By Hua Hsu — 2020
There’s still money to be made, but it’s mostly not the creators who are getting rich.
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What if there was a way to neutralize the negative effects of digital distraction and increase happiness, health, and creativity in the process? In this piece, Brian Solis gives us a practical, playful, and incredibly powerful approach for doing just that
Musician and comedian Reggie Watts on juggling a variety of projects, making technology work for you rather than against you, surrounding yourself with the right people, and letting “fun” be your primary creative impulse.
Artist and writer Rindon Johnson on experiencing a shared virtual subconscious, accepting lots of disparate possibilities at the same time, and how to imagine a better future.
It is no doubt that NFTs (non-fungible tokens) are changing the way we view, buy and sell art, but are they also having a hand in the way that we define Disability? The medium has opened up doors for artists who have previously been marginalized and restricted from getting rich off their own art.
Thea-Mai Baumann had used the account for more than a decade but it suddenly vanished, taking all her work with it.
A few months and many deaths ago, I woke up exhausted, again. Every morning, I felt like I was rebuilding myself from the ground up. Waking up was hard. Getting to my desk to write was hard. Taking care of my body was hard. Remembering the point of it all was hard.
Some people harbor the illusion that rest is a luxury they do not have time for, but the reality is that rest is a necessity.
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When it comes to the use of social media—a relatively new phenomenon—striking a balance between productive versus addictive use comes easier for some people than others. As recently as 2011, only 35 percent of U.S. adults owned a smartphone, according to the Pew Research Center.
With kids spending more and more time on screens, parents worry that they are getting hooked
The bodies of lonely people are markedly different from the bodies of non-lonely people.