Medium Summaries and Reviews

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8 Article

Live Long and Flounder

An Aging Expert on the Looming Crisis of Our Longer Lifespans
Mary Elizabeth Williams and M.T. Connolly
Medium, 2023
8 Article

The Workers at the Frontlines of the AI Revolution

The global labor force of outsourced and contract workers are early adopters of generative AI — and the most at risk
Andrew Deck
Medium, 2023
8 Article
Ms. Missnatalier
Medium, 2022
8 Video
Ryan Holiday
Medium, 2022
8 Article

The Dirty Work of Cleaning Online Reputations

For a fee, companies will tackle damaging search results. But is the new economy of digital makeovers making things worse:
Paul Gallant
Medium, 2022
8 Report
Cory Doctorow
Medium, 2020
8 Article
Gibson Biddle
Medium, 2021
8 Article

The 15 Objects That Defined 2020

From sweatpants to rubber bullets, a year in culture told through the artifacts we’ll never forget.
Rob Walker
Medium, 2020
8 Article

How to Make Working from Home Work for You

Everything I learned from 3 years of location-independent work
Julia Horvath
Medium, 2020
8 Article

Remote Work Is Killing the Hidden Trillion-Dollar Office Economy

From airlines to Starbucks, a massive part of our economy hinges on white-collar workers returning to the office.
Steve LeVine
Medium, 2020
9 Article

How Centuries of Black Strength Created a Blueprint for Economic Recovery

Black communities have for centuries harbored a spirit of support and mutual aid. It’s time the rest of the country followed their lead.
Douglas Rushkoff
Medium, 2020
8 Article

Olympic Icon Flo Jo Raced to the Top and Took Us with Her

Beyond the nails, one-legged tracksuits, and world records, Florence Griffith Joyner set the stage for women to build million-dollar brands.
Amira Rose Davis
Medium, 2020
8 Article

When Regular School Stops Being a Choice, Think About Unschooling

Trusting your children to lead the way when a crisis has closed their classrooms.
Shaunta Grimes
Medium, 2020
9 Article

What 4 Years in Solitary Confinement Taught Me About Surviving Isolation

I turned my prison cell into a space of enlightenment, creativity, and higher learning
Shaka Senghor
Medium, 2020
9 Article

Smarter COVID-19 Decision-Making

How to apply sound principles from decision science to your own life
Cassie Kozyrkov
Medium, 2020
7 Article

5-Hour Rule

If you’re not spending 5 hours per week learning, you’re being irresponsible
Michael Simmons
Medium, 2017
8 Article

The Sharing Economy Was Always a Scam

‘Sharing’ was supposed to save us. Instead, it became a Trojan horse for a precarious economic future.
Susie Cagle
Medium, 2019
8 Article
Fiza Rasool
Medium, 2019
7 Article

A Technique for Deciding When to Say No

Instead of Trying to Do Everything, Figure Out What Deserves Your Time and Energy
Tyler Kleeberger
Medium, 2019
8 Article
Drew Millard
Medium, 2019
8 Article

Procrastination Sucks

So Here’s the “Eat That Frog” Way to Powerful Productivity
Bar Franek
Medium, 2018
8 Article

Silicon Valley’s Equity Gap

Women Own Just 9%
#Angels
Medium, 2018
6 Article
Matteo Gianpietro Zago
Medium, 2018
9 Article

The Cognition Crisis

Anxiety. Depression. ADHD. Dementia. The human brain is in trouble. Technology is a cause — and a solution.
Adam Gazzaley
Medium, 2018
8 Article
Danielle Kayembe
Medium, 2017
7 Article

Smart Cities

What Do We Need to Know to Plan and Design Them Better?
Anthony Townsend
Medium, 2017
8 Article

How to Thrive As a Highly Sensitive Person

It can be your greatest strength in work and love
Melody Wilding
Medium, 2018
8 Article
Steven Sinofsky
Medium, 2016
8 Article
Megan Berry
Medium, 2017
8 Article

Tools of a System Thinker

The 6 Fundamental Concepts of Systems Thinking
Leyla Acaroglu
Medium, 2017
7 Article

Strategic Communication

How to Develop Strategic Messaging and Positioning
Myk Pono
Medium, 2016
7 Article
Zdravko Cvijetic
Medium, 2016
7 Article

How You Can Start a Career in a Different Field Without “Experience” 

Tips That Got Me Job Offers from Google and Other Tech Giants
Austin Belcak
Medium, 2017
8 Article

The Rise of the Like Economy

Once a cursed project, the tiny feature has had a huge effect not only on the site, but on us
Victor Luckerson
Medium, 2017
8 Article

The Facts Are True, the News Is Fake

How to Disagree with Yourself
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Medium, 2017
7 Article

My Free Degree

How I hacked my education and earned money learning a vital new skill
Adam Westbrook
Medium, 2016
8 Article
Beth Comstock
Medium, 2016
8 Article

How We Broke Democracy

Our Technology Has Changed This Election, And Is Now Undermining Our Ability to Empathize with Each Other
Tobias Rose-Stockwell
Medium, 2016
8 Article
Quincy Larson
Medium, 2016
8 Article

The Greatest Sales Deck I’ve Ever Seen

It’s Zuora’s, and it’s brilliant. Here’s why.
Andy Raskin
Medium, 2016
8 Article
Gabriel Weinberg
Medium, 2016
8 Article
Chris Messina
Medium, 2016
8 Article

Take the Time to Understand

Six Steps to Building Domain Expertise in a Complex Industry
Margaret Gould Stewart
Medium, 2016