Critical Nonsense 

  1. 359

    Books Everybody Loves

  2. 358

    Reading

  3. 357

    Good-Looking Food

  4. 356

    Overbranding

  5. 355

    Reviews

  6. 354

    Early Birds and Night Owls

  7. 353

    Knowing Each Other

  8. 352

    Writing

  9. 351

    Trusting Our Instincts

  10. 350

    Summer of Sillies

  11. 349

    What's So Important?

  12. 348

    Zombies

  13. 347

    Making People Laugh

  14. 346

    Hating the Player

  15. 345

    How We Learn

  16. 344

    Relationshipping

  17. 343

    I Love You

  18. 342

    Wild Prognostications 2026!

  19. 341

    What You Doing?

  20. 340

    Actuallys

  21. 339

    Medical Experiments

  22. 338

    Short-Form Video

  23. 337

    Dressing Up

  24. 336

    2025 Wild Prognostications: A Year in Review!

  25. 335

    Giving a Fart

  26. 334

    How to Strategy

  27. 333

    Hanlon’s Razor

  28. 332

    Remembering Important Details

  29. 331

    Generalists

  30. 330

    Unlikely Internet Innovations

  31. 329

    Imprecise Language

  32. 328

    Compromises

  33. 327

    Notes-apalooza

  34. 326

    Changing Personalities

  35. 325

    Patterns of Wisdom

  36. 324

    Waving

  37. 323

    AI Defenses

  38. 322

    Old

  39. 321

    Clarity

  40. 320

    Doing Hard Things

  41. 319

    Being Cool

  42. 318

    The Beach

  43. 317

    New Rules

  44. 316

    Possibility

  45. 315

    Going Analog

  46. Open Letter

    In A Quiet So Loud

  47. 314

    Universal Truths

  48. 313

    No-Phone Zones

  49. 312

    Creating With Friends

  50. 311

    Bravery

  51. 310

    Stress

  52. 309

    Dating Optimization

  53. 308

    Disavowing Your Creative Outputs

  54. 307

    Imagination Resolution

  55. 306

    Being Seen

  56. 305

    Metabolizing Uncertainty

  57. 304

    Tools

  58. 303

    Being Spoiled

  59. Progress Report

    To Follow or Not to Follow

  60. 302

    Thought Bottling

  61. 301

    Hibernation

  62. 300

    Random Nonsense Generator

  63. 299

    Corn

  64. Progress Report

    The State of Wellbeing

  65. 298

    Desire Paths

  66. 297

    Sick Responsibilities

  67. 296

    Wild Prognostications 2025!

  68. 295

    Hybrid Work 2.0

  69. 294

    Friend Breakups

  70. 251

    Rituals Rerun

    Rerun
  71. 248

    Correcting People Rerun

    Rerun
  72. 293

    2024 Wild Prognostications: A Year in Review!

  73. 292

    Sci-Fi

  74. 291

    Cultural Beige

  75. 290

    Hybrid Work

  76. 289

    Mind Wine

  77. 288

    Living Forever

  78. 287

    Concert Rage

  79. Progress Report

    The State of Youth

  80. 286

    Finding Financial Security

  81. 285

    Changing Our Minds

  82. 284

    Flat Power Distance

  83. 283

    Medical Serendipity

  84. 282

    Spontaneous Brilliance

  85. 281

    Bicycle Innovation

  86. 280

    Phone Bans

  87. 279

    Abstraction

  88. 278

    Jazzing

  89. 277

    Innumeracy

  90. 276

    Fridgescaping

  91. 275

    Musical Turn Ons

  92. 274

    Science Tourism

  93. 273

    The Olympic Stroboscope

  94. 272

    Generational War

  95. 271

    Feelings

  96. 270

    How We Argue

  97. 269

    Being a Champion

  98. 268

    Predicting the Future

  99. Progress Report

    Automating Our Instincts

  100. 267

    Digital Poltergeists

  101. 266

    Aging Well

  102. 265

    Rules of Thumb

  103. 264

    Art in the City

  104. 263

    Stinky Fish and Mayo

  105. 262

    The Bowl Generation

  106. 261

    Neighborliness

  107. 260

    Tree Timebombs

  108. 259

    The Trend-Mill

  109. 258

    Cringe Aversion

  110. 257

    Sports Scandals

  111. Progress Report

    Awaiting the Eruption

  112. 256

    Finding the Right Answer

  113. 255

    Crying

  114. 254

    Dopamine Culture

  115. 253

    Teaching Agency

  116. 252

    Obscure Analogies

  117. 251

    Rituals

  118. 250

    Aquariums

  119. 249

    Goodhart Overhang

  120. 248

    Correcting People

  121. 247

    Wild Prognostications 2024 + 2023 Year In Review!

  122. 246

    Inventing New Sports

  123. 245

    Childhood Independence and Mental Health

  124. 244

    Pet Parenting

  125. 243

    Sourcing Criticism

  126. 242

    Unlocking the Fifth Gait

  127. 241

    The Goldilocks Zone of Weird

  128. 240

    Justice Thresholds

  129. 239

    Honesty

  130. 238

    Procrastitivity

  131. 237

    Names

  132. 236

    Life Decisions

  133. 235

    Conceiving History

  134. 234

    Reconsuming Content

  135. 233

    Gamifying Sleep

  136. 232

    Contradiction

  137. 231

    Finding Empathy

  138. 230

    Unexpected Audiences

  139. 229

    Attractiveness

  140. 228

    Patriotism and Empanadas

  141. 227

    Tendies

  142. 226

    Collective Vibes

  143. 225

    The Year of DnD

  144. 224

    Optimism

  145. 223

    The Familiar Unexpected

  146. 222

    Watching Things

  147. 221

    The Genuine Maybe

  148. 220

    Graduation Advice

  149. 219

    The Cake Renaissance

  150. 218

    Pop Music Solos

  151. 217

    AI Centaurs

  152. 216

    Reflection

  153. 215

    Success

  154. 214

    Packing

  155. 213

    Pondering Pettiness

  156. 212

    Feelings

  157. 211

    Question Asking

  158. 210

    Metering Confidence

  159. 209

    Defining Cool

  160. 208

    The Exquisite Euphemism Corpse

  161. 207

    Competence, Constitution, and Control

  162. 206

    Wild Prognostications 2023!

  163. 205

    Video Game Film Adaptations and Male Friendships

  164. 204

    2022 Wild Prognostications: A Year in Review!

  165. 203

    Phase Shifts

  166. 202

    Idea Killers and Body Doubling

  167. 201

    The Paradox of Milk Math

  168. 200

    The Most Specialest of Thanks

  169. 199

    Remembering the Dead

  170. 198

    Preponderance of Ponderances: Jess Edition

  171. 197

    Dealing With Conflict

  172. 196

    The State of Reality TV

  173. 195

    Pranking for the Likes

  174. 194

    Fear

  175. 193

    Preponderance of Ponderances: A Special!

  176. 192

    Consciousness and Killer Whales

  177. 191

    AI Art and Hamsterstanistan

  178. 190

    Cutie Corner! Hobbies, Part 2

  179. 189

    Cutie Corner! Hobbies, Part 1

  180. 188

    Network States

  181. 187

    Saying Things Wrong

  182. 186

    Everyday and Existential Comfort Zones

  183. 185

    Methods of Explaining Things

  184. 184

    Nihilism

  185. 183

    Growing Potatoes

  186. 182

    Grabby Aliens and Leftovers

  187. 181

    Falconry and Lost Arts

  188. 180

    Media Twins

  189. 179

    Childhood Media

  190. 178

    Bagels vs. Donuts and Birthdays

  191. 177

    Legos and Dumplings

  192. 176

    Better Awards

  193. 175

    Assembly Theory and Marshmallows

  194. 174

    Askers vs. Guessers and Working Hours

  195. 173

    Chickens, Vacation Pix, and Chaos

  196. 172

    Ignorance and Discomfort

  197. 171

    Lessons Learned

  198. 170

    Weirder Inspiration

  199. 169

    Nonsense VC! Cereal Cinematic Universes

  200. 168

    Malicious Compliance and Chapsticks

  201. 167

    Rock Music and Genetic Identity

  202. 117

    Cognitive Diversity and Office Supplies Rerun

    Rerun
  203. 165

    Goblin Mode and Pathologies

  204. 164

    Permeated Nonsense and Youth Culture

  205. 163

    That Darn Disposability Culture

  206. 162

    Boring-gram

  207. 161

    The Fraud Phenomenon and Vibe Shifts

  208. 160

    Minding Your Business and Trash Candy

  209. 159

    Kama Sutra and India’s Sexual Repression

  210. 158

    Buttresses, Tethers, and Grunts

  211. 157

    Information Control

  212. 156

    Wild Prognostications 2022!

  213. 155

    Introducing: Nonsense VC!

  214. 062

    ’90s Action Films and Cleaning Digital House Rerun

    Rerun
  215. 111

    Your Purpose and UFO Sightings Rerun

    Rerun
  216. 047

    Mortal Kombat Fatalities and Rewatching TV Rerun

    Rerun
  217. 154

    Wild Prognostications 2021 Year In Review!

  218. 153

    Stewarding Progress

  219. 152

    Hitting the Breaks and Hanukkah Retail

  220. 151

    Over-Contextualizing

  221. 150

    Dads and Holding Companies Accountable

  222. 149

    Release the Gift Pressure Valve

  223. 148

    The Digital Vigilante Tax and The Privilege of Mediocrity

  224. 147

    “Spooky Season” and Halloween Costumes

  225. 146

    Relinquishing Power Redux

  226. 145

    Feelings About Institutions and Baby Names

  227. 144

    Being All-In and the Future of Cities

  228. 143

    The Replication Crisis and Childhood Obsessions

  229. 142

    Etiquette and Holiday Decorating

  230. 141

    Looking Back at Yourself and Neuroprints

  231. 140

    Boundaries and the Creator Economy’s Impact

  232. 139

    Teenage Girl Power and Sharing Names

  233. 138

    The Politics of Hello and Changing Faces

  234. 137

    Competition and Life Lessons

  235. 136

    Falling for New Things and Our Communities

  236. 135

    The Fresh Blerds of Bel-Air and Perpetual Cringe

  237. 134

    The Story of Us and Fringe Theory

  238. 133

    Organizational Purpose and Phsychedelic Healing

  239. 132

    The Power of D&D and Electronic Chill

  240. 131

    Simple Routines and A Fireworks Hailstorm

  241. 111

    Your Purpose and UFO Sightings Rerun

    Rerun
  242. 130

    The State of Pride in 2021

  243. 129

    Power in Cute and The Kitsch Scale

  244. 128

    Compassion Fatigue and the Attention Economy with Dr. Charles R. Chaffin

  245. 127

    Local Sourcing and Fill-In-The-Blank Summer

  246. 126

    Magic vs. Tech in Media and Ghost Foods

  247. 125

    Healthy Conflict and Subtraction

  248. 124

    Power, Pain, and Progress

  249. 123

    Emotional Granularity and Getting Cheugy With it

  250. 087

    The Waffle House Index and Keeping an Open Mind Rerun

    Rerun
  251. 122

    Privacy Wars and Identity Questions

  252. 121

    The Coming-Out Gauntlet and Thick Conversations

  253. 120

    Keeping Score and Storing Peanut Butter

  254. 119

    Disintegrating Institutions and Tech Ambivalence

  255. 118

    Value Creation and Pasta Shapes

  256. 117

    Cognitive Diversity and Office Supplies

  257. 116

    The Bad Idea “Virus”

  258. 115

    Revisiting Deep Work and Cinematic Universes

  259. 114

    Rugged Individualism and Waffle Toppings

  260. 113

    Black Futures Month and The Great Productivity Thaw

  261. 112

    Cutie Corner: Real Talk and Mini Brands

  262. 111

    Your Purpose and UFO Sightings

  263. 110

    5 Points on Gamestop and the “Stonks” Saga

  264. 109

    Wild Prognostications 2021!

  265. 108

    Geography of Innovation and People Watching

  266. 088

    Meme Metabolism and Internet (Speak) Speeds Rerun

    Rerun
  267. 083

    Getting to Know “Karen” and How We Come Out Rerun

    Rerun
  268. 081

    To “Stan” vs. “Cancel” and Anger Management Rerun

    Rerun
  269. 107

    2020 Wild Prognostications: A Year in Review

  270. 106

    Subtle Cues and Interpreting Things Charitably

  271. 105

    The Audacity of Telling Good Jokes

  272. 104

    A Little Bit of Gratitude: A Special!

  273. 103

    Repairing Life’s Leaky Faucets

  274. 102

    Six Handshakes: From Pretty BFFs to the Best-Worst Hitmen

  275. 101

    Zero-Sum Games and Digital Drugs

  276. 100

    Unfinished Convos re: Vanilla & Thirst-vertising & Pets

  277. 099

    Free Media and Virtual Family Functions

  278. 098

    Irony Poisoning and Iterative Wisdom

  279. 097

    Other People’s Allergies and Great Games

  280. 096

    After ADHD and Bland Brands

  281. 095

    About the Fake Ads... : A Special!

  282. 094

    Hip-Hop’s Endurance and Survival of the Fittest Words

  283. 093

    Seeking Representation and Next Year’s Living Situation

  284. 092

    Public Intellectuals and an Abundance of Mint

  285. 091

    Appreciating Sharknado and All of Our Crushes

  286. 090

    Thirst-vertising and Superheroes Today

  287. 089

    Feelings on the Ultra Rich and A Spice Investigation

  288. 088

    Meme Metabolism and Internet (Speak) Speeds

  289. 087

    The Waffle House Index and Keeping an Open Mind

  290. 086

    The Asymmetry of Bullsh*t and Lessons from Black Fandom

  291. 085

    The Dampener Effect and Cohesion at Work

  292. 084

    Shopping Cart Theory and Our Hero Complex

  293. 083

    Getting to Know “Karen” and How We Come Out

  294. 082

    June 2020, A Voicemail

  295. 081

    To “Stan” vs. “Cancel” and Anger Management

  296. 080

    Content Overload and Personal Experiments

  297. 079

    VERY Dirty Work and Irreconcilable Age Differences

  298. 078

    Green vs. Purple and Our Feeling Circle

  299. 077

    From Enormous Baby to Hyping the Homies

  300. 076

    Future Foods and Dog Ownership with Matt Millington

  301. 075

    Top 3 Things Not to Do in Quarantine, with Clarissa Pharr

  302. 010

    Meme Speak and Disney Princes Rerun

    Rerun
  303. 074

    The Mobile Gaming Stigma and Quarantine Intimacy

  304. 073

    Being Bored and Alleviating Millennial Burnout

  305. 072

    WFH and The Best Pies

  306. 071

    The Data Crystal Ball and Escaping Our Algorithms

  307. 070

    The Merits of Jargon and Exploitative TV

  308. 069

    Experiencing Time Differently and Protecting Queer Spaces

  309. 068

    Human Brands and The Vertical Video Debate

  310. 067

    Glass-Shattering Moments and Gifting

  311. 066

    Our Parasocial Relationship with Kobe and Music Identity Politics

  312. 065

    Beyond Genre and Drops

  313. 064

    Wild Prognostications 2020!

  314. 063

    Nostalgia for Musicals and Dealing With Dying

  315. 062

    ’90s Action Films and Cleaning Digital House

  316. 060

    2019 Wild Prognostications: A Year in Review!

  317. 059

    Year-End Wraps and Online Performativity

  318. 058

    Thanksgiving Carols: A Special!

  319. 057

    Hidden Internet Treasures and Serious Thanks

  320. 056

    Customer Service and Made-Up Jobs

  321. 055

    Critical Nonsense Live‽ Adult Play, Fungi, Hot Takes, and Other Nonsense

  322. 054

    Our Generational Divide and Using Fear

  323. 053

    Dinner Parties and The Value of Story

  324. 052

    Pigs and Modern Spirituality

  325. 051

    Queer Comedy and the Toilet Tweet Butterfly Effect

  326. 050

    New Life States and Comparing Ourselves

  327. 049

    Ethical Travel and Work Friends

  328. 048

    Fatalism and Picky Eating

  329. 047

    WeWork and the School Year

  330. 046

    Mortal Kombat Fatalities and Rewatching TV

  331. 045

    Top 3 Reusable Startup Hacks with Greg Kubin

  332. 044

    The Missy Elliott Legacy and Cultural Critique

  333. 043

    Bionic Bodies and Solving the World's Problems

  334. 042

    Taking Care of Business and Meme Speak

  335. 041

    Aging Professionally and Vanilla Bias

  336. 040

    Sharing Our Feelings and Airport Culture

  337. 039

    Digital Ownership and Deconstructing Magic

  338. 038

    Ghosting and Secret Menus

  339. 037

    Keanu, Explosions, and Other Lightning Chats: A Special!

  340. 036

    Business Trends and Values in Sports

  341. 035

    Pokémon-Brain and Stick Perfume

  342. 034

    Pride and Self-Promotion

  343. 033

    Self-Care and Sleep

  344. 032

    Creative Compassion and Petty Extremes

  345. 031

    Hobbies and the Mid-Tier City Moment

  346. 030

    Disney Magic and Personality Tests

  347. 029

    Nutrition and Multi-Level Marketing

  348. 028

    “Men” by Hollywood and Deep Work

  349. 027

    Professional Oversharing and Selling-Out

  350. 026

    Rewriting Words and Taking Offense

  351. 025

    Funny Women at Work and Eyebrows

  352. 024

    Safe Travel and Our Hero Obsession

  353. 023

    Emotional Contagion and Meeting Online

  354. 022

    Rulebreakers and Video Game Movies

  355. 021

    Dying Influence and The Value of College

  356. 020

    Neighbors and Becoming Old

  357. 019

    Cancelling Artists and Social Media

  358. 018

    Generational Softness and Sensing Luxury

  359. 017

    The Gig Economy

  360. 016

    Internet Attribution and Smart Homes

  361. 015

    Baking and Legal Sports Betting

  362. 014

    Professional Risks and Horror

  363. 013

    Wild Prognostications: A Special!

  364. 012

    Financial Independence and Bests Of

  365. 011

    Nostalgia and the NFL

  366. 010

    Deprivation, Excess, and Disney Princes

  367. 009

    Thanksgiving and Dreaded Questions: A Special!

  368. 008

    Board Games and Pets

  369. 007

    Mystery and Teen Soap Operas

  370. 006

    Sexy Halloween and the State of Intimacy

  371. 005

    Relatable Music // Meaningful Work

  372. 004

    Celebrity // Moonshots

  373. 003

    Experts // Awards Shows

  374. 002

    Drag Culture // Movie Sequels

  375. 001

    Kanye // Depressed Futurists