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Did you know that happiness and meaningful interactions go hand-in-hand? Psychologist Matthias Mehl explains “For one, humans are driven to create meaning in their lives, and substantive conversations help us do that. Also, human beings — both introvert and extrovert — are social animals who have a real need to connect with others. Substantive conversation […]

Digital infrastructure has become not only a vital part of our lives, but also a necessary way of doing business, working from home, banking online, seeking health care and communicating with our governments and elected officials.  Yet most of us rely on the experts to understand how the digital infrastructure operates and how to keep […]

This 4th of July I celebrated my 25th year in the US. I came here as a grad student hailing from the North with a Quebec accent that somehow I have not lost. Every year, I love riding my bike through the closed streets for block parties, seeing the chairs lined up on the lawns […]

The best things in life aren’t free.  Consumers today are used to free accounts and free trials.  We can pre-fill our contact information with a single keystroke.  What people don’t often realize is that free access can come with a price tag.    Google and Facebook among others have recently come under fire for their business […]