Over the last several decades, the United States has lived through a long economic season defined by expansion, financialization, and the steady erosion of working-class stability. The postwar boom of the 1950s and 1960s set the foundation for generational prosperity, but as globalization and... read more

5mo

INTJ

Cancer

Yesterday’s Skills Are Today’s Commodities

The skills that made you indispensable five years ago? They're commodities now. The relationships that opened doors? Those doors have moved. The mindset that conquered your last challenge? It's obsolete baggage weighing you down as you face the next mountain.

11mo

ENFJ

Taurus

Luck Be A Pirate's Best Mate

Adventure shone on me and the crew last night during a very grogged up session. We were indeed lucky with a voyage of luck being lucky! We acquired some rare commodities and nobody could stop us. Nothing better then the wind in our sails, gold, n' grog to fuel a late evening adventure.

The "Lucky" part of a Voyage of Luck. It's golden hue led to vast treasures

Some of the loot we got from the Lucky Voyage.

There are rare chests a-plenty.

1/2

9mo

ENTP

Aries

A truth in a lie.

I have been a fool and have had strokes of genius, though nothing relates like the first to my fellow man. It is absolutely absurd such commodities in this age allow for complacency and lack of self initiative. It is obvious that even though the wind blows the branches and leaves that the base... read more

ESFJ

Leo

The Vanishing Romance in Dating: From Ghosting and Fakeness to the Search for True Connection

In the world of modern dating, it's disheartening to witness the fading of romance, overshadowed by the prevalence of ghosting and artificial personas. Doesn't romance remain one of life's most precious emotions? How did we reach a point where we must market ourselves on dating platforms like... read more

INFJ

Virgo

Needed a pause

Is there a disconnect on dating/connection sites now, and has been for years? Sometimes I feel this way, more often than not. I'm aware I'm not particularly photogenic. The internet lets you hen peck particular features, people become commodities. On occasion I'm guilty of swiping through... read more