My application for an unpaid professorship. — I’m writing with all the requisite enthusiasm for the position of Assistant Adjunct Professor in Chemistry and Biochemistry at UCLA. I have read the job announcement several times (the first three in disbelief) and understand very clearly that this is an unpaid position. As someone with over 10 years studying…

Spoiler: It’s not you — It’s common for professionals on their way out of a company, especially if they have had a long-term and prominent role, to start thinking in terms of “legacy” — that is, the mark they will leave on a place of business and what they want to be known for. This…

My time with Roam Research — The year is 2031. The nation-state system, which had been the dominant international order since 1648 and the Treaty of Westphalia, has crumbled. One dominant social and cultural group functions as a de facto world government. None of these leaders are elected. The legitimacy of this elite class is not…

If you love email, there’s a lot to love about HEY, the new platform, and service from the Basecamp folks, which, at $99/year (or more if you want a fancy address), has over 170,000 subscribers in its first month. HEY has a contact-based filtering system that allows you to direct…

There have been countless articles on remote work over the last few months. …