7+ hour, 53+ min ago  (1015+ words) Earlier decades carried their own constraints, rigid social expectations, limited information, and forms of conformity that could stifle as effectively as any notification. Yet they also left wider stretches of unstructured time that today's environment has largely compressed. Free thought…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (1641+ words) Consider a question posed on an ordinary afternoon, drawn from one of the most beloved songs in the popular canon. Simon and Garfunkel's El C'ndor Pasa, released in 1970 and carrying within it the older soul of a Peruvian melody composed…...