Who remembers books? Just kidding! But also… not really.That mystical dimension before everything started finding us and we actually had to go looking for things. On the daily, I say something either out loud or just to me, within earshot of my phone, iPad, or laptop, and here goes my tech, serving up ads, articles, and videos of that thing to me all day long. I know the first few times that happened years ago, I probably thought it was luck. Nowadays we all know our devices are intentionally listening to us. Annoyingly so. Intrusively, even. And not to help us but to sell to us. And by ‘sell,’ I…
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Why People Redirect Blame Instead of Facing Truth
The Core Truth vs The Convenient Distraction We all know there’s a difference between truth and how people choose to frame it. I’ve always rolled my eyes at the saying, “there are three sides to every story: his, hers, and the truth.” Because there’s only the truth, and then there’s people’s refusal to accept it, or their shame in facing it. And we’ve all been there, so no pointing fingers over here. But with the latest horrific story that CNN broke about the online abuse academy, one that literally contains a warning before entering, it wasn’t just the story itself that got to me. It was the repeat shift in…
