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Would You Go Back to a Time Before Smartphones If You Could?

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By Julie Beck Verified, Natalie Brennan
| Crazy/Genius
Listen1.0x 0:0035:03 Listen and subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Pocket Casts Back in the ’90s, before everyone had smartphones, were things just … better? Tech-focused nostalgia has become a potent cultural force in recent years, driving sales of “dumbphones,” iPods, CDs, and other retro technology.
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When You’ll Know You’re Middle-Aged Original

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By Julie Beck Verified
| The Atlantic Verified
The only thing anyone can reliably tell you about middle age is that it’s in the middle of life. What’s the middle? Well, it’s after the beginning, and before the end. Okay, we can do a little better than that: Middle age comes after young adulthood, and before what we used to call “old age” but now might more decorously refer to as “older age” or “late life.” But to get more specific, to figure out when precisely middle age begins and ends, is a daunting challenge.
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Introducing How to Touch Grass

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By Julie Beck Verified, Natalie Brennan
| Crazy/Genius
Listen1.0x 0:001:54 Listen and subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Pocket Casts A common piece of advice for those who are chronically online is to “go touch grass.” This upcoming season of How To, co-hosts Natalie Brennan and Julie Beck will look more closely at the often-fraught, always-changing relationship people have with technology.
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