Slate Launches 6-Week 'Party Like It’s 1996' Challenge for Real-World Connection
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Updated · Slate · Aug 10
Slate Launches 6-Week 'Party Like It’s 1996' Challenge for Real-World Connection
1 articles · Updated · Slate · Aug 10
Summary
Slate opened sign-ups for a six-week email challenge that asks readers to live a little more like 1996 to strengthen in-person friendships and daily presence.
The series, tied to Slate’s 30th anniversary, argues that smartphones and endless digital choice leave people overconnected yet less satisfied and less invested in close relationships.
Every Monday for six weeks, participants will get a social challenge built around lower-tech habits, with Slate urging readers to use phones more consciously rather than abandon them entirely.
Readers who sign up by Aug. 14 can join the first wave, and the first 100 to complete the challenges will receive mailed prizes; Slate is also offering Slate Plus at $19.96 for the first six months.