I first noticed the shift last year when a friend in her final semester told me she never met the recruiter who invited her to a technical interview. A short message asked her to complete an online assessment, then an automated scheduling link appeared, and within days she had an offer. It felt...
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Technology
I sent my spit sample to a consumer genetics company once — out of curiosity,...
Technology
I first noticed the tension between big battery projects and everyday EV...
Culture
I keep coming back to the same small puzzle: why do the stories we see on...
Economy
I’ve helped small teams at newsrooms and startups think through purchases...
I keep coming back to the same small puzzle: why do the stories we see on screens increasingly feel like they were cast not only by writers and directors, but also by tax codes? As a journalist who follows culture and the economics that shape it,...
I’ve helped small teams at newsrooms and startups think through purchases that had both financial and ethical dimensions, so when our readers ask how to choose between competing carbon offsets, I try to answer with the same practical clarity I...
I’ve been following CRISPR’s arc from laboratory curiosity to headline-making promise for years, and one thing keeps nagging at me: the technology’s potential to deliver affordable, widely available gene therapies is being tangled up by patent...
I’ve been watching how fashion brands — from luxury houses to mid-market labels — quietly pivot toward resale for a few years now. It started as an eco-friendly talking point and a way to appease sustainability-conscious shoppers. Now it’s a...
I remember the first time I walked into a room where an early strategic acquisition was being discussed: there was excitement, urgency, and a surprising amount of confusion about something few founders have truly mastered before the phone rang —...
I write opinion pieces because ideas need force — a clear point of view, a sharp frame, a call to rethink the familiar. But strong commentary and clear factual distinction are not opposites; they're obligations that live together. If an opinion...
I remember the first time I learned about voter registration purges. It wasn't in a courtroom or a policy brief; it was at a kitchen table with a neighbor who'd received notice that her registration was cancelled because mail to her address was...
When I see a headline about a new scientific study, my first reflex isn't excitement — it's curiosity. As a reader and editor, I've learned that the real story is often in the details journalists don't always have room to print. Over the years...
I’ve been tracking central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) for several years now, and one theme keeps coming back: they’re not just about digitizing cash at home. Increasingly, central banks see CBDCs as a strategic tool to rewire how money...
I remember the days when the local paper arrived on my doorstep, a small ritual that tethered neighborhoods to a shared reality. It wasn't perfect—local papers missed stories, showed biases, and sometimes recycled press releases—but they created...