Some things work much better when combined. Bread, cheese and tomatoes are all pretty strong on their own, but put them together and you’ve got pizza. That’s next level. And …
Internet Culture
Taking hacked Instagram accounts at face value
ScienceFunn is an Instagram account that posts jokes about STEM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths). The account shares memes, puns, gifs, and all manner of geeky jokes. So, when …
Please self-improve responsibly
Have you gratitude journalled today? What about the frog – you ate the frog, right? And how’s your productivity; it better be at least 150% what it was last week. …
We need to start holding our own sides to account
Does it ever seem like the world is just getting worse? Maybe that’s a misconception – perhaps when you go on social media and are surrounded by anger, where people …
6 rules for having a good argument
I’ve talked before about why it’s important to be able to argue your case effectively. I didn’t get around to how, in my mind at least, you should go about …
Relax, you don’t HAVE to change, actually
Places like Medium are a recovering perfectionist’s worst nightmare. Here I am trying to train myself out of absolutes and all-or-nothing thinking, only to be told by headline after headline …
No one cares. And that’s good.
One interesting, not to mention ironic, thing about low self-esteem and anxiety is that it’s possible to think you’re more worthless than a fax machine in a penguin enclosure and …
How to have a good argument
The internet has many uses, but there is undeniably a group of people who go online as a way to find a disagreement, in the same way some people go …
Imagine if AI killed clickbait
There used to be (maybe still is) a Twitter account called Saved You A Click. It shares the links to clickbait articles and reveals the mundane answers to the extravagant …