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This story is based on an interview with Jessica C. Guthrie, 38, a full-time carer and caregiving consultant from Fredericksburg, Virginia. It has been edited for length and clarity.In 2013, we noticed that my mom, a teacher’s aide, was getting a little confused about things at the school she’d had…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jonathan Laramy, 32, creator of the viral YouTube channel Chloe VS History, which features an AI-generated character named Chloe who travels through history. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity.A lot of people assume AI videos are created by…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Madison Crane. It has been edited for length and clarity.For most of my career, I’ve worked remotely, as an English as a second language teacher to Spanish students, director of operations at a social media marketing company called Schedult, head of…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Caroline Huber, cofounder and co-CEO of Jones. It has been edited for length and clarity.I started smoking very casually, mostly at parties after I’d had a few drinks. I wasn’t dependent, and it didn’t feel like a problem. I was happy…
On a recent trip, my sister asked her 14-year-old son if he wanted to send a postcard. “Why? I have Snapchat, TikTok, Instagram,” he responded, listing all his social media apps. When she shared this story with me, we laughed, but I felt a lingering sadness. Before everything became instant…
For a decade, I thought I was doing everything right. I had a few corporate jobs, a predictable salary, and a career path that looked good on paper. From the outside, it probably seemed like I had things figured out.But behind the scenes, I was constantly exhausted, and the work…
Keara Callahan thought she was doing everything right. She went to college, earned a degree in economics, and landed a well-paying government job as a tech consultant. Loading audio narration… But she still felt something was missing. Watching endless TikTok videos of young people traveling and living freely only deepened…
