Published in Forge·PinnedMember-onlyPrepare for the Ultimate Gaslighting*You are not crazy, my friends. — *Gaslighting, if you don’t know the word, is defined as manipulation into doubting your own sanity; as in, Carl made Mary think she was crazy, even though she clearly caught him cheating. He gaslit her. Pretty soon, as the country begins to figure out how we “open back up” and…Crisis9 min readCrisis9 min read
2 days agoMember-onlyA Human Wrote This, not ChatGPTThat’s me. Not the best picture. But that’s the thing about humans: we are imperfect. This post will be equally imperfect. Because a human wrote it. As the world meets its AI future with the public introduction of ChatGPT, we are seeing the frightening power of robots and algorithms, which…AI4 min readAI4 min read
2 days agoMember-onlyWe Think Prices are High in the US? Reporting from Southern Europe…Hello, friends and readers. Thanks to the internet, I am working from six hours in the future this week, celebrating a very belated Christmas here in Montenegro with our European family. If you follow my work at all, you know I enjoy writing whenever we are here. It’s such a…Travel5 min readTravel5 min read
6 days agoMember-onlyThat Video, That Video, That Horrific VideoYou don’t need to watch the Tyre Nichols videos to be horrified. If you have seen them, you know the horror. If you are curious and can stomach it, a simple Google search will lead you to them. A 29-year-old man is beaten to death on camera after he’s pulled…Society3 min readSociety3 min read
Jan 18Member-onlyOde to a $27 Salad ($41 with Delivery)There are certain moments when you just hit your limits. For lunch today, I collided with a limit. Smack! A salad — no larger than a cereal bowl, no heavier than a book — filled with nothing more than lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, chickpeas, and salmon the size of a minnow…Economy2 min readEconomy2 min read
Jan 1Member-onlyThe Joys of a Small Christmas TreeThis was the first year since 2019 that I put up a Christmas tree. In 2020, of course, the world ravaged by Covid, I skipped what a former boyfriend once called my “pagan ritual.” I found myself in a new apartment after my New York City landlord raised the rent…Christmas3 min readChristmas3 min read
Dec 21, 2022Member-onlyYear in Review: 2022 in 100 ScreenshotsAs the year comes to a close, I thought I would share a “Year in Review” of a different kind. Here are 100 screenshots from my phone that…Year In Review1 min readYear In Review1 min readYear in Review: 2022 in 100 Screenshots----1
Dec 21, 2022Member-onlyReminder: It will all be there when you get back after the holidaysFriends, Colleagues, Readers, Just your year-end reminder here that the work, the deadlines, the projects, the next steps, the circling back, the PowerPoints, the Zooms, the quarterly goals — they’ll all be there when you get back to the office after the holidays. So will all the pinging and the…Work2 min readWork2 min read
Dec 20, 2022Member-onlyMy Word for 2022: WaitON SATURDAY MORNING here in New York City, thousands of people stood in line in Little Italy waiting for an “Emily in Paris pop-up.” Emily in Paris is a series on Netflix. An Emily in Paris pop-up? I have no idea what that is. …Year In Review6 min readYear In Review6 min read
Nov 29, 2022Member-onlyDear Brands, We Really Don’t Need This Much Christmas Music in StoresThe holiday season has begun. And that means our dear American brands — from Starbucks to Target, from Apple to J. Crew to Best Buy — have all flipped the digital disc-jockey switch from pleasant capitalist retail soft rock to wall-to-wall Jingle Bells. In every store in America, it’s time…Society3 min readSociety3 min read
