opinions

  • How Your Age Shapes Your Opinions

    How Your Age Shapes Your Opinions

    I’ve always longed for an “Opinionpedia” to summarise the subjective stuff Wikipedia leaves out: whether a certain band is considered dorky, or a town is considered ugly, or whether only old people like a certain book.


  • Yelp Is Awful For Everyone Involved

    Yelp Is Awful For Everyone Involved

    “Your review on Yelp is destroying my business,” he says to me, clearly clenching his teeth, “How long do I have to suffer because of your negative review?” A few weeks ago, I got a phone call from a contractor because of a review I’d left. What ensued was a weirdly emotional conversation that ventured…