leaving
Nearly two and a half years ago, in January 2024, I crammed my most essential belongings into three suitcases and left behind the only life I have ever known to start a new one halfway across the world, in Paris.Jaded by corporate America and wanting a change of environment, I…
Like any other proud family, we celebrated when our 18-year-old daughter was accepted into one of her chosen colleges in February this year. Loading audio narration… She is fiercely independent and has wanted to study outside our home state of New York since middle school.She can’t wait to move into…
Thanks to war, political conditions, and economic hardship, mass migration has become a significant occurrence in many regions of the world.The US recorded a net gain of about 1.2 million migrants in 2025, according to the World Bank Group. But when evaluating each country’s net migration rate as a share…
Paramount Skydance’s tech chief is stepping down as David Ellison’s digital transformation heats up. Loading audio narration… Phil Wiser, Paramount’s chief tech officer, told his colleagues on Friday morning that he’s leaving at the end of May after seven years with the company.”Writing this and sharing this news is harder…
Before kids, I traveled the world alone with nothing more than a backpack and a worn guidebook. I rarely made plans in advance and enjoyed the spontaneity and surprises that were a part of globetrotting without much advance planning. Loading audio narration… Once I started traveling with my children, that…
Allbirds isn’t only pivoting to AI — it’s pivoting away from its core environmental principles. Loading audio narration… Once dubbed the favorite shoemaker of Silicon Valley, Allbirds announced Wednesday it was transitioning from footwear to AI compute infrastructure and becoming NewBird AI.The company said it planned to buy GPUs, or…
Jamie Dimon warned that companies could leave high-tax cities like New York — but so far, they aren’t. Loading audio narration… In his annual letter to shareholders, the JPMorgan CEO said New York City has “much going for it,” but it also has high corporate and individual income taxes that are…
