Culture
Why Everything Seems to Need a Rating Now
A cup of coffee can be 4.6 stars. So can the café that serves it, the hotel upstairs, the driver who takes you there and the apartment you…
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Culture
What We Lose When Everything Becomes a Recommendation
Before choosing a restaurant, we check the rating. Before watching a film, we see what the platform thinks we might like. Music arrives in a personalized mix. Hotels…
Culture
What Happened to Waiting?
Waiting used to have a texture. You stood at a bus stop and watched traffic. You arrived early and sat in a lobby with nothing particularly interesting to…