Scrubbed In, Checked Out

Scrubbed In, Checked Out

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America's Mental Health Crisis
The natural consequence of feeling psychologically unsafe
AI and the Rise of Confident Incompetence
Unlimited access to unvetted information and the lack of critical thinking is making us dumb.
Life on Autopilot
Why Does it Feel Like We're All Living in a Trance?
Peace, Love, and Shut-Down?
Cracking open the shell of Boomer mental health
Bro-Hacking Our Way to Oblivion
Toxic Masculinity, Bio-Arrogance, and the $1 Million Morning Smoothie
Sitting Ducks at the End of the World
There’s this strange, exhausting thing humans do.
The United States of Debt
Nothing spells freedom like 27.45% APR
Digital Minimalism
How to detach from an increasingly "connected" world
The Mirage of Benefits
Why your employer's "benefits" aren't really that great...
The Hollow Megaphone
Performative Activism: More Con Than Pro?
Smile Like You Mean It
Anhedonia, High-Functioning Depression, and the Great Performance
Ketamine
"Every good day starts with a bowl of Special K"
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