The Thunder is the only NBA team to hold a public, ecumenical invocation before the singing of the national anthem and player introductions — a longstanding tradition that continues to confound basketball fans who live outside of OKC. (Esensten, Religion News Service)
Read MoreWhy has the number of births declined everywhere, all at once? Some blame technology, particularly smartphones and social media. Others blame a kind of 21st-century weltschmerz—a sadness about the state of the world and our uncertain future in it. (Thompson, The Atlantic)
Read MoreWhile the term has existed for decades, it has taken on a new life on social media and among the younger generations, who typically use it to describe outdoing oneself or others, usually in a joking manner. (Stock, The New York Times)
Read MoreOne of the best things about chatbots is that they have a long memory, learning more about you from one conversation to the next. The result is a smarter assistant that knows your writing style, remembers your dietary restrictions or picks up a project where you left off. But that great memory also carries some drawbacks. (Snow, The Wall Street Journal)
Read MoreTelevision is now saturated with self-doubting, affluent white male characters dealing with a world that no longer gives priority to their needs. The problem, as a trio of newish shows suggests, is that the old scripts for proving one’s vaunted manliness no longer function the way they once did—if they ever did. (Black, The Wall Street Journal)
Read MoreNew research has revealed that one in five boys aged 12-16 is either in or knows of a boy their age who is in a romantic relationship with an AI companion. (Mowbray, The Telegraph)
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