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I know that it’s not logical to believe I can get rich by lightly tapping my wrist, head, and other parts of my body. I know it’s even less logical to pay to learn how to do it. And yet, I’ve spent days wondering if it’s worth giving $44 to…
Side hustles are often sold as quick wins — easy money you can make in your spare time. Loading audio narration… In reality, they’re usually messier. Some ideas flop, some bring in a little extra cash, and a few grow into something much bigger than expected — even replacing a…
Are you using AI to think — or letting it think for you? Loading audio narration… Vivienne Ming, chief scientist at the Possibility Institute, a metascience research group, and founder of Socos Labs, an AI and education firm, says the tech is splitting people into two groups: a small minority…
In a previous life, I was a ratty, vagabond mountain girl. I never thought of myself as a writer, and I definitely didn’t plan to build a career as a ghostwriter. I rarely planned where I’d sleep each night.During a gap year from college in winter 2020, I was working…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Greg Smith, CEO of Thinkific. It has been edited for length and clarity.I became interested in corporate law because of the role lawyers play in pivotal business decisions. As a CEO, I might navigate a merger or IPO only once or…
A group of nearly 150 retired judges has joined the list of Anthropic’s supporters in its fight with the Pentagon.In a brief filed on Tuesday, 149 retired federal and state judges said the Department of War’s labeling of the AI company as a “supply chain risk” was unfounded. Anthropic is…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Tom Blake, a 29-year-old YouTuber and blogger, about his experiments with side hustles. It’s been edited for length and clarity.I started experimenting with side hustles in 2014 while I was in college for a simple reason: I needed to pay the…
We were supposed to be in Singapore together for my 45th birthday. Loading audio narration… After last year’s depressing birthday in the city, my husband Steve suggested we celebrate my special day overseas and check off a destination that had been on our bucket list for years.Since Steve had business…
