Critical Nonsense SYLVAIN

How has neighborliness changed in the past five years? This week, Aaron and Jess talk about lost dogs, trash pandas, the pandemic, masking, isolation, and marble runs. They don’t talk about the McFeelys or Cousin Mary Owl. references * Aaron keeps your head ringing (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gg5KfL-4asE) while The Sequence funks you up (https://youtu.be/r-08GnDOMWw?si=GUX-YgJ0-jgA7G8m&t=440). * Honey, I Shrunk the Kids * "Frozen in the Face of Tech" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8y8G2FkPhg): Joey @ Web Summit Rio 2024 * Petco's Love Lost pet finder (https://petcolove.org/lost/) * 7 Signs of Undiagnosed Autism in Adults (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwu3iZSgf10) * Jelle's Marble Runs (https://www.youtube.com/@JellesMarbleRuns) * The Lemonade Machine (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Av07QiqmsoA) 

Why should we be concerned wth generationally slow timebombs? This week, Joey and Jess talk about trees, the Bradford pear, city planning, Barcelona, pilot programs, and the candy bowl theory. They don’t talk about Cameo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn8KYD1Vco0). references * @jjvincent (https://twitter.com/jjvincent/status/1772181698861523278?s=46&t=vBQGHWBS66IV09hhLDB7_A) on the tree timebomb in the UK. * The Guardian: Hidden giants: how the UK’s 500,000 redwoods put California in the shade (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/16/hidden-giants-how-the-uks-500000-redwoods-put-california-in-the-shade) * The New York Times from 1964: BRADFORD PEAR HAS MANY ASSETS; New Ornamental Fruit Offers Sturdy Form And Early Bloom (https://www.nytimes.com/1964/01/05/archives/bord-pear-has-many-assets-new-ornamental-fruit-offers-sturdy.html) * The New York Times from 2021: A Tree That Was Once the Suburban Ideal Has Morphed Into an Unstoppable Villain (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/26/us/bradford-pear-tree-south-carolina.html) * Superilla (https://www.citiesforum.org/news/superblock-superilla-barcelona-a-city-redefined/) * Biological Control (https://www.fs.usda.gov/foresthealth/applied-sciences/biological-control/) * The Psychology of the Candy Bowl (https://www.govloop.com/community/blog/psychology-candy-bowl/) * Dunbar's number (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunbar%27s_number) * Street activity sensors in NY (https://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/pr2023/dot-new-technology-improve-safety.shtml) * Definitely Maybe (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xj45Ir4MRlE) 

What does this "trend-mill" mean, what does it say about us as people, and how bad is it, really? This week, special guests Claire and Chloe join Jess and Joey to talk about the mob-wife aesthetic, accessibility, TikTok, blueberry milk nails, social networks vs. social media, and Trader Joe's totes. They don’t talk about why the combination of peanut butter and jelly is a gotdamn abomination. references * Vogue: Blueberry Milk Nails Are Summer’s Most-Wanted Manicure (https://www.vogue.com/article/blueberry-milk-nails-summers-most-wanted-manicure) * Zaria Parvez: How the Comment Section became Duolingo's new Push Notification (https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/comment-section-your-social-brief-zaria-parvez-ek94f/) * The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt * onika burgers (https://knowyourmeme.com/editorials/guides/what-does-onika-burger-mean-the-nicki-minaj-meme-explained) 

What happens if we're all deathly affraid of the cringe? This week, Jess, Joey, and Aaron talk about pain, yips, shame, fremdschämen, the Apple Vision Pro, and Michael Jordan. They don’t talk about Gracious K (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR3gfLa5c50). references * Skanking (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=je8pT145gvs) * Revisiting Critical Nonsense 253! Teaching Agency (https://www.thisisnonsense.com/episodes/253) and the Scandinavian Swimmers * Fremdschämen (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicarious_embarrassment) * The actual King of Belgium (https://www.monarchie.be/en/royal-family/the-king) 

Why is cheating in some places treated differently than cheating in other places? This week, Joey, Aaron, and Jess talk about fairness, tribalism, insider trading, meritocracy, winning, and wallpaper. They don’t talk about Pete Shelley. references * Veridis Quo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhZaHf8RP6g) * USA Today: Who is Shohei Ohtani and what is his connection to the gambling scandal that's rocked baseball? (https://www.today.com/news/sports/shohei-ohtani-gambling-scandal-rcna145897) * ESPN: NBA eyes Raptors' Jontay Porter for betting issues (https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/39808900/nba-eyes-raptors-jontay-porter-betting-issues) * The Meritocracy Myth by Stephen J. McNamee * Jayson Tatum (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jayson_Tatum) * Aaron's Interior Decorating Corner: Anthropologie (https://www.anthropologie.com/anthroliving/collection-furniture), Spoonflower (https://www.spoonflower.com/), Hovia (https://www.hovia.com/), Janovic (https://janovic.com/), and Lamps Plus (https://www.lampsplus.com/) 

This week, a takeover! Joey shares his latest edition from SYLVAIN’s Progress Report newsletter: Awaiting the Eruption: Innovation Strategies for a Post-ZIRP Era (https://progressbysylvain.co/blogs/news/the-newsletter-edition-109).For more from SYLVAIN's Progress Report, see progressbysylvain.co (https://progressbysylvain.co).