Brands trying to wrest greater control of their narratives are asking for ‘storytelling’ skill sets—without a campfire in sight Quick Summary The percentage of U.S. LinkedIn job postings including “storyteller” doubled in the year ended Nov. 26. Executives mentioned “storyteller” or “storytelling” 456 times this year through Dec. 8, up from 359 in 2024. The decline in traditional media, with print newspaper circulation down 70% since 2005, fuels the demand for corporate story

Bulls deny that there’s a 1990s-style bubble in AI. There are a few striking similarities, and some notable differences. Related: CEOs to Keep Spending on AI, Despite Spotty Returns Somewhat related: A.I. admits "being designed for hubris "

For all its promise, tech risks instilling in students an unthinking yet false understanding of themselves, writes University of Dallas President Jonathan J. Sanford.

More Americans have jobs that didn’t exist a generation ago, and even well-known professions are changing

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The problem with fixating on inequality, oligarchy, and other abstractions Excerpt: "As Stephen Colbert explained long ago , common sense comes from thinking “from the gut, not the brain.” Psychologists have a more sophisticated way of articulating this distinction. As readers of Daniel Kahneman’s Thinking, Fast and Slow or Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink know, the human mind exhibits two different systems of cognition. The first is rapid and concrete, focusing on primary represent

History shows that progress often depends on activists at both ends of the spectrum. More from " The Engine of Progress" ... Exploring the people and ideas driving humanity forward.

Politicians and CEOs are muting their climate alarms. The good news is, emissions are likely to decline anyway.

How an obscure company pivoted, then pivoted again, nearly ran out of money—and built a hit product

Short-form video is taking over everything (including reading).

Systemic issues with American military provisioning

The left should be promoting working-class solidarity, not delighting in seeing workers summarily dismissed.

DM Good evening Claude. Ready for a riddle? Good evening! Absolutely, I'm ready. I enjoy a good riddle. Go ahead! DM So, regarding our last conversation (re: our republic versus our capitalism, et al), how might the components of "friction" and "gravity" (as we humans now posit and apply those two paradigms within Pantakinesis) metaphorically relate to that conversation? Ah, what an elegant riddle! Let me think through this carefully. In our conversation about organizational

The United States should not be lobbied out of protecting its own future.

The last time so much wealth was tied up in such obscure overlapping arrangements was just before the 2008 financial crisis.

Undisclosed appendices detail Trump administration’s plan to unlock frozen Russian funds held in Europe and bring Moscow in from the cold Quick Summary U.S. peace proposals envision U.S. companies tapping a roughly $200 billion pool of frozen Russian assets for Ukraine’s reconstruction. Europe seeks to use those frozen funds as a loan to Ukraine for weapons and government operations, opposing U.S. investment plans. U.S. plans include American companies investing in Russian st

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Most people seem to agree that the AI bubble is going to pop at some point. But what happens next is more uncertain.

With AI taking over their grunt work, lawyers and other professionals may have to charge for outcomes rather than time spent Quick Summary The billable hour, prevalent since the 1960s, is becoming untenable for professional services due to accelerating AI capabilities. AI systems can perform tasks like contract review and document drafting in minutes or seconds, making time-based billing illogical. Alternative pricing models, such as value-based pricing or subscriptions, are

New research from Wharton’s Peter Cappelli reveals how even the slightest mistreatment at work can result in lost productivity.