Workplace Journalism Is Broken
Please, stop allowing academics and bosses to write about the workplace. I’m begging you. I am begging and pleading
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The Web's Freedom Fallacy
Please see the bottom of this newsletter for a request from readers to email me stuff. I’m not asking
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The Media Needs To Stop Asking Bosses About Labor
When I first started my career in PR in 2008, I remember being introduced to the concept of the millennial
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Facebook's Name Change Is An Act of Meta-Desperation
The end of the Zuckerberg era begins with a massive rebranding mistake.
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America Has Demonized Labor
The "Great Resignation" is being framed as workers quitting rather than companies failing to attract them with money and good work conditions.
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There Isn't A Labor Shortage, There's An Abundance of Bad Companies
There is only one villain in the supply chain crisis - the corporations underpaying laborers.
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We Need To Educate People About How The Internet Works
Despite almost everybody being online, we have failed to educate people at scale about the realities and consequences of the internet.
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The Faux-Culture of Internet Fandoms
Today reviews came out for the latest Marvel movie The Eternals, and fans are going nuts over a film they
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Managers Are Becoming The New Cops Of The Workforce
Companies are distributing the means of control to their managers, including pointless, punitive policies and surveillance tools.
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Faking It, Making It, And The Lie of the Meritocracy
Today, Albert Burneko of Defector had an excellent piece about media startup fraud Ozy and the larger ecosystem of pontificators
9 min read
The Silicon Valley Victimization Complex
The ongoing misery of tech's rich and successful.
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