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“There should be an app that detects when a song you associate with your ex is playing and blares something silly, like the ‘Frasier’ theme song, to drown it out. If your ex really liked ‘Frasier,’ the app could blast something else, like 'The Sopranos’ theme song. If your ex liked 'Frasier’ and 'The Sopranos,’ she sounds nothing like mine. Heather refused to watch either show because, 'Life is too short to waste on the misadventures of bald narcissists.’ Which didn’t stop her from waiting just three weeks after we broke up to spend a weekend in New Hampshire with a bald guy named Roger who’s wearing a skintight cycling jersey in his Instagram profile picture, but whatever.”
Myron Goldfinger, Marcus House, Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts, 1978
“I wanted to be a billionaire by the age of thirty. It was a literal goal. I wanted to be the African version of Bill Gates or Warren Buffett. My parents always told me to work hard, and the money will come. It just seemed like the prize you got for checking all the boxes. And I always checked the boxes. I made straight A’s. I went to Howard University. I worked at Goldman Sachs after graduating. The plan was to make money, build relationships, then return to Ghana and create some businesses. But my first business took too long to get off the ground. Then I got frustrated and poured all my savings into another business. Both of them were self-sustaining for a while, but it’s been a struggle since then. Right now I’m trying to raise more funds and it’s not going well. And I’m a far reach from where I wanted to be. My confidence is shaken. I’m unsure of my next step. And I’m approaching forty. I’m trying to manage the disappointment by changing my perspective. I try to remind myself that I have a beautiful wife and son. I’ve employed people. And I’ve had some great experiences. I no longer feel the need to be a billionaire. My new goal is to have a successful business that I can work at every day. But in the back of my mind, I keep wondering: ‘Am I developing a more realistic perspective? Or is this what quitting sounds like?’”
(Accra, Ghana)
Hans Hollein, Colored Glasses for AOC, 1973
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Someone didn’t text back. Or perhaps someone did, which can sometimes be worse.
An iridescent, glimmering bubble of hope popping right before your nose. Hastily packed cardboard boxes and empty space on the wall. Summer is often regarded as a time to let loose — and you should. But in addition to letting joy seep in, let sadness flow out.
Crying To ‘Space Cowboy’: 25 Bummer Bops For When Love Sucks
Photo by Samantha Clark & Eslah Attar/NPR
Power Center for the Performing Arts (1965-71) of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, USA, by Kevin Roche Johne Dinkeloo and Associates
Australian studio Taylor Knights has linked a house in Melbourne to its garden with a modest brick extension, and taken subtle cues for its interiors from the colours in an abstract painting by Wassily Kandinsky.
When the Pew Research Center asks American internet users for their bottom-line judgment about the role of digital technology in their own lives, the vast majority feel it is a good thing.
Yet, over the past 18 months a drumbeat of concerns about the personal and societal impacts of technology has been growing.
In light of these mounting concerns, Pew Research Center and Elon University’s Imagining the Internet Center queried technology experts, scholars and health specialists on this question: Over the next decade, how will changes in digital life impact people’s overall well-being physically and mentally?
While many experts say digital life will continue to expand people’s boundaries and opportunities, nearly a third think that people’s overall well-being will be more harmed than helped in coming years.
The Future of Well-Being in a Tech-Saturated World
Many experts say digital life will continue to expand people’s boundaries and opportunities. Yet nearly a third think that people’s overall well-being will be more harmed than helped in coming years. Read our new canvassing of experts on the future of well-being in a digital world.
House Tschengla | Innauer-Matt Architekten
The Tschengla plateau in Western Austria beckons city dwellers and tourists with its spectacular alpine landscapes and sense of serenity. Unlike many other houses in the area, which remain empty for most of the year, House in Tschengla has become a second home for its owners. Located only 30 minutes away from their apartment in the town of Feldkirch, the house effectively transformed into a weekend retreat. The Innauer-Matt Architekten studio designed the structure as an homage to vernacular architecture, referencing local farmhouses. As a result, this contemporary cabin looks completely at home in its rustic surroundings. It features simple lines, wooden cladding, and a solid plinth as well as a traditional gable roof.
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