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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.