readers are advised to remember the devil is a liar

261. Where are some places that got much better (or much worse?) due to technological advances?  public libraries, and libraries in general, have improved greatly thanks to tech. So have companies relying on security to be able to do business well, such as banks.

262. What industry is in denial about being obsolete?  sunless tanning machines

263. What’s the silliest social issue people get up in arms about?  who am I to say someone else's social issue is silly? (But get me started on forgiveness of student loans sometime, I dare ya.)

265. What’s the best way to travel?  train

266. What does the world need more of?  protein bars, energy drinks, and spastic-patterned leggings

267. Is ignorance bliss?  I should think it would be...

268. Where would your perfect place to settle down be?  the mythical land where it's a little warmer and a lot less snowy; virtually no severe weather; lower property, income and sales taxes; very high safety rates; politically unremarkable; and a body of water that's worthy of the name

269. What makes a person seem intelligent?  openness to learning

270. What’s the best advice you’ve ever been given?  'the spectators aren't judging you—if they could do it, they'd be in the race, too'

271. What minor inconvenience bothers you way more than it should?  a cold steering wheel in the winter, since I've driven (others') cars with the heated kind

272. What advice do you think future you would give current you?  "Don't settle."

274. What lie do you wish you never learned the truth of?  I'd always thought I could sing

275. What would be the worst text to wake up and see?  any bad news

276. What movie changed how you looked at the world?  Trust - it opened to me a whole universe of film that I'd never realized existed

277. What is the most obscure entertainment you really enjoy?  deep dives into seemingly random rabbit holes, often at the spur of the moment. I have learned so much on these forays into point-proving and question-answering and "huh, I wonder...?"

278. What game have you put the most hours into?  my dad and I have played hundreds of hours of Chinese checkers

280. What’s a song you can’t stand listening to?  (Don't go back to) Rockville. Good song/bad memories. It's the tequila hangover of songs.

[cut from here; the title quotation is by C.S. Lewis, in the preface to The Screwtape Letters]