How summer vacation gave rise to the sharing economy’s new entrepreneurs
As the globe re-opened in increments, traditional summer travel, vacations, and other family activities returned across the United States in 2021. The sharing economy, downtrodden by government-mandated lockdowns, rebounded with vigor as people left their homes. That gave rise to a new wave of private citizens as entrepreneurs.
Read full storySeven songs from 2020 that got me through 2020 (or tried to)
Nostalgia is a false construct. It contains all the solace of the good times we've lived through and none of the bad, even if the good and the bad were inextricably linked when we first encountered them. The nostalgic memory isn't necessarily false, but the feelings surrounding it are sweeter and more artifical than Splenda. It's one big con our brains inflict upon ourselves, the unwitting perpetrater and victim of our own short-sightedness.
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