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Treat AI like your highly productive assistant who must be aggressively micromanaged
On Wednesday, we sent out a newsletter about “two-pizza teams,” a nickname for the supposedly “best”...
Maybe self-control isn’t about willpower, but about who (and what) we trust
In the late 1960s, researchers at Stanford conducted what became known as the Marshmallow Test. A...
The magic of a “two pizza” team
The first team I was part of at Medium was our “story matching and reader habits”...
The power of a “silent walk”
For the last three months, I’ve spent most of my days on a college campus in...
What Pope Francis was really like, as told by someone who worked for him
Last month, in issue #293, we mentioned the concept of the “Medium version” — a personal...
Draft Day 2025: Live blog
Image created by Jason CombsIt’s draftin’ time, people! Draft Day comes but once a year, and...
Can you pass this misinformation quiz?
The word “misinformation” entered the discourse somewhere at the end of the 2010s (here’s the Google...
Science isn’t about certainty. It’s about openness.
We like to think science means progress. And most of the time, it does. But as...
The “dark patterns” in your favorite apps that keep you hooked
To be a smartphone gamer is to be constantly on the watch for scam apps (or...
How to “rewild” your life
Today is Earth Day, a holiday first observed on April 22, 1970 in the wake of...
How will tariffs affect your dinner?
This month, President Trump imposed 10% tariffs on all foreign-made goods, and has been escalating a...
The myth of “neutral reporting”
We’re taught that journalism is meant to be objective. But anyone who’s worked in the field...
The tool is not the skill
I came across a story on Medium recently that does something all good essays do (I...
Your story matters: Join us on April 25th for Draft Day 2025
Image created by Jason CombsEvery person on the planet has wisdom to share. Stories are a...
Space tourism is “the ultimate boutique spiritual experience”
On Monday, Katy Perry, Gayle King, and four others flew into space for 11 minutes and...
“A good story fixes reality in one place”
A few weeks ago, in issue #303, we mentioned Jim the AI Whisperer’s perspective on AI-generated...
Yes to a diverse community
Over the past several months, I’ve gotten questions from the Medium community asking if we’re planning...
Most workplaces are optimized for efficiency, not emotional truth
One piece of advice for you this week, from the Executive Director of Case Research at...
It happened on Medium: March 2025 round-up
Sometimes, I worry that my brain is pickled.In the 18 years since the iPhone launched, I’ve...
Why now might be the perfect time to try writing under a nom de plume
Two of my good friends write under pen names. They do this for many reasons. Some...
Why your digital self isn’t really you
Brain emulation, or mind uploading, is the idea that your brain could be scanned, simulated, and...
Leadership is a fundamentally creative act
“I remember standing in my father’s tofu factory as a child,” writes Microsoft engineering VP John...
Your reactions to yesterday’s newsletter on AI-generated imagery
Yesterday, I shared a few perspectives from Medium writers on ChatGPT’s new image generation feature —...
“Art shouldn’t be driven by effectiveness; it should be driven by expression.”
Hi! In case we haven’t met, here’s me, Ghiblified:(I sent this to a friend, who told...
What I Wish I Knew: “You won’t regret doing things the right way, even if it costs more”
Yes, it’s Friday, and it’s also the final day of “What I Wish I Knew” week....
What I Wish I Knew: Parenting Edition
As a step-guardian of a 10-year-old, every day is awash in the feeling of: “wow, I...
What I Wish I Knew: “Your writing is not about you”
Here on day three of “What I Wish I Knew” week, we’re focusing on writing. Writing...
What I Wish I Knew: “Navigating the geography of a creative life requires a compass — not a map”
Welcome to day two of “Wish I Wish I Knew” week, where we’re sharing everything we’d...
What I Wish I Knew: Career Edition
A few weeks ago, we spotlighted the very Medium genre of “what I wish I knew”...
“Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood” — T.S. Eliot
Next Tuesday marks the beginning of National Poetry Month here in the U.S., a holi-month that...
A good boss wants you to convince them to do things differently
Most workplaces are (at least somewhat) hierarchical. Even flat org structures usually give rise to unspoken...
A definition of “vibe coding,” or: how AI is turning everyone into a software developer
In issue #282, we featured a story by product designer Ben Snyder, who used AI to...
Microplastics: a quick beginner’s guide
A few weeks ago, while casually browsing the Medium app, I came across a story that...
Are tariffs good for U.S. workers?
A tariff is a “tax placed on goods when they cross national borders.” Example: the “The...
What it’s like to be trapped in an ICE detention center for two weeks
Here at Medium, there’s a type of story we sometimes refer to as the “Medium version.”...
Lessons from reading 100 books on world history in a year
☀️ Today is the spring equinox, aka the first day of spring here in the Northern...
Good art moves culture forward
Last Tuesday, OpenAI’s CEO, Sam Altman, announced a new AI model that is “good at creative...
It happened on Medium: February 2025 round-up
How do you discover new writers on Medium? I love that a pretty big part of...
An aviation expert explains why high-profile plane crashes don’t mean it’s statistically unsafe to fly
Last year, in issue #62, we featured Admiral Cloudberg, aka Kyra Dempsey, the aviation expert who’s...
A fascinating variety of Irish facts, brought to you by Medium writers
🇮🇪 Happy St. Patrick’s Day! To celebrate, here are some lesser-known facts about Irish topics I...
The highly specific, yet oddly relatable wisdom of “what I wish I knew”
One of my favorite things about Medium: The best stories give you a window into people’s...
How “circles of trust” explain the political divide
Last month, Nichola Raihani — British psychologist and author of The Social Instinct, a book about...
Why egg prices are rising, or: how humans respond to scarcity
This morning, before I opened up Medium to write this, I ate two (scrambled) eggs. Each...
Great inventions begin with an observation or intention, not a problem
“We need to understand what problem we’re solving,” is a refrain I’ve heard in countless product...
Why writing is just like running
It’s just starting to feel like spring where I am (temperatures in the mid-50s, sort of...
Women’s History Month began with a workers’ protest
Almost exactly a year ago, we wrote a newsletter on the anti-establishment origins of International Women’s...
Charisma is just responsiveness
There’s an essay I read a while back, by Sasha Chapin, about what might be the...
We overestimate AI’s impact in the short-term and underestimate it long-term
Are you worried that AI might someday take your current job?I am, a bit. I run...
Accountability needs a system, not an email
I have a friend — whom I am absolutely not going to name, for obvious reasons...
