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In pop culture, every day is Armageddon. But is that healthy for us?

In pop culture, every day is Armageddon. But is that healthy for us?

"Monsters from the id."  That was the warning we got about social media, 65 years ago. The trolling, hatred, divisiveness, violence that now threatens our world was all foretold — hiding in plain sight in a nifty sci-fi film you might still remember. "Forbidden Planet." 1956. Of course, back then, the internet didnt exist. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, Reddit, TikTok, Clubhouse, would have been scarcely imaginable — even to the imaginative minds behind that old-school spa...

Nightmare, or dreamboat? Andrew Cuomo cant be both. Can he? When — if — Cuomos political obituary is written, there will be this odd footnote. How is it that a man who has been accused of sexually predatory behavior in the workplace, and who appears to be widely seen by subordinates of both sexes as a bully, has also touched the heartstrings of a large subset of TV viewers? "The Love Gov," he was called. His female following were "Cuomosexuals."  "Sometimes we confuse charm with virtue,...

Nightmare, or dreamboat? Andrew Cuomo cant be both. Can he? When — if — Cuomos political obituary is written, there will be this odd footnote. How is it that a man who has been accused of sexually predatory behavior in the workplace, and who appears to be widely seen by subordinates of both sexes as a bully, has also touched the heartstrings of a large subset of TV viewers? "The Love Gov," he was called. His female following were "Cuomosexuals."  "Sometimes we confuse charm with virtue,...