MAY 16, 2020

Full News Archive

• Headline: Document Company Communications for Protection. Impact: As companies began to realize that tracking everything could lead to better customer relations, they inadvertently created a world where every sneeze is documented. Welcome to the age of data paranoia!. Fact: Companies have started to track your every move so closely, you might as well start charging them rent for using your personal data!.
• Headline: Zuckerberg Takes Charge at Facebook. Impact: Zuckerberg's obsession with control leads to an era where social media is less about connection and more about corporate overlords. Thanks, Mark, for making socializing feel like a corporate meeting!. Fact: At this point, Facebook should just change its name to 'Mark's Playground' and be done with it..
• Headline: Stacey Abrams' Vision for Voter Engagement. Impact: Abrams' push for change sparked a political revolution that eventually led to a nationwide trend of candidates trying desperately to connect with the couch potato demographic. Thank you, Stacey, for giving the homebodies a voice!. Fact: If only the same enthusiasm could be applied to getting people off their couches for actual elections....
• Headline: Stuck at Home, Men in Japan Learn to Help. Will It Last?. Impact: As men in Japan learned to help more around the house, the ripple effect transformed gender roles globally, leading to countless debates on the importance of chores and whether the dishes really do wash themselves.. Fact: Who knew that a pandemic would lead to more men learning how to fold laundry? Next up: cooking lessons for the microwave generation!.