracking Our Attention. We Can Fight Back.
Powerful Forces Are Fracking Our Attention. We Can Fight Back. www.nytimes.com/2023/11/24/opinion/attention-economy-education.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
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**** Friends of Attention | Friends of Attention
****** Why America Abandoned the Greatest Economy in History
Was the country’s turn toward free-market fundamentalism driven by race, class, or something else? Yes. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/11/new-deal-us-economy-american-dream/676051/?utm_source=email&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=social
** NYTimes.com: Americans Under 30 Don’t Trust Religion — or Anything Else
Americans Under 30 Don’t Trust Religion — or Anything Else
Why the shift away from organized faith seems a little different for young adults.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/25/opinion/religion-nones-gen-z.html?smid=em-share
******* NYTimes.com: A Powerful Tool for Fighting Corruption Is Going Extinct rj
A Powerful Tool for Fighting Corruption Is Going Extinct
Local newspapers are failing. That’s a threat to democracy.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/26/opinion/local-newspapers-democracy-journalism.html?smid=em-share
The State of Local News 2023
Vanishing Newspapers, Digital Divides, and Reaching Underserved Communities
https://localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/projects/state-of-local-news/2023/
What Works in Community News: Media Startups, News Deserts, and the Future of the Fourth Estate Kindle Edition
Cancel Amazon Prime
The subscription service is Amazon’s greatest—and most terrifying—invention. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/06/amazon-prime-day-dystopian/619265/?utm_source=native-share&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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‘Success Addicts’ Choose Being Special Over Being Happy
The pursuit of achievement distracts from the deeply ordinary activities and relationships that make life meaningful.
www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/07/why-success-wont-make-you-happy/614731/?utm_source=native-share&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share
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****** The Secretive Industry Devouring the U.S. Economy – The Atlantic
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/10/private-equity-publicly-traded-companies/675788/
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[The Washington Post] The viral $16 McDonald’s meal that may explain voter anger at Biden
The viral $16 McDonald’s meal that may explain voter anger at Biden
www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/11/24/bigmac-price-tiktok-biden-economy-inflation/
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