Even highly accomplished people sometimes struggle to align their talents with what they do for a living.

The members of successful teams control their own time. They’re also comfortable working alone and uninterrupted.

Evolution shapes the world in ways humans can mimic. The challenge is discerning the elegant from the adequate.

Sociology has long been tasked with investigating society’s most pressing challenges. But these days, sociologists’ greatest obstacle may be themselves.

The accounting firm put interns through a scavenger hunt and whodunnit fraud exercise as the career path changes

Companies big and small are mixing models and it’s changing the economics and power players of the industry

DM Good day Claude. I suggest we (at last!) begin dialog regarding the extreme, pervasive phenomena of "blind hubris" occurring within all conversations; ...whether human<>human or human<>AI; ...as well as perhaps AI<>makers, and now appearing, AI<>AI. Would you like to begin, or do you prefer more contexts from me? A few related quotes from Douglas Stone I couldn't load that Goodreads page — it timed out. So I won't paraphrase Stone's specific lines back to you as if I

"The best political theory has to offer." Joshua Mitchell

Large language models could search and interpret texts on a scale beyond the capacity of humans alone. But there's also this...

There’s a difference between ordinary influence peddling and outright self-enrichment Related

The War Is Lost. Now Fix What It Broke Related: War and Tariffs Threaten a Resilient U.S. Economy, Again Also Related As Iran rebuilds, fast

Senators elected this November will be in office when America’s most popular federal program is on track to run out of money.

The Summer 2026 Edition

Whether we like it or not, appearance — and weight — affects women’s job and relationship prospects.

Plus, China’s latest AI advances, always-on transcription and the perils of big AI contracts

Social Security reformers see a lot to like, but there are some aspects they shouldn’t seek to copy. Somewhat related: Inside America’s Most Generous 401(k) Plans

Firms built from the get-go around AI are operating much leaner and flatter than earlier startups. Is this American corporations’ future?

Inside the Vatican’s science and technology playbook Related Excerpt to first link above (emphasis mine): "Magnifica Humanitas argues that AI is not intrinsically bad, but that it takes on the aims of those who build and use it. Pope Leo lists concrete risks of AI — job destruction, misinformation, autonomous weapons, and more — and then points to a deeper issue: our relationship with life itself is in crisis. He insists that, contrary to popular belief, our flaws and limits

Revisiting the forgotten inventors of the cotton picker

Tech companies need to generate huge revenues fast, or the economy could be in trouble.