Why Everything Was Better Before Wi-Fi
A deep dive into the golden age of boredom and why being unreachable was a superpower. Plus: the death of the phone book and why we miss it.
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A deep dive into the golden age of boredom and why being unreachable was a superpower. Plus: the death of the phone book and why we miss it.
We remember when lunch was an event, not a sad desk sandwich. Plus: the decline of the three-martini meeting and what we lost when we lost it.
Two guys with too many prescriptions and not enough answers break down the system. What happened to the doctor who knew your name?
Gentrification, chain stores, and the slow erasure of the places that made us who we are. A conversation about community, memory, and what we owe each other.
The promise they sold us, the reality we got, and why the guys who said 'I'll never retire' were onto something. A frank conversation about money, purpose, and getting older.
From Walter Cronkite to the doom scroll. How we went from trusted journalism to algorithmic outrage, and whether there's any way back.