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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Julie Zhu, a China market strategist for global creators based in Shenzhen. She has helped creators like Khaby Lame and Pamela Reif tour the country. It’s been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… In the pandemic, we had a…
I was sitting in my cargo bike outside my son’s børnehave (kindergarten) on an especially bitter February morning in Copenhagen, crying over forgetting his Fastelavn costume at home. Loading audio narration… Fastelavn, for the uninitiated, is Denmark’s candy-filled, costume-wearing, barrel-smashing children’s tradition, somewhere between Halloween and Carnival. It’s something Danes…
When I first moved from Poland to Austin, Texas, for a short-term internship in my mid-20s, I never intended to stay. Loading audio narration… As a new graduate, my goal was to get some hands-on experience in international business practices before returning home to work with my dad and teach…
When I retired early, I assumed the hard part was over. Loading audio narration… No more meetings. No more deadlines imposed by someone else. My husband and I began traveling in long arcs, staying at least a month in each place. We would unpack, settle in, and let daily life…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Karen Watts Nauman, 67, and Jeff Nauman, 69, a married couple who moved to Lake Chapala, Mexico, from the US a few years ago. They recently launched The AI Boomers, a platform for AI courses designed for older Americans. This interview…
This interview is based on a conversation with Peter Brenner, 87, a retired senior food service manager from Westchester, New York. It has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… I had to depend on myself very young in life. I was raised by a stepmother. She and…
Here is what I would tell someone if they asked me what I learned from “The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist,” which premiered at Sundance and opened in theaters on Friday:There are now 20,000 people working on artificial general intelligence, and fewer than 200 working on alignment…
I didn’t plan to have 5 children. I wasn’t even sure I wanted to get married. I envisioned a life modeled after my childhood heroine, Mary Richards, the fictional associate producer at WJM-TV, played by Mary Tyler Moore. Yes, I was the girl who stayed in her dorm room on…
Recently, due to day care closures, I spent nine hours at home with the kids (without setting foot outside) while my husband went to work. In that time, I changed countless poopy diapers, served infinite snacks, ran up and down the stairs trying to get the kids to nap, and…
I’ve spent a long weekend in Paris, watching the Eiffel Tower light show with my best friend. I’ve traveled around China and Hong Kong for a fortnight as part of a school exchange trip. I even once jetted to Ibiza for a week of sun, sea, and shots with a…
