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Day At The Water Park, Between Fear Of Heights And Hope In Our Kids

At a water park, you rarely see kids taking selfies or filming their adventures on their smartphones. To me, they didn’t even seem to take notice of the many shades and races and countries of origin of their peers. I saw girls in burkinis racing on the slides with their peers in thongs — no one paid attention to such differences. 

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More Than Gen Z, It’s Boomers Who Need Limits On Social Media Use

In an age of emotional scams and digital recklessness, older adults are increasingly vulnerable (and dangerous) online. A card-carrying member of the boomer generation is calling out himself and his peers.

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Future Society

Our High-Tech Witch Hunts: GPS And A Daughter’s Transgender Boyfriend

In southern Italy, a 19-year-old woman was kidnapped by her parents for falling in love with a transgender man. Tracked down with a GPS, imprisoned, and forced to “recover” from her “disturbance.” Are we returning to the days of witch hunts?

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