Andrew Marantz on the Longform podcast brings up the idea of tension on many occasions. As a journalist, or more generally, an artist, it’s not about absolutes and extremes. It’s about holding …
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Knowing it exists
Sometimes just knowing something exists is uplifting enough. Even if it's located across the country, or in another part of the world, knowing someone thought of the problem and made a solution is …
Why your voicemail is full
It's not Apple's fault, actually. Contrary to my belief for years, Apple doesn't control your voicemail box. If they did, I'm sure it wouldn't get full without at least notifying you, or raising …
Walking the trail
After going on a few hikes recently on lightly trafficked, sparsely marked trails, I found an important metaphor: If you look too far ahead, you get lost. If you look for the next step, you will …
Bo Burnham on the state of YouTube
After going viral in the early days of YouTube with hits like "i'm bo yo." Bo Burnham is done with creating on the video platform. In a recent live conversation with Jonny Sun at MIT, Bo talked …
Making your own job
The ideal state, which I am just now beginning to articulate, is not to have kids get jobs, but it is to have kids create the jobs of their dreams. …