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Smartphones have taken over our lives and free time—but the process began with the phonograph more than 100 years ago
Tech
Smartphones have taken over our lives and free time—but the process began with the phonograph more than 100 years ago
By Gary S. CrossMay 8, 2024
"The 15-Minute City: A Solution to Saving Our Time & Our Planet," by Carlos Moreno
Lifestyle
How cities grew fragmented, segregated, and polluted—and why they now strive for walkability, community, and urban nature
By Carlos MorenoMay 7, 2024
What’s it like to be CEO? In a word, lonely—and you might not know for years, or decades, whether you did a good job
Leadership
What’s it like to be CEO? In a word, lonely—and you might not know for years, or decades, whether you did a good job
By Ty WigginsMay 7, 2024
Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie transformed America with their music—and were financially exploited because of their race
Success
Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie transformed America with their music—and were financially exploited because of their race
By Larry TyeMay 4, 2024
Gen Zers and millennials are switching jobs at an accelerating pace, and it’s paying off. Here’s where it can still go wrong
Success
Gen Zers and millennials are switching jobs at an accelerating pace, and it’s paying off. Here’s where it can still go wrong
By Scott GallowayApril 23, 2024
"Working Assumptions," by Julia Hobsbawm.
Success
The ‘commuter triangle’: How work-life balance is the key to the office-commute-city of the future
By Julia HobsbawmApril 22, 2024
"The Everything War," by Dana Mattioli.
Tech
Entrepreneurs seeking millions from Amazon’s Alexa Fund face a stark reality
By Dana MattioliApril 22, 2024
"Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI," by Ethan Mollick.
Tech
AI’s ability to write for us—and our inability to resist ‘The Button’—will spark a crisis of meaning
By Ethan MollickApril 18, 2024
The secret to getting more done at work—and home—according to Google’s productivity expert
Life
The secret to getting more done at work—and home—according to Google’s productivity expert
By Laura Mae MartinApril 3, 2024
How practicing persistence can boost your happiness, productivity, and energy
Mind
How practicing persistence can boost your happiness, productivity, and energy
By Jeff KarpApril 2, 2024
Asian woman runs and jumping on mountain ridge at sunset.
Mind
How to embrace smart risks and become resilient
By Mary C. MurphyMarch 19, 2024
Our Biggest Fight
Tech
Billionaire Frank McCourt says the surgeon general is only half right about the social-media mental health crisis. It’s a crisis of personhood, not privacy
By Frank H. McCourt Jr. and Michael CaseyMarch 12, 2024
Read Write Own
Features
Top crypto investor Chris Dixon on ‘the computer versus the casino’ and the 2 cultures interested in blockchains
By Chris DixonMarch 10, 2024
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Finance
The book that reveals how a $100 billion default shook a country: Remembering the judge who threw the book at Argentina 
By Gregory MakoffMarch 9, 2024
Barbara Kellerman
Leadership
Harvard expert who wrote books on ‘bad leadership’ has a 12-step program to break the worst leaders and managers of their ugly habits
By Barbara KellermanMarch 6, 2024
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