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These are the books that early Facebook investor Marc Andreessen thinks everyone should read right now

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Silicon Valley investor and once-prolific tweeter Marc Andreessen is back on Twitter with a new avatar — it's a bald Charlie Brown clutching a book — and a summer reading list.

Andreessen, cofounder of buzzy venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, abruptly left Twitter in the fall of 2016, deleting all his tweets after writing, "Taking a Twitter break!"

The early Facebook investor and creator of the first popular web browser had been well known for his authoritative Twitter presence, firing off tweetstorms and retweeting messages about tech, economics, and politics, at all hours of the day. Andreessen has nearly 700,000 followers on the social media site.

Now he's back, if only to share a summer reading list.

He tweeted on Thursday, "Thread: Books I've recently read and recommend."

Here they are:

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"Thinking, Fast and Slow" by Daniel Kahneman (2013)

Andreessen says: "Captivating dive into human decision making, marred by inclusion of several/many? psychology studies that fail to replicate. Will stand as a cautionary tale?"

Buy it here: Amazon



"Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts" by Annie Duke (2018)

Andreessen says: "Compact guide to probabilistic domains like poker, or venture capital. Best articulation of 'resulting,' drawing bad conclusions from confusing process and outcome. Recommend for people operating in the real world."

Buy it here: Amazon



"Chasing Hillary: Ten Years, Two Presidential Campaigns, and One Intact Glass Ceiling" by Amy Chozick (2018)

Andreessen says: "On the bus/in the plane with the Hillary campaign. Revealing in many dimensions at once, and highly entertaining. Best book on the 2016 campaign so far?"

Buy it here: Amazon



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Trump mocks #MeToo movement in derogatory rant about Elizabeth Warren at Montana campaign rally

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  • President Donald Trump used a derogatory term to reference Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and encouraged her to take an ancestry test to prove her self-described Native American heritage during a campaign rally in Montana on Thursday.
  • Trump also revived the derogatory "Pocahontas" nickname he has used previously to describe Warren.
  • Trump went on to rail against the #MeToo movement by sarcastically suggesting he needed to be "gentle" with its supporters.

President Donald Trump revived a derogatory term he has previously used to reference Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts while speaking at a campaign rally for Republican state auditor Matt Rosendale in Montana on Thursday.

"She's based her life on being a minority. 'Pocahontas,' they always want me to apologize for saying it," Trump said. "Pocahontas, I apologize to you. I apologize. To you, I apologize. To the fake Pocahontas, I won't apologize."

Trump accused Warren of using her self-described heritage to advance her political career and taunted her by suggesting she should take an ancestry test. Fact-checkers were previously unable to determine whether Warren is of Native American heritage, but, according to their findings, the lack of proof did not "preclude Warren from having traces of Native American heritage."

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Trump also sniped at the #MeToo movement during his monologue on Warren's genealogy:

"I'm going to get one of those little kits, and in the middle of the debate when she proclaims that she's of Indian heritage, because her mother says she has high cheekbones," Trump said. "We will take that little kit and ... we have to do it gently because we're in the 'MeToo' generation so we have to be very gentle."

"And we will very gently take that kit, and we will slowly toss it," Trump continued. "Hoping it doesn't hit her and injure her arm. Even though it only weighs probably two ounces."

The #MeToo movement is dedicated to exposing rampant sexual misconduct and sexual harassment across multiple industries, which has taken down multiple high-profile figures since it began. Trump appears to have conflated it with being polite.

Warren has previously voiced her support for the movement.

Incidentally, Trump's remarks the same day the White House announced that former Fox News executive Bill Shine will join the White House as the next deputy chief of staff for communications. Shine stepped down as co-president at Fox News in 2017. He was close to the embattled chairman and CEO Roger Ailes, who had faced multiple allegations of sexual misconduct.

Shine was accused of trying to cover up allegations against Ailes, who left the network in July 2016, and died nearly one year later.

Shortly after Trump threw darts at Warren on Thursday, Warren fired back, noting the Trump administration was conducting DNA tests on separated migrant families. On Thursday, the Department of Health and Human Services announced it would conduct DNA tests as part of the effort to reunite migrant children who were separated from their parents as a result of the White House's "zero tolerance" immigration policy.

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Feeling younger than your age could be a sign your brain is healthy, according to new research

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  • You've heard of "young at heart," but what about "young at brain"?
  • According to a new study, people who feel younger than their age are more likely to have healthier brains.
  • This could be because some people pay no notice of their age and stay active most of their lives.
  • Other people may be more aware of their ageing brains and resign to the fact they are getting older.
  • This could have an impact on their cognitive abilities.


Brains are the most complicated organ in our bodies. While neuroscientists are fairly certain of what certain hemispheres of the brain are responsible for, other things remain a mystery, such as why some people develop Alzheimer's.

There's also a lot of false information going around regarding brains. But what is certain is that keeping your brain young and healthy is vital — and certain exercises have been shown to stave off the effects of ageing pretty well.

According to new research, published in the journal Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, there could be another secret to keeping your brain youthful, and it's all to do with your mindset.

Jeanyung Chey from Seoul National University in Korea wanted to investigate the link between subjective and real brain age. She and a team recruited 68 healthy people aged 59 to 84 years and performed MRI brain scans to analyse the amount of grey matter in different areas.

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The participants also completed a questionnaire about how old they were and whether they felt older or younger, and their cognitive abilities and perceived health were also assessed.

The people who said they felt younger than their age were more likely to get a better score on a memory test. Also, they appeared to consider themselves more healthy, and were less likely to be depressed. It wasn't just down to performance, as those who felt younger also had increased grey matter volume in the inferior frontal gyrus and the superior temporal gyrus —areas associated with language, speech, and sound.

If somebody feels older than their age, it could be sign for them to evaluate their lifestyle.

 

"We found that people who feel younger have the structural characteristics of a younger brain," Chey said in a statement. "Importantly, this difference remains robust even when other possible factors, including personality, subjective health, depressive symptoms, or cognitive functions, are accounted for."

The researchers don't know for sure whether younger brain characteristics are responsible for someone's subjective age or not, but they think those who feel older may be more aware of the ageing process of their brains.

Another possible explanation is people who feel younger engage in more physical and mental activity, and lead a generally more stimulating life, that improves their brain health. Those who feel older may have resigned themselves to their age and stopped being so agile and spritely, which impacts their cognitive abilities.

"If somebody feels older than their age, it could be a sign for them to evaluate their lifestyle, habits and activities that could contribute to brain ageing and take measures to better care for their brain health," said Chey.

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Elon Musk floated a plan to free the Thai soccer team trapped in a cave, and he says SpaceX and Boring Co. engineers are headed to Thailand

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  • Elon Musk on Wednesday said he would be "happy to help" the Thai soccer team stuck in a cave since June 23.
  • He has now designed a plan to help save the boys, and he said engineers from his companies would travel to Thailand on Saturday.
  • Rescuers are in a race against time to get the team out of the cave, as oxygen levels are falling and monsoon rains threaten to leave them trapped for months.

Elon Musk has detailed plans meant to free the Thai soccer team stuck inside the Tham Luang cave network in northern Thailand — and he says engineers from two of his companies are traveling to Thailand to offer help.

Musk outlined his proposal on Twitter on Friday. He suggested that a tube or series of tubes be sent through the cave network and inflated, creating a tunnel for the team to travel through without needing to scuba dive.

"Maybe worth trying: insert a 1m diameter nylon tube (or shorter set of tubes for most difficult sections) through cave network & inflate with air like a bouncy castle, " he wrote. "Should create an air tunnel underwater against cave roof & auto-conform to odd shapes like the 70cm hole."

He wrote that engineers from two of his companies, the aerospace manufacturer SpaceX and the tunnel-construction company Boring Company, were leaving for Thailand on Saturday to offer assistance to the Thai government.

"There are probably many complexities that are hard to appreciate without being there in person," Musk wrote.

A Twitter user highlighted the narrowest parts of the cave, where the diameter is just 70 centimeters (28 inches), as well as parts of the route that are flooded.

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Musk wrote in response that the water near the entrance looked as if it could be pumped out. The deeper stretches would need battery packs, air pumps, and tubes, he said.

"If depth of 2nd is accurate, would need ~0.5 bar tube pressure," he wrote. "Prob need to enter tube, zip up & then transit."

The 12 Thai boys and their soccer coach have been trapped inside the cave since June 23. Rescuers have been working on a variety of plans, including teaching the boys to scuba dive. But the mission has been turned into a race against time as oxygen levels fall and heavy rain is due this weekend.

The dive is also dark and dangerous — it has taken rescuers six hours to reach the team and another five hours to return to the entrance. A former Thai navy SEAL died early Friday while delivering oxygen tanks to the cave.

It is not clear whether Musk's solution will be seriously considered or whether it would work better than the methods already being explored by rescuers.

Musk first offered to help with the rescue mission on Wednesday. He replied to a Twitter user who solicited his help, saying he was "happy to help if there is a way to do so."

Rescuers have been pumping water out of the cave with the goal of letting the boys walk out, rather than having to scuba dive. Musk indicated on Wednesday that he might be able to help with this effort. "Don't know if pump rate is limited by electric power or pumps are too small," he said. "If so, could dropship fully charged Powerpacks and pumps."

Rescuers have also explored digging a hole into the cave system to reach the boys. Musk wrote on Wednesday that his Boring Company had "advanced ground penetrating radar & is pretty good at digging holes."

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3 YouTube stars have died after falling into a waterfall pool in Canada

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  • The YouTube vloggers Ryker Gamble, Alexey Lyakh, and Megan Scraper died on Tuesday after falling over a waterfall in Canada.
  • They were part of High On Life, a travel vlog with more than 1.5 million followers across YouTube and Instagram.
  • High On Life has set up a memorial fund and asked followers to share their memories using the hashtag #HOLinspired. 

Three YouTube and Instagram travel vloggers died on Tuesday after falling over a waterfall in Canada.

Ryker Gamble, Alexey Lyakh, and Megan Scraper were part of High On Life, a travel vlog with more than 1.1 million followers on Instagram and more than 500,000 YouTube subscribers.

Police said in a statement that the three were swimming with a group of friends at the top of Shannon Falls in British Columbia on Tuesday when they "slipped and fell into a pool 30 metres below."

The Vancouver Sun reported that family members had confirmed Gamble's death, while friends and social-media posts said Lyakh and Scraper were the other two killed in the accident.

High on Life posted a tribute video on its channel in which the group said Gamble, Lyakh, and Scraper "were three of the warmest, kindest, most driven, and outgoing people you could ever meet."

"There are truly no words that can be said to ease the pain and the devastation that we are all going through right now," the group added.

High On Life also provided a link to a memorial fund for the three, which has a goal of raising $100,000 (£75,000).

It also asked that people respect their loved ones' privacy and give them space to grieve but encouraged fans to send ways that High On Life has inspired them by using the hashtag #HOLinspired.

"A story, a picture, a song, a video — use the hashtag #HOLinspired so we can collect all of your love and thoughts in one place," the fundraiser's page says.

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The 23 best road trip movies of all time that are perfect to watch during the summer

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The summertime is always when most get the itch to set out on the open road and do some traveling.

Hollywood has always had a soft spot for road trip movies, and some have become memorable not just for what was shown on screen, but what the spirit of the movie meant for the people who saw them. Take “Easy Rider” for example, whose no-rules approach launched a new way movies were made for decades.

Here are 23 road trip movies you should check out before heading on your own adventure:

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“Almost Famous” (2000)

Cameron Crowe’s love letter to the 1970s rock and roll scene, which he covered as a writer for Rolling Stone, is a fun look at adolescence, fame, and highlights the non-stop grind of a band being “on the road.”



“The Blues Brothers” (1980)

John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd play two brothers on a mission from God. Trying to get on the straight-and-narrow after getting out of prison, Jake Blues (Belushi) and his brother Elwood (Aykroyd) decide to help raise the money the Catholic home they were raised in needs to stay open. That leads to a road trip around Illinois to get the band back together.



“Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan” (2006)

With the help of director Larry Charles, Sacha Baron Cohen creates one of the funniest road trip movies ever made as he takes his character, Borat, to America to marry Pamela Anderson. But in the process, the movie highlights the US itself, as Borat travels the country doing everything from singing the Kazakhstan national anthem at a rodeo to hanging out with some fraternity kids.



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Chris Brown was arrested on a felony battery charge after a concert in Florida

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  • Chris Brown was arrested Thursday following a concert in Palm Beach, Florida, on an outstanding felony battery charge. 
  • Brown was later released on $2,000 bail, CBS News reports. 
  • The 29-year-old singer has a history of arrests.

R&B singer Chris Brown was arrested on Thursday following a concert in Palm Beach, Florida.

Brown, 29, was taken into custody on an outstanding felony battery charge and later released on $2,000 bail, The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office confirmed to CBS News.

TMZ first reported Brown's arrest on Thursday. The outlet reported that Palm Beach County police were waiting to arrest him immediately after his performance ended at the Coral Sky Ampitheatre in West Palm Beach.

CBS News reported that Brown was taken in on a warrant issued in Hillsborough, Florida, a town 150 miles northwest of Palm Beach. It's unclear what the charge is related to. 

Brown has a history of arrests.

He pleaded guilty in 2009 to the felony assault of his then-girlfriend Rihanna. Brown ended his probation for that case in 2015. 

Brown was most recently arrested in 2016 on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon at his home in California, after a woman named Baylee Curran called 911 from inside his house. He was later released on $250,000 bail

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Target employees share the 6 worst things about working for the retail chain

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  • Target store employees don't love every single aspect of their jobs.
  • That's not surprising — no one does.
  • Still, 34 current and former team members who spoke with Business Insider shared several specific complaints.
  • Rude guests and understaffing are just two of the biggest downsides of Target jobs, according to the current and former employees. 

Target store team members have bad days on the job, just like everyone else.

But for some employees, certain negative aspects of working at the retail giant stand out.

Business Insider recently spoke with 34 current and former Target employees, who told us all about the worst and most challenging parts of their jobs. Some of their complaints reflect the nature of retail work, while others may hint at perceived store or chainwide issues.

Here's what Target team members said they disliked about their jobs.

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The tremendous amount of work

One Target team member of two years told Business Insider that "the amount of work each position is in charge of" proved to be "challenging" for many employees.

"There is never a moment where you don't have several other things to do," the team member said.

Another employee from California told Business Insider that the roughest aspect of the job was "needing to finish a lot of work in a very short time frame."

Two other Target team members pointed to understaffing as a major problem at their stores.

One team member who's worked at the chain for nine months said their store was always short-staffed when it came time to close for the night.

Another team member with a year of experience told Business Insider: "If someone called in sick, you would be almost running to keep up with keeping the shelves stocked."



Selling the Redcards

Signing customers up for Target's Redcards was a source of stress for four Target team members who spoke to Business Insider.

Target's Redcard promises customers an extra 5% off most purchases, free two-day shipping, and an extended return policy.

One employee of seven months said they wanted to quit because they felt pressured to hawk the Redcards at checkout.

"The worst part about working at Target is the unrealistic expectations set by corporate," a Virginia-based Target team member told Business Insider. "For instance, stores are expected to hit a target goal for Redcards each day."



Dealing with management

Nine current and former Target employees said disagreements with supervisors and management were the worst aspect of their jobs.

"Management is so out of touch that it hurts," an employee of three years told Business Insider.

One employee of one year said they witnessed too much favoritism among their supervisors, while another employee of five years said they felt they weren't getting recognition from their leaders.

"It usually feels like higher-ups — especially corporate — don't care about the average team members," a California-based Target team member told Business Insider. "We always have more and more work added to our plates, but we have nothing to show for it."

Another employee from Michigan told Business Insider that there was a disconnect between Target's upper-level management and Target team members and shoppers.

"They have a tendency to operate from a numbers basis, instead of really communicating thoroughly in a much-needed conversation with their extended communities," the team member said.



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The director of 'Ant-Man and the Wasp' explains how the ramifications of 'Infinity War' affected the making of the movie

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  • "Ant-Man and the Wasp" director Peyton Reed said a major challenge with this movie was that it follows "Avengers: Infinity War."
  • Reed said it wasn't until the very end of making the movie that they decided how they would address the ending of "Infinity War."
  • The director also revealed that his movie features the largest set ever made for a Marvel movie.


Before "Ant-Man and the Wasp," director Peyton Reed had never made a sequel before. So, obviously, he had some nerves going into the project. But how was it making a movie that's the first MCU release following the shocking events of "Avengers: Infinity War?"

"Everything was harder," Reed said.

"Ant-Man and the Wasp" (opening in theaters on Friday), Reed's sequel to the 2015 hit "Ant-Man," follows the adventures of Scott Lang, an ex-con trying to provide for his family while also being a superhero on the side thanks to a suit that makes him micro-small or extremely large.

The sequel, like the first movie, is light and fun but with a little drama kicked in as Lang's mentor, Dr. Hank Pym (Michael Douglas), and his daughter Hope — aka Wasp (Evangeline Lilly) — are desperately trying to get Hope's mom (Michelle Pfeiffer) out of the Quantum Realm.

But the movie also had to tie in the events of "Captain American: Civil War" (Lang is suffering the consequences of participating in the superhero showdown from that movie) and "Infinity War." So yes, we can see why everything was harder this time around.

Business Insider chatted with Reed about those challenges, how the movie has the biggest practical set ever created for a Marvel movie, and the drive to make a standalone movie despite being in the MCU. 

Jason Guerrasio: Were there comedic bits or elements that you couldn't fit in the first movie that found their way into this one?

Peyton Reed: Actually, the bulk of it is stuff that we came up for this movie because we're weirdly a sequel not only to "Ant-Man" but "Captain America: Civil War," because we couldn't ignore what happened with Scott Lang in "Civil War," and it provided us with this organic jumping off point. So, really, the bulk of it — the shrinking and growing stuff — was for this movie.
 
Guerrasio: Is doing this in some way like doing TV because the MCU is so popular you can reference another movie that isn't even in the franchise you're in, and the audience understands?

Reed: In that regard I suppose it is. But we also definitely want to make it its own viewing experience that makes sense if you haven't seen the first "Ant-Man" or any of the other MCU movies. Obviously, it's enriched if you've seen all the movies, but I don't think we approach it like TV. Obviously there's no writers' room, but if anything I think there's a real desire on my behalf and Marvel's to make this a standalone adventure that's really about the Pym/Van Dyne family and Scott Lang. 
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Guerrasio: But then there's "Infinity War" that you have to address.

Reed: For a long time in the writing of this thing we really didn't know where we were going to go, or wanted to fall, in terms of the timeline with "Infinity War." We knew that we were going to reference stuff that happened in "Civil War," but it was fairly late in the writing that we decided how we were going to introduce the events of "Infinity War."

There were versions early on where we put these little things in the background, these little Easter eggs to hint that in the world at large "Infinity War" is going on during this movie, but then we finally landed on what we inevitably did to address it. And that was very late in the game of writing. Doing that allowed us to tell this standalone story and then put our little twist to connect "Infinity War."

Guerrasio: When I watched it, especially in the beginning, I'm almost on high alert that something has to happen that makes us realize the events of "Infinity War" are happening as this movie is going on. 

Reed: As we were shooting it and certainly when we started screening it after "Infinity War" came out, it was this idea are you looking for clues and trying to figure out how it fits into that timeline? Then when it doesn't do that people submit to the story and the characters. They truly forget about it. And so what we do at the end gives it more impact. That was really fun. 

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Guerrasio: But there is at least one moment in the movie where you have some fun with the audience. You keep one character off screen long enough to make you think, "Did the Thanos snap just happen?"

Reed: Yeah. It just happened organically. It's so funny, coming after "Infinity War" definitely, like it or not, changes the context of our movie. And we always knew that would be the case. So it was really fun to kind of play with those expectations. 

Guerrasio: Was there any part of the filmmaking that came easier this time around than the first movie?

Reed: As a whole it was probably harder than the first movie. What did come easily was obviously having a rapport with the actors and knowing those characters. It really did help how we wanted to grow the characters. I have never directed a sequel before and my only guideline was as a moviegoer and what I personally like and don't like in sequels. 

One of the things I love in sequels is when they don't start directly right where the first one ended. I like when some time passes into the second one, the characters that you know from the first movie have progressed and the audience has to play a little bit a catch up to what's going on. And once we factored in the ramifications of Scott's actions in "Civil War," the idea that he would be in house arrest [due to his involvement in "Civil War"], that really gave us a lot to play with dramatically and comedically. And starting out having Scott estranged from Hank and Hope. That was really fun, everything else was harder. [Laughs

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Guerrasio: How about on the practical side. Was there anything you guys built that we would assume is CGI but is actually practical?

Reed: The biggest thing is Hank's lab, that interior. Early on while we were prepping, I wanted that set to be a practical set because in a movie where they are shrinking and growing and it takes place in the real world, I wanted as much tactile, real estate on location and on stage. And it turned out that we designed and built what's now the largest set that Marvel has ever built for one of their movies. It has digital extensions, but the bulk of that set is just this incredibly detailed thing. It helps ground the actors.

Guerrasio: Are you shocked you got the okay for that? You would think that kind of thing would be bestowed to an Avengers or Captain America movie. 

Reed: It would be that shocking answer if you were doing a Marvel quiz, "Which is the movie that has the largest set?" I don't think you would ever guess "Ant-Man and the Wasp." But I think because a sizable amount of the movie takes place in that lab I wanted it to feel real. If it all felt digital or fake it really does take the audience out of it.

Guerrasio: Do you feel more of an ownership on this movie compared to the last one, which was originally developed by director Edgar Wright?

Reed: I had way longer development and prep time on this movie, there's no question about that. But I feel absolute ownership over the first movie. And I think for me coming into that movie, I certainly have done movies and TV with incredibly accelerated prep periods. Obviously we used Edgar's and Joe [Cornish]'s original draft, but when [Adam] McKay and [Paul] Rudd came in to do the rewrites around the time I came on the movie, we definitely felt free to change everything we wanted to do. We really added some major stuff, like the Quantum Realm never existed in those original drafts and Janet Van Dyne was never in the original draft. We kept the heist film aspect. But I feel absolute ownership over the first movie. The process on this was much more gratifying just because, okay, we have established that Ant-Man is a hero that people have connected with and now we can hit the ground running, that's really gratifying. But for me they are both my babies.

 

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Here are all the confirmed original shows coming to Netflix in 2018

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piper orange is new blackNetflix has a lot of original content in store for the second half of this year.

2018 has already seen the premiere of a handful of new original shows, including the sci-fi reboot "Lost In Space" and David Letterman's talk show.

Among the shows still to come is the new series "Maniac," a dark comedy starring Jonah Hill and Emma Stone, along with new seasons of "Ozark" and "Orange Is the New Black."

On Friday, Netflix announced that the second season of its animated series "Castlevania" will premiere on October 26.

Netflix has said it will spend $8 billion on shows and movies in 2018 — up from the $6 billion it spent in 2017. 

To help you sort through all of the upcoming content, we've compiled a list of original shows that Netflix has confirmed are coming out in 2018. This excludes movies, kids' shows, and series that might not come out until 2019 or later.

Here are all the shows we know Netflix is for sure putting out in 2018, along with their release date if available:

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"Lovesick" (Season 3) — Released January 1

Netflix description: "In his quest for true love, Dylan found chlamydia. Joined by friends Evie and Luke, he relives past encounters as he notifies all his former partners."



"The End of the F***ing World" (Season 1) — Released January 5

Netflix description: "A budding teen psychopath and a rebel hungry for adventure embark on a star-crossed road trip in this darkly comic series based on a graphic novel.



"Disjointed" (Season 1 - Part 2) — Released January 12

Netflix description: "Pot activist Ruth Whitefeather Feldman runs a medical marijuana dispensary while encouraging her loyal patients to chill out and enjoy the high life."



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7 great movies you can watch on Netflix this weekend

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It's finally the weekend, and since you're probably still tired from celebrating the Fourth of July, you might want some relaxing binge-watching time.

Thankfully we're here to help you figure out what to watch for your next movie marathon. Every week, we look through Netflix's collection to recommend seven movies you can watch over the weekend.

Some of our selections recently joined Netflix, and some have been available for while — you probably just didn't notice.

From the dinosaur thriller "Jurassic Park" to Disney's "The Princess Diaries," these are some awesome movies on Netflix you can watch this weekend. 

Here are seven movies on Netflix you should check out (along with their scores from Rotten Tomatoes).

Note: Not all of these films are available in countries outside the United States. Sorry!

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"Jurassic Park" (1993)

Netflix description: A multimillionaire unveils a theme park where visitors can see live dinosaurs, but an employee tampers with the security system and the dinos escape.

Critic score: 92%

Audience score: 91%

"Jurassic Park" is not just one of the best action movies ever made — it's one of the best movies ever made. While it is very 90s, its story, characters, and even its special effects — which are still stunning — transcend time. And even if you've seen the movie dozens of times, you'll experience the thrills as if you're seeing it for the first time.



"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" (2006)

Netflix description: Happy-go-lucky troublemaker Capt. Jack Sparrow works his way out of a blood debt with the ghostly Davy Jones, hoping to avoid eternal damnation.

Critic score: 54%

Audience score: 72%

The second movie in this franchise, like all of the other sequels that came after it, lacks the magic of the first. And while "Dead Man's Chest" is long and filled with pointless shenanigans, it's still fun, well-cast, and is a perfect movie to stay in and watch on a too-hot-to-go-outside summer weekend. 



"Meet the Parents" (2000)

Netflix description: Greg Focker is ready to marry his girlfriend, but before he pops the question, he must win over her formidable father, a humorless former CIA agent.

Critic score: 84%

Audience score: 79%

Unlike a lot of comedies from this era, "Meet the Parents" still holds up. It stars Ben Stiller and Robert De Niro, who do an incredible job hating each other. The movie marks De Niro's best comedic performance ever. It's also a worthwhile rewatch. If you haven't seen it in a while, there are a lot of subtle jokes you could have missed when you were younger. 



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I rode superfast bullet trains in China, Japan, Korea, and Russia, and one is better than the rest

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  • On a recent trip through Asia and Europe, I had the opportunity to ride bullet trains in China, Korea, and Russia. Last year, on a trip to Tokyo to launch Business Insider Japan, I rode a bullet train from Tokyo to Osaka.
  • China's bullet trains stood out for their speed and the extensive network; Japan's trains were notable for their cleanliness and comfort; Korea's trains were easy to navigate and had great WiFi; and Russia's trains had the best food options.
  • While China's and Japan's bullet-train systems were exceptional, and Russia's Sapsan felt luxurious, I think China has the edge. Here's why. 

As Business Insider's international correspondent, I have spent a lot of time over the past four months on any number of trains, planes, and metros.

But my favorite thing to do in any country is ride a high-speed bullet train, if there is one.

Why? They just aren't available in the US.

Amtrak's Acela Express, which travels from Boston to Washington, DC, is the closest thing Americans have to a high-speed train. But with a speed that tops out at 241 kilometers per hour (150 mph), it pales in comparison to train systems in China and Japan, which are both faster and more extensive.

On recent trips to China, Japan, Korea, and Russia, I made sure to ride the high-speed bullet trains so that I could get a sense of how they compare from country to country.

In each instance, the train systems were impressive and efficient. But which is the best? Let's find out.

(Disclaimer: This is based on my personal experience. For a more numbers-based comparison, go here »)

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First, let's look at the trains. Given that China's high-speed rail has developed over the past 15 years, you would expect the trains to be new. While China's rail used to rely on technology from Europe and Japan, it unveiled its newest Chinese-designed and -made Fuxing-class train last year.



While Japan's bullet train, the Shinkansen, was introduced in 1964, the country has continually updated the trains, as the technology is a major Japanese export. The latest trains, the E5 and the slightly modified H5, have been in service since 2011 and 2016, respectively.



Korea's Korea Train Express launched its services in 2004. The initial trains were developed with Alstom, one of the main companies behind France's high-speed train system. In recent years, Korea has developed its own trains, primarily with Hyundai Rotem.



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The 10 most popular music artists of 2018 so far, according to Nielsen

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Drake and Post Malone are in a league of their own in popular music this year, according to Nielsen's mid-year report on the music industry

The two rappers, whose versatile music has allowed them to top charts across multiple genres, took the top two spots on Nielsen's ranking of 2018's most popular artists by total album-equivalent consumption, a metric which includes all music sales, streaming figures, and digital downloads. 

Drake's Billboard No. 1 single "God's Plan" led all songs in on-demand streaming and total consumption. Post Malone's single "Psycho" came in second in both categories. 

Malone's album "Beerbongs & Bentleys," released in April, beat out the original soundtrack for the film "The Greatest Showman" to lead Nielsen's list of year's most popular albums by total album-equivalent consumption.

Here are Nielsen's 10 most popular artists of 2018 so far, ranked by total album-equivalent consumption:

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10. Taylor Swift

Total album-equivalent consumption: 1,068,000
Album sales: 285,000
Digital songs: 986,000
Streaming on-demand audio: 1,027,226,000



9. Eminem

Total album-equivalent consumption: 1,081,000
Album sales: 302,000
Digital songs: 917,000
Streaming on-demand audio: 1,031,565,000  
 
 



8. The Weeknd

Total album-equivalent consumption: 1,104,000
Album sales: 178,000
Digital songs: 500,000
Streaming on-demand audio: 1,314,121,000  



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Walmart employees share the 5 biggest mistakes shoppers make

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  • Walmart store employees have some suggestions about what to steer clear of on your next shopping run.
  • Business Insider spoke with a number of associates to find out what mistakes they'd like to tell shoppers to avoid.
  • Some associates shared money-saving hacks, while others gave tips on what times to avoid the store.

Walmart store employees have a few tips to share with the shopping public.

Associates interact with customers everyday, so it's no surprise that they've formulated a few suggestions about how to have a better shopping experience at the retail giant.

Business Insider spoke with a number of Walmart associates, and scoured the net for posts from current and former employees, to find out what mistakes and pitfalls they see shoppers run into.

Here are a few mistakes that Walmart employees would like to tell shoppers to avoid:

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Making assumptions about the services offered at your local store

Walmart does offer product care plans and a trade-in program that allows shoppers to exchange devices for gift cards.

But one Walmart employee of nine years told Business Insider that it was a mistake for customers to just assume "we have an electronics repair facility here."

If you're in doubt, it's best to skip the wild goose chase and try calling ahead.



Failing to plan out your shopping trips

Shopping for a big holiday weekend blowout?

Well, just assume that everyone else is following suit.

An associate of 12 years told Business Insider that it was a mistake to wait "until the last minute to shop," especially when it comes to busier times of the week or year.

The employee added that some shoppers fail to understand that "they aren't the only people that will show up. So, yes, there will be lines at the registers. Plan better — plan early."

A Reddit poster who said they worked in the electronics department at Walmart noted that Friday nights, Saturdays, and Sundays typically garner the biggest crowds.



Skipping an important return hack

A Walmart store manager told the savings-oriented blog The Krazy Coupon Lady that there's a way to return products ordered online with less hassle.

If you end up ordering an item on Walmart.com that you don't actually want, you can return it through the chain's mobile express returns system.

"You just get a QR code from your Walmart app, bring your item to the store, skip the line, and scan your QR code on the credit card machine," according to The Krazy Coupon Lady.



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Production of a pro-life 'Roe v. Wade' movie starring Jon Voight is reportedly in chaos, and Milo Yiannopoulos is set to cameo

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  • The making of a pro-life "Roe v. Wade" movie has seen plenty of on-set drama, according to The Daily Beast.
  • The original director of the movie reportedly quit on the first day of production and numerous other cast and crew have left the project.


On Tuesday, The Hollywood Reporter revealed that a pro-life "Roe v. Wade" movie was in the works starring conservative actors Jon Voight, Robert Davi, and Stacey Dash. Now there are more details coming out about the production and its challenges.

The Daily Beast ran a story on Friday that gave a glimpse inside the production, which is currently shooting in New Orleans under the working title, "1973," referring to the year of the Supreme Court's landmark decision that guaranteed a woman's right to an abortion.

The Daily Beast story depicts a movie in chaos, with claims from sources on set that the original director quit on the first day of shooting and that the screenwriters/producers (who have now taken over the directing reins), Nick Loeb and Cathy Allyn, have misrepresented to the cast and crew just how pro-life the project really is.

The movie is a chronicle of the Roe v. Wade decision, which has come back in the headlines recently due its questionable future with the news of Justice Anthony Kennedy's retirement.

Actors such as Voight, Davi, Corbin Bernsen, Steve Guttenberg, and William Forsythe have been cast as Supreme Court justices. Stacy Dash, of "Clueless" fame and now a conservative pundit, will be playing Mildred Jefferson, a founder of the National Right to Life Committee.

However, other conservative actors like Kevin Sorbo and Stephen Baldwin, who were originally cast as justices, left the project after receiving the script, according to The Daily Beast.

This seems to be a recurring theme with the project: many cast and crew have reportedly walked off the movie because of its severe anti-abortion content, which includes graphic scenes showing aborted fetuses, according to The Daily Beast. These were elements many weren't aware of until they got on set, the report said.

Milo Yiannopoulos“That’s where it started as far as not sending out full scripts to actors, because they backed out and then it was a mad rush to find people to be the Supreme Court justices, and when they got on set they had no idea what they were doing,” a crew member told The Daily Beast about what happened following Sorbo and Baldwin leaving the project.

Along with the director, the site reports that the first assistant director, costumer, location manager, and several other crew members have left the project.

Loeb recalled one interaction with an upset crew member to The Hollywood Reporter when the person walked up and asked if he was the director.

"When I told her I was, she told me to go f--- myself," Loeb said. "Then she threw her headset on the ground and walked off. I found out later she was our electrician."

It's also been a struggle to get access to shoot the film in locations around New Orleans, The Daily Beast reported.

The Daily Beast also detailed more casting, including Joey Lawrence, Jamie Kennedy, and one-scene cameos by right-wing commentators Milo Yiannopoulos and Tomi Lahren.

The movie is scheduled to wrap production on July 15.

Business Insider contacted Nick Loeb's representative for comment but did not receive a response.

Read the entire Daily Beast story here.

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A doomsday shelter for the 1% is being investigated by the FBI as a possible front for a Colombian money laundering scheme

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  • Trident Lakes, a doomsday getaway for the rich, is being investigated by the FBI as a possible front for a Colombian drug trafficking scheme.
  • The buzzy Texas condo development promised hundreds of fortified, underground condos where the 1% could live out the apocalypse.
  • The FBI has filed against a criminal complaint against the Trident Lakes owner for allegedly laundering money he believed to be from Colombian drug dealers, according to the report.

 

A much-hyped $330 million condo development outside Dallas, Texas, had an unusual pitch for prospective buyers. It combined decadence and "DEFCON 1 preparedness," its proprietors claimed, making it the place for wealthy individuals to ride out the apocalypse in comfort and style.

Called Trident Lakes, the luxury residential community is now being investigated by the FBI as a possible front for a money laundering scheme, according to Dallas news station CBS 11.

A federal criminal complaint has been filed against Trident Lakes owner and manager John Eckerd and an unnamed co-conspirator, alleging the pair accepted money they believed to be proceeds from the Colombian drug trade but was actually money from undercover FBI agents, according to documents obtained by CBS 11.

The federal sting reached a climax earlier this year when Eckerd allegedly agreed to launder $1 million from Colombian drug dealers through Trident Lakes.

Eckerd reportedly faces two counts of money laundering and one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering. He's also being sued by at least one person who said their investment in a tire business was diverted to Trident Lakes for Eckerd's personal gain, according to the report. 

Located along a highway north of Dallas, Trident Lakes promised to be one of the most unique gated communities in the US. The development plans included a spa, a gun range, an extravangant, 18-hole golf course, and 532 fortified, subterranean condos built to withstand the catastrophic events from viral epidemic to nuclear war.

The condo prices ranged from $449,000 to $1.9 million, according to the FAQ page on the Trident Lakes website. It's unknown if any people bought property there.

Trident Lakes Condo Rendering

A former spokesperson for Trident Lakes told Business Insider via email in 2017 that the development was still "in the early stages of development."

"We're building more of an interactive, sustainable community, rather than just a hole in the ground to hide in," the spokesperson said in that email. "Trident Lakes will be an above-ground country club resort with all the bells and whistles, but also — if need be — one of the safest places on Earth in our underground condominiums and communal living spaces."

The doomsday getaway for the ultra-rich was featured in national and local media, including The Atlantic, Texas Monthly, Forbes, and Business Insider.

After the election of President Donald Trump in 2016, Americans took up new interest in doomsday preparations, as the possibility of a new Cold War set in. One company that manufactures and installs bunkers said it saw business climb over 500% in 2017.

Trident Lakes began accepting applications from potential residents in early 2017, though a spokesperson said at the time that the first round of enrollment was by invitation only. The company invited doomsday preppers to join the waitlist.

It's unclear how much of the development has been built, though neighbors at the mobile home park across from Trident Lakes told CBS 11 that they've seen no construction.

Eckerd, the development owner, has been out on bail since March, CBS 11 reported.

Eckerd's attorney, Dallas defense lawyer Bob Webster, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Representatives for Trident Lakes and the FBI did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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Silicon Valley's real estate market is so absurd that this 1-acre dirt lot in Palo Alto is selling for $15 million

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  • A one-acre dirt lot in Palo Alto, California, is selling for a whopping $15 million.
  • The property's future owners would not only have to shell out that sum for the land but likely millions more to build a home on top of it.
  • The hefty price tag is reflective of Silicon Valley's notoriously inflated real estate market — the lot sits minutes from the hubs of major tech giants like Google, Tesla and HP.

A lot in Palo Alto, Calif., located about 15 minutes from Google's famed Googleplex Headquarters, is selling for a whopping $15 million. And that's just for the one-acre of dirt.

The vacant lot at 4103 Old Trace Road is the only available 1-acre lot in Palo Alto, according to Redfin. The property's future owners would not only need to shell out the $15 million for the property, but likely millions more to build on top of it.

The listing also makes it very clear that the property's future owners would be buying the lot for its "Location! Location! Location!" with the headquarters of multiple tech companies, including Google and Tesla, just minutes away. The listing also invites prospective homebuyers to "visualize an exquisite villa with vineyard" to be built on the premises.

That "exquisite villa" wouldn't have much privacy, as the lot sits directly in front of a busy two-lane road.

Nevertheless, homeowners on the prowl in Silicon Valley's overheated real estate market can likely handle the hefty price tag of both the lot and the construction of a home on top of that — tech workers in the region have some of the highest salaries in the country, though it balances out with the Bay Area's infamously expensive cost of living.

Some of the prospective homeowners are also likely looking for listings exactly like this, wanting a space to build their customized dream home literally from the ground up.

Though something must be turning them off; the lot has been listed on Redfin for 1585 days.

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One trip to Rome's airport and I'm convinced it has the most beautiful restrooms I've seen in my 30 years of travel

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  • An often unpleasant aspect of air travel is dealing with airport restrooms.
  • Air travel and airport restrooms are particularly difficult for parents traveling with babies and small children.
  • Let's be honest: airports do their best to maintain restroom cleanliness, but in a place like Rome's Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino, where millions of passengers arrive and depart every year, restrooms can be kind of gross.
  • But this wasn't the case for me on my last trip through Rome FCO.
  • The Roman airport's bathrooms impressed with its stylish decor and ingenious design. 

At Business Insider, we review airline travel and airports all the time. We write about airport lounges. We write about airline paint jobs. We write about planes.

But in our entire existence, I believe we have never reviewed an airport restroom. 

That might sound like a gag, but restrooms are an inevitable part of the air-travel experience. More so if you're a parent and have to deal with changing diapers or attending to small children. For years, and through three kids and a lot of flights, I've struggled with changing, with finding a way to safely let my daughter use the facilities, and with simple stuff like getting a 5-year-old to be able to wash his hands. 

For my own part, I've seen it all, from truly repulsive men's restrooms to relatively spiffy ones. 

Obviously, we can't really review restrooms because we typically post photos with our reviews and nobody would like it very much if we were snapping pictures in semi-private public space. It would be rude and ethically unacceptable. 

But I recently found myself, briefly, in a position to check out that rarest of things: a completely empty men's restroom at Rome's Fiumicino airport, on a return trip from Italy to the US.

I quickly seized the opportunity. Here's what I saw.

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Rome Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino is the city's biggest airport, gateway to tens of millions of passengers annually. I left from Terminal 3 at FCO for an early evening flight back to the New York area.



At the end of the luxury mall — Rolex, Diesel, Montblanc — I found a clearly marked location for the men's and women's restrooms. OK, some gender stereotypes as far as the identifiers go. But they got the job done.



The organization of the space was simple and graphic.



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The viral #PlaneBae story is raising some serious questions about how creepy social media can be (TWTR, FB, AMZN, GOOG, GOOGL)

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  • On Tuesday, the #PlaneBae saga went viral on social media, as a Twitter user broadcast what seemed to be a love connection between two strangers sitting in front of her on an airplane.
  • Most of the world loved the story, and the #PlaneBae himself even went on the Today Show to talk about it. 
  • However, the whole #PlaneBae incident raises some worrying questions: Should you expect someone to be broadcasting your life all the time, even when you're just talking to your seatmate on an airplane? 
  • There are no easy answers.

On Tuesday, two young, attractive strangers met on a plane and seemed to hit it of in conversation. 

This isn't an especially remarkable occurrence. But thanks to another passenger, who decided to document their interactions on social media — including sneaky photos — these strangers have become viral sensations, as social media users became convinced that they got to see the beginnings of a whirlwind romance by proxy. 

From another point of view, though, this meet-cute wasn't actually all that cute. And it raises worrying questions for what privacy really means in the era of social media and ubiqituous connectivity. 

"The thread is a gross invasion of privacy," said Taylor Lorenz, an internet culture reporter for The Atlantic, in an interview with Business Insider. "We don’t really know much about these people, and its delusional to project this weird, made-up romance onto them."

The #PlaneBae saga

Just to catch you up, here's the so-called #PlaneBae saga in a nutshell. 

In the series of Instagram stories and tweets posted early Tuesday morning, Texan actress Rosey Blair recorded what many believed to be the formation of a budding romance. Blair took to her Twitter account to explain that by switching seats with another passenger, she might have accidentally made a love connection between two strangers. 

You can read that thread here:

Over the course of the flight, the couple apparently got to know one another, exchanged contact info, and occasionally touched arms — all while Blair live-tweeted their every move and thousands eagerly awaited updates. When the plane landed, Blair got a final shot — taking care not to capture the pair's faces — that looked like a happy ending.

Within 48 hours, the story was being covered on cable news all over the country. Alaska Airlines and T-Mobile CEO John Legere both joined in, offering free flights for the subjects of the Twitter thread, and in-flight WiFi for Blair herself, respectively. 

Blair gained more than 60,000 Twitter followers. The #PlaneBae himself, former pro soccer player Euan Holden, fully embraced his newfound celebrity by engaging with his newfound social media following, and even appearing on the Today Show.

And while most coverage and comments were celebrating #PlaneBae and Blair this week, the woman involved in the saga has quietly gone dark by deleting both her Twitter account and Instagram, and declining to appear on TV. Business Insider has not published her name to respect her apparent desire for privacy. 

Riley, Holden, and the woman from the plane did not immediately respond to a request for comment. 

Troublesome questions

The aftermath of this saga raises some troubling questions, whether or not you followed the #PlaneBae saga as it unfolded. 

Most of those issues boil down to a simple question: Was this thread cute? Or was it an invasion of the couple's privacy?

Taylor Lorenz, an internet culture reporter for the Atlantic, believes it's the latter.

"That's one of the biggest problems with social media: It allows you to exploit the world and people around you to get attention for your own benefit," Lorenz told Business Insider. "Everyone is just using each other for content. It encourages you to look at the world that way."

And she's not alone in feeling that way. Critics on Twitter and elsewhere said that Riley had no right to post a minute-by-minute accounting of a conversation between strangers without permission. 

There are no easy answers here. Holden, the soccer player, seems to be enjoying his sudden fame, just as plenty of social media users enjoyed watching the story unfold with live updates. However, the fact that his conversational partner deleted her social media presence in the aftermath suggests that she was less comfortable. 

At the same time, this kind of thing is only going to become more and more common: Twitter, Facebook, Snapchat, even live broadcast tools like Amazon's Twitch and YouTube make the lines between reality and social media blurrier. Should everyone expect to be recorded and documented, all of the time? It's a question that's increasingly relevant.

Ultimately, Lorenz says that it's up to people to use these technological tools responsibily. 

"People want to believe in this delusional romantic fantasy, where people meet on planes and fall in love and go on vacations together for ever and ever, and that’s just not reality. People who perpetuate this content should think twice about it, because it's not real. It's two people on a plane just minding their own business," said Lorenz.

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7 ways Gen Zs and millennials are drastically different

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  • 100 Gen Zs shared with Business Insider what they think makes them different from millennials, and a few trends were clear.
  • Gen Zs believe themselves to be social justice-minded and more dependent on technology than millennials. 
  • Marketers have noticed that this generational cohort isn't as brand-conscious as their peers, and they're much more frugal.

 

My first memory ever is using dial-up internet (I think I was interested in the weird sounds), my parents are Baby Boomers, and I lived at least half of my life without the conveniences of mobile internet.

In other words, I'm a millennial.

Millennials have been framed as selfish, "psychologically scarred," in constant need of validation, and killing several industries, from casual dining to (perhaps worst of all) bar soap.

But now it's time for a new generation to take the spotlight — and the heat: Generation Z, or all Americans born after 1997, are the newest generation.

As I've reported on this emerginggeneration and talked to Gen Zs nationwide, I've been struck by the differences this cohort has in comparison to myself and my fellow millennials.

And marketers and teens alike have been happy to highlight the differences. Here's what they say sets these two generations apart:

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Gen Zs don't know a world before mobile technology, while Millennials spent much of their childhoods without social media or smartphones

I remember the first time I could use the internet on a phone. My dad's Blackberry could pick up some insanely slow data during a visit to New York City, allowing us to research tourist attractions without sitting at a computer. I was 13, and we were both in awe. 

But my younger cousins were able to spend most of our family gatherings on their parents' iPhones. They had Instagram accounts in elementary school. I barely knew what a social network was at their age. 

The majority of teens told Business Insider in a recent survey that technology is what sets them apart from millennials, who are now in their 20s and 30s. 

"For Gen Z, this tech is all we ever knew about and has been in our lives since we were babies," New York resident Isabel Lagando, 14, told Business Insider.

Margaret Bolt, a 15-year-old from North Carolina, said that's made her generation more impatient.

"Everything in our generation is immediate," Bolt told Business Insider. "Since we have been raised in an age where texts and messages can be sent in the blink of an eye, we are less patient than other generations because we are used to having instant gratification."

Virginia resident Maddie Martin, 19, said communication for her generation is utterly different, as well.

"We communicate through social media and texts, which changes the dynamic of communication," Martin told Business Insider.



Gen Zs may be more entrepreneurial than Millennials.

Some of today's teens are more entrepreneurial about how they get their money.

Gen Zs are increasingly less likely to not work a traditional job. According to one study by Harvard Business Review, around 70% of them are self-employed— teaching piano, making money off a YouTube channel, or creative ways of making a buck.

And, while millennials went to college more than any other generation before them, some Gen Zs are trying to achieve success without a four-year degree. 

"After seeing their millennial peers bogged down by debt and woefully underemployed, Zs are reconsidering the need for a formal education, opting instead for alternative programs andexperiences–or no college at all," reads a report on Gen Z trends by AwesomenessTV

Tiffany Zhong postponed enrollment at and dropped out of the University of California, Berkeley, becoming an 18-year-old venture capitalist and then founder of Gen Z consumer intelligence platform Zebra IQ.

"Why sink yourself into exorbitant amounts of debt when you can learn everything online or learn a specific subject matter at a fraction of the price?" Zhong told Business Insider.

 



Millennials loved their brands when they were teens. Gen Zs don't really care.

My sister and I spent most of our allowances growing up on Abercrombie and Hollister togs — and all of our friends did, too. 

But, with the exception of those obsessed with Supreme and other streetwear names, brand loyalty is not so common among today's teens. 

"They're less brand-conscious and they are not spending as much as millennials do," Kyle Andrew, chief marketing officer of American Eagle Outfitters, told Fast Company.

As I wrote previously, Gen Zs prefer trends that can be shown off on social media — like "unicorn makeup" and patches and t-shirts with political slogans.

Simply bragging that you're able to afford a certain brand isn't as interesting as showing off your individual personality. 

 



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