Tag: better choices
The Seven Social-Media Commandments – The Atlantic
Like any other technology, whether nuclear power or the printing press, social media is only as good as the people who use it—and over the past decade, we haven’t exactly used it well. What began as a promising prospect for connecting communities and amplifying new voices has gradually evolved into an engine for sowing upset, distrust, and conspiracy. As the next generation of social-media sites emerges, one question is: Can we do better?
I think so. Rather than holding out
Women and the Liberating Power of No
A few years ago, on the eve of my giving a commencement address at Emma Willard, a girls’ boarding school in upstate New York, the mother of one of the graduates approached me with a question:
“If you could go back to your younger self—say, six years after you’d graduated from high school—what would you ask?”
I thought about it for a second and then said, “I’m not so sure I’d ask my younger self anything, but here’s what I’d