Sophisticated new emotional wellness apps powered by AI are growing in popularity. But these apps pose their own mental health risks by enabling users to form concerning emotional attachments and dependencies to AI chatbots, and deserve far more scrutiny than regulators currently give them, according to a new paper from faculty at Harvard Business School…
This is an excerpt of the newsletter Show Notes, in which Samuel Hine reports from the front row of the fashion world. Sign up here to get it free. The flip-flop wave that GQ has been tracking for months has finally broken on the shores of Paris Fashion Week. On the first night alone, I…
I’m also one of the top three spenders in the Comme store, I think. I don’t want to say I’m number one, but I was at one point, which I thought was insane because I didn’t spend that much. Are there any trends or brands you’ve had to kind of push on him because you…
Photo Credit: Jay Blakesberg In the following conversation, fashion designer Meghan Fabulous discusses her origin story as a Grateful Dead fan and what led to her two-tiered official licensed band-inspired clothing collection. Beginning with her visual interest in the group’s trademark iconography, Meghan retraces the events that took her from thrift store hero to uncycled…
Last year the hashtag #NoBuy began to gain traction on TikTok—a nascent anticonsumerist movement that encouraged people to curb their spending. More recently, bolstered by rising prices and a bleak economic outlook, the sentiment has snowballed into “No Buy 2025,” both a pledge and a challenge to fight back against overconsumption. It’s no longer a…