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The post that became an essay
Welcome to The Gravity Well Effect.
Jan 17
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Grant McCracken
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June 2022
012 Culture Problem: the Himmelfarb "decency reservoir"
It’s astonishing to see the sheer volume of bad behavior these days. It’s like everyone forgot how to do the right thing. In a book called The New Honor…
Jun 8, 2022
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Grant McCracken
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May 2022
012 Culture Problem: culture collapse
the weeping can go on for hours
May 3, 2022
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Grant McCracken
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April 2022
011 Culture Solution: Rebuilding common sense
what we need are high cliffs
Apr 20, 2022
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Grant McCracken
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March 2022
010 Culture Problem: the death of common sense?
are we witnesses the rise of a self-erasing culture?
Mar 31, 2022
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Grant McCracken
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009 Culture Solution: The Denzel Washington School for Drama
Last time (008) we talked about celebrity culture as a problem. Celebrity culture, we argued, colonizes our kids. This time (009) we’ll talk about…
Mar 24, 2022
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Grant McCracken
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008 Culture Problem: celebrities
how can anyone this beautiful be a problem?
Mar 17, 2022
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Grant McCracken
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007 Culture Solution: good food
Cheese-whiz. Mac and cheese. TV dinner. Sugar Pops. Hot pockets. Dunkin’ Donuts Glazed Jelly Stick (480 calories). Burger King Oreo Shake (730…
Mar 11, 2022
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Grant McCracken
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006 Culture Problem: bad food
celebrating the good life with bad food
Mar 8, 2022
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Grant McCracken
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005 Culture Solution: Big Pictures
we are better at bigger pictures and that's good news
Mar 3, 2022
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Grant McCracken
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February 2022
004 Culture Problem: decline of the water cooler
the decline of tent poles and water coolers
Feb 28, 2022
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Grant McCracken
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003 Culture Solution: fluidity as an adaptation
The power of fluidity
Feb 24, 2022
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Grant McCracken
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