Teenagers are often told to be careful online, but privacy is more than not posting embarrassing pictures. It is about understanding how attention, data, location, purchases, and friendships can become information collected by others. The difficult part is that young people are expected to live socially online. A student who avoids every platform may miss […]
Attention feels personal, but it has become an industry. Apps, videos, notifications, and feeds compete for the small moments between classes, meals, conversations, and sleep. The problem is not that phones are evil. They connect friends, provide entertainment, and make information available. The problem is that many platforms are designed to turn a short break […]
Most of us give away pieces of our privacy every day without thinking much about it. We unlock phones with our faces, tag friends in photos, pass security cameras, use apps that request location access, and upload images to platforms we barely read the policies for. Facial recognition technology turns the human face into data, […]
Plastic is one of the most useful materials ever created, which is exactly why it has become such a problem. It is light, cheap, flexible, and durable. We use it for bags, bottles, packaging, clothing, food containers, and electronics. But the same durability that makes plastic convenient also means it can remain in the environment […]
For many young adults, adulthood used to be imagined through certain milestones: finishing school, getting a job, moving into an apartment, maybe buying a home one day. Today, those steps feel less certain. Housing costs have risen so much in many cities that even students who do everything “right” wonder whether independence will be affordable. […]
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