A number of insurance companies are refunding a portion of customers’ auto payments during the COVID-19 lockdown, which is a smart and fair gesture. Unfortunately, they’ve ruined it with marketing. The gesture didn’t start out so lily-white, either. Fewer people on the roads means fewer accidents, so the insurance companies Read more…

By Jonathan Salem Baskin, 4 years ago

Essays

And They Wonder Why We Don’t Trust Them

It turns out that plastic recycling is a ruse invented by the oil and gas industry to stave off consumer backlash and more restrictive regulation. The majority of plastic waste we throw into recycling bins either can’t or won’t be recycled, according to an investigative report that aired on NPR Read more…

By Jonathan Salem Baskin, 4 years ago

April 2020

Innovation

How To Ruin A Good Idea

Essays

And They Wonder Why We Don’t Trust Them