Tag: society
Maladjusted, Undignified, and Foolish
Our world is not as it should be. The path to success is perilous. The politics are venomous. The morals are rancorous. Things are not all bad, of course. There is much to be grateful...
Not getting blind drunk doesn’t make you boring
Every year lists come out comparing American institutes of higher learning. Schools are judged on every possible level: test scores, cafeteria quality, standard of living, graduation rate, availability of professors, athletic programs, and a bunch...
We’re trying as hard as we can to be alone
Over the past couple weeks, I’ve been conducting a little observational study on Chicago’s “L” trains. I wanted to know what, exactly, people do on the trains, because they’re certainly not talking to me. But seriously, I...
The day I saw real people
There are seven billion people on this planet. We see only the tiniest fraction of them from day to day, and interact with even fewer. That was the premise of a small observational study I...