I don't want my car to tell me what to do. But I would like it to drive me around

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I don't want my car to tell me what to do. But I would like it to drive me around

The Times

Published: Sep 28, 2019, 8:40 PM

I bought a new car this year. Sometimes when I’m driving, it pops up a little notification in the dash that says “Consider taking a break.” It’s accompanied by a little digitized picture of a coffee cup. The first time this happened, I was driving home from North Carolina and had been on the road for a while.

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Column: Choosing hope when the news is dark

Shannon Casas

The Times

Published: Mar 30, 2023, 11:24 PM

Hope is a pretty word.It sounds soft, warm and fuzzy, full of light. For anyone who has hoped for something for a long time, though, or tried to find hope in a really dark place — that word, whew, it’s so hard. When what’s hoped for feels impossible, what is the point of hope?

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