Lovers’ Russian Roulette

Will it work? Depends on what the hell he’s actually trying to do… — Musk is running the same plays at Twitter as he did at Tesla and SpaceX: Darwinian firing, Skinnerian performance assessments, Draconian working conditions, and basically micro-managing the shit out of the entire organization. Based on his prior track record these techniques worked in the medium- to long-term. Twitter is only…

FTX pulls a Lehman Brothers as the crypto industry licks its wounds — Crypto is screwed right now for the simple and obvious reason that under- and unregulated industries inevitably lean into unfair business practices and fraud to maximize profits for their owners. Always. “Self-regulation” is an absurd oxymoron because people can’t and won’t ever limit themselves. Why would they, especially when so…

You and your lover need GOOD, GIVING, and GAME to flourish — Savage Love Dan Savage is a superb sex advice columnist, applying compassion and creativity to free people’s minds and bodies since 1991. His insights and recommendations are a refreshing change from the Ann Landers’ prudery and potato salad recipes of prior generations, and we’re all better for it. One of…

Musk is euthanizing this cesspool for the glory of humanity — Don’t hate me because I’m so beautiful, but I think Elon Musk should go right ahead and burn Twitter to the ground. The company sucks in every imaginable way: Arbitrary censorship, poor monetization, a shitty app, zero creativity, and infinite hubris. Love or hate Elon, he’s a trailblazer who, despite…

Three points of view that try to explain “Why?” — As the child of Holocaust surviving parents, I’ve been impacted by cross-generational trauma. Drawing connections between how my parents raised me and the atrocities they experienced during World War II is only natural, yet extremely confusing. Throughout my adult life, I’ve sought answers. Emotional processing and recovery aside, the historical…

Our inability to embrace nuance is destroying US culture and country, yet personal freedom is ours to own — We’re either a libtard or fascisti, baby killer or bible thumper, homeless person or power broker, gunslinger or commie, scientist or anti-vaxxer… The American annihilation of all subtlety and nuance impacts how we see each other, and ultimately how we judge ourselves. Impossible to meet unreasonably high aspirations, we flip…

How your partner defines you defines your entire relationship — Are you frustrated in your relationship? Are you confused by how your lover treats you? Do you feel as though you’re being misundertood and direspected? Taken advantage of? That you’re putting in more than you’re getting out? Are you wondering why the same problems seem to keep happening? Consider: The…

And how to stop having relationships with avatars of our moms and dads — Mother Duck & Baby Ducklings Our brains are like computers, programmed by inputs. Early experiences teach us how to survive by creating behaviors that become automatic. Our first exposures to love and relationships are stimulated by our parents. …