Inquiry
Chance Encounters: Self-Checkout, Bill Gates, and the Loss of Shared Humanity
In and of itself, the loss of cashiers seems insignificant. Self-driving cars and pre-order systems at first feel innocuous, or even beneficial. But they add to a larger trend of turning towards our screens and away from one another.
What I Didn’t Learn From Quitting Coffee For a Week
I sincerely believed this week would lead me to some incredible Reason Why You Need to Quit Coffee Now — you know, one of those things that makes a good headline. At the very least, I figured it would give me something to brag about while the semester took its toll.
“So, Are You Gay?”
That evening, we neglected our future concentrations and dorm situations. That evening, we talked about my gayness.
The Lines We Draw
When I came to college, I expected what you’d see in the generic college ad, where an ethnically diverse friend group of boys and girls play frisbee on the lawn. But on campus, I noticed many new friend groups seem to be made up of people from the same racial or ethnic group, same social class, or same home state.
Find My Privacy
I curiously monitored my friend’s profile as they traveled to Berg for lunch, boarded the bus to the Science and Engineering Complex for computer science, and attended a party on Friday night. It felt like voyeurism in the digital age — eerie, intimate, and startlingly addictive.
Caroline Calloway Is (Basically) Done Being a Scammer
“I actually think ultimately, in the long run, my first priority in this life is my art,” Calloway says. “If it’s: make books that live on after your death, or have a fulfilling family and be happy, I’m choosing books 10 times out of 10. I would rather make my art than be happy.”
Texas oil graphic
Oil supplies hope that there will always be a future in the Permian Basin. How can locals be assured there is a future for them?
A Sustainable Future for My Oil Town
To the locals, the basin represents much more than her products. She is the unknown mother of life’s necessities and pleasures.
