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  1. May 2017
    1. luxury object.

      I'm not sure who the target audience/group is because at first I thought the shirts were for middle schoolers or people between the ages of 10-20, but there is no way that age group could afford a $250 blanket.

  2. Apr 2017
    1. Rejection still stings

      It's made easier. You distance yourself from the actual situation and person and it doesn't hurt as much as when someone rejects you in person, which could be why tinde rand other dating apps are so popular.

    2. The users weren’t fully aware of how addicted they were.

      Like he said, we just don't realize because we're only on it for a few seconds. Thinking about it, I don't even know what I did before I had my smartphone.

    3. I’d been a web obsessive, publishing blog posts multiple times a day, seven days a week, and ultimately corralling a team that curated the web every 20 minutes during peak hours.

      I feel like this is only bad if you can't separate your work life from your personal. So if he could step back at the end of the work day and unplug, it's fine because that's what he does for a living

    4. Each morning began with a full immersion

      Although it's not the healthiest of ways to start the morning, I feel like this is what the 21st century has turned into. It's almost similar to previously waking up and reading the newspaper. It's just a different form of news.

    5. No information technology ever had this depth of knowledge of its consumers

      It's rather terrifying. One company has access to everything you do and see. Although it could be nice to have everything personalized to you, it's also distancing everyone from each other.