This era of heightened individualism, of financial crisis, of rising inequality, of personal debt, of small state, of deregulation, of austerity, of gig economy, of zero-hours contracts, of perfection-demanding gender ideals, of declining wages, of unrealistic body-image goals, of social media with its perfectionist […]

Companies aren’t failing because they can’t execute. They’re failing because nobody agrees on what should be executed. They’re rudderless. Chaotic. Floundering. They’re full of overly-ambitious and politically-savvy leaders who have their own agendas, which means the company is not unified. I do think this […]

There is not [a meaningful] distinction between much of what is now considered news and outright propaganda. Much news is produced to make a point and is directed towards emotional agitating of watchers/readers/listeners to ‘do stuff’ or to ‘fight stuff’ at the macro or […]

No matter how hard we try, there are some things we’re not that good at, some ways of being we just can’t master. Regardless of all the promises we might make to ourselves and our loved ones, there are personal qualities we’d love to […]

It’s on the internet, in particular, that the beliefs of others are policed, their heresies loudly punished. It occurred to me that this might be the next irresistible step on the road we’ve taken: if we are all gods, then our feelings are sacred, […]

In the US, polarization between left and right has been increasing inexorably since the 1970s. But tech platforms such as Twitter and Facebook appear to be making what was already a serious problem worse. Studies suggest that experiences of moral outrage in normal ‘offline’ […]

So what, roughly, was the story of the world that many of those 2016 voters told themselves?
 They had a powerful sense that things weren’t as good as they had been in their parents’ day, despite the fact they worked hard and paid their […]

Travel is a fantastic self-development tool, because it extricates you from the values of your culture and shows you that another society can live with entirely different values and still function and not hate themselves. This exposure to different cultural values and metrics then […]

You’re at a grocery store, and you watch an elderly lady scream at the cashier, berating him for not accepting her thirty-cent coupon. Why? That lady probably doesn’t have anything better to do with her days than to sit at home cutting out coupons. […]

This may be the first time in human history that every single demographic group has felt unfairly victimized simultaneously. And they’re all riding the highs of the moral indignation that comes along with it. Right now, anyone who is offended about anything -whether it’s […]

Now here’s the problem: Our society today, through the wonders of consumer culture and hey-look-my-life-is-cooler-than-yours social media, has bred a whole generation of people who believe that having these negative experiences anxiety, fear, guilt, etc. -is totally not okay. I mean, if you look […]

The world is constantly telling you that the path to a better life is more, more, more buy more, own more, make more, fuck more, be more. You are constantly bombarded with messages to give a fuck about everything, all the time. Give a […]

You don’t get rewarded for being extra. You don’t get any money when you save costs. You’re going to get a raise below inflation. You’re stupid for caring the way that you do. The business’ downside risk is not yours, and it’s profits are […]

You can be incompetent or your project can fail, and that’s fine as long as you don’t rock the boat. It’s actually probably worse to rock the boat and try to save a failing project, not only do you take it on yourself if […]