In adolescence, we all seek to innovate. By middle age, we're more likely to like traditions. And in some ways, we're right all along.
Category: Musings
What Metrics Should We Use to Measure Success?
Metrics are powerful tools, but they often miss crucial truths.
Get to Know Your Sources
In a world where information is everywhere, it's increasingly important to know who's feeding you what, why, and how.
Don’t Let Yourself Be Too Complete
Nature and culture conspire to create people who are never quite complete. And it's a good thing, too.
Are Resumes Ever True?
Reflections on telling nonfiction from nonsense.
Someday You’ll See Things Differently
No matter how well you know a thing now, it will likely look different to you someday, after your next existential transition.
4 Things that Can’t Be Counted
What gets measured gets done. But what can't be measured may be more important.
Unmediating
How I learned to see farther and understand more deeply by following my dog's nose.
A New Year Whenever You Need One
While clocks and calendars turn, time itself just keeps moving forward.
Listen Skeptically
In 20 years as a writer and editor, I've learned to give everyone the benefit of my doubts-or at least to try.
