61% Of Shoppers Financially Terrified by Holidays

Researchers find one in four people grapple with compulsive overspending during the holiday season. An overwhelming 56% of respondents feel pressured ...

$10 Billion Spent on Unwanted Christmas Gifts

This holiday season, take a moment to ask yourself, “Does this person really want what I’m buying them?” A new survey finds the answer ...

McVulnerability: Performance Grief

The longer the internet lives, the more inescapable a certain trend becomes: the performance of grief. That is, when someone on TikTok, Instagram, or ...

‘Haul Culture’ is Breaking the Call to Stewardship

“You won’t believe what I got from Shein for only $100!” The video opens with an influencer flashing perfectly manicured nails and a ...

Rethinking Our Throwaway Culture

The knitting needle moves quickly, back and forth, making a pattern. It’s an Instagram video in the fascinating repair genre. Similar clips show ...

Phony Reviews Are Becoming a Major Problem

Does this sound familiar? You’ve read rave online reviews about a restaurant or hotel and made a reservation. Then you show up and wonder if you’re ...

The World’s Most Expensive Meals

Fine dining typically means splurging a little for high-quality meat or fresh seafood. But what if money were truly no object?

Restaurant owners and chefs ...

Billionaire Sues After Getting Trapped in His Own Elevator

Palmer Luckey, is a billionaire tech entrepreneur who founded Oculus and parlayed that fortune into a career as a Silicon Valley defense contractor. Luckey ...

Rushing Through a Shallow Life

Religious and non-religious people alike think that many people are living shallow and superficial lives. They have noticed that many are rushing through ...

Super Bowl Ads Rely on Celebrity Endorsements

More than 40% of commercials shown during the 2023 Super Bowl game featured multiple celebrities, a nearly sixfold increase from 2010. 2024’s game ...