Default Friends and Solving Problems

A discussion about where the culture is heading from a plugged-in advice writer and a discussion about how separated punditry is from impact

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Meet Default Friend

I’m not sure exactly how I came to follow Default Friend, except that we run in many of the same Twitter circles and she’s struck me as both thoughtful and kind. She writes an advice column, Default Wisdom, that I’ve enjoyed …