Solutions That Create Problems
Yesterday I had a quasi-viral tweet about how I cannot for the life of me find an explanation as to
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Why Should Workers Be Ambitious?
The latest issue of the New York Times Magazine is about “The Future of Work” and features some of the
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Hypocrisy and The Consequences of Monkey Laundering
In 2021, cybercriminals laundered billions through the blockchain:
Mining pools, high-risk exchanges, and mixers also saw substantial increases in value
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How Workplace Journalists and Consultants Empower Toxic Workplaces
Burnout is not a worker problem.
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Mark Zuckerberg Is A Liar, And He's Lying To You About The Metaverse
Mark Zuckerberg is not Steve Jobs.
Harry McCracken, a technology editor at FastCompany, made the most hackneyed defense of the
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Workers Want To Do Their Work, Bosses Want "Flexible Hours"
The content farmers - myself included - are continuing to milk the month-old future forum study around remote work habits,
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The Hypocrisy Of The Two-Job Panic
Last year I wrote about the “teacher, you didn’t give us any homework!” hysteria around the prospect that people
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Death To "Office Jerks"
To be clear, my headline is not calling for anyone’s actual death. I am not threatening anyone, nor am
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Remote and Hybrid Work Could Unravel Corporate America
Several more waves of COVID and extended office closures later, companies have realized that they can’t tell the “remote
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The Flexibility Divide
On reading Amelia Horgan’s scathing review of Charlie Warzel and Anne Helen Petersen’s “Out Of Office,” a point
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Crypto, Web3, And The Big Nothing
When I wrote my piece earlier this week about Web3 and Alexis Ohanian’s quest to turn gaming into a
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Gaming Doesn't Prove The Metaverse Is Here
Microsoft acquired gaming company Activision Blizzard for $70bn, with the New York Times claiming the following in a now-edited paragraph:
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