America has a real love-hate relationship with the car.
And, as an excellent article in The Guardian explains, the hate part seems to be increasing as our dependence on automobiles is “making many Americans actively unhappy”.
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The World Needs More Creative Thinking
Ok Go dropped a new music video a few weeks ago, performing the first single from their new album in 64 videos on 64 iPhones.
The House Always Wins
The Super Bowl is about the closest thing we have to a national religious holiday in the US.
Except the game itself has become a rather minor part of the celebration.
Car Shopping Update
The auto show is back in town.
Which reminded me of a post I wrote last April about how I was starting to shop for a new car (for the first time in eight years). I promised that a followup entry on the topic would be coming soon.
Technology Doesn’t Cause Brain Rot
When it comes to research that fails to establish a causal effect (as in the previous post), nothing beats the flood of headline-making studies claiming that technology is messing with human brains.