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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with William Tunstall-Pedoe, 56, an angel investor and founder based in the UK. This piece has been edited for length and clarity.In 2012, I sold my first startup, Evi, to Amazon. It later became Alexa.That gave me the capital to invest in…
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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Rose Barboza, founder of Black Owned Maine. It has been edited for length and clarity.In the summer of 2020, I started a directory of Black-owned businesses in Maine. I was looking for a way to support the Black community for people…
In January 2024, I arrived at a friend’s farmhouse in Costa Rica. It was the start of a six-week stay that kicked off what I intended to be a year packed with international travel. Stops back home in Canada, and a trip to Argentina had already been penciled in.At the…
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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Vivienne Zhao, 33, a French teacher. Her words have been edited for length and clarity.For years, I treated belonging as a measure of my worth. I believed that if I spoke well enough, adapted carefully enough, and paid close enough attention…
My earliest memory of my grandfather is sitting on his knee after he came home from work. I would count our cuts, scrapes, scabs, and bruises together — his from his construction job, mine from overzealous climbing at the playground.He was the epitome of toughness in my eyes, and I…
I was recently celibate for a year. Not out of choice, but because I was grieving the loss of a past relationship.After much post-breakup drawing out, I had finally cut ties with an ex. Ending all communication affected me in ways I hadn’t foreseen, even when I was already dating…
After 12 years living abroad in Berlin and then Madrid, I never imagined returning home to Ireland. However, a breakup, becoming a single parent to a young teen, and growing concerns about my father’s health made moving back home something I had to consider.The decision wasn’t easy. I worried about…
Yuval Noah Harari warned that the world is badly misjudging the timescale of artificial intelligence — and that the real danger lies not in how fast the technology is moving, but in how casually it’s being treated.Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday, the historian and author…
