Worn out

A sociologist walks into clothing store—and encounters the low-tech anguish of fast fashion’s high-tech scheduling

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Can Duruk is thinking out loud

The Felt CTO and Margins coauthor talks about building company culture, democratizing mapmaking, and writing about it all

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Recession story

"After a few weeks of emailing, I did it. I got a stupid job."

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Kelsey Hightower challenges the idea that you should “do what you love”

Google Cloud’s distinguished engineer talks knowledge sharing, mentorship, career paths, and priorities

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Going for broke

How Twitter under Elon Musk makes plain the limits of luck

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Ritual brilliance

How a pair of Shrek ears shaped Linden Lab culture by making failure funny—and safe

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Restaurant workers be like

Meme makers capture the laugh-cry flavor of hospitality work at a time when the industry is experiencing great precarity—and more visibility than ever

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The body in the machine

The work of writer and programmer Ellen Ullman shows that to understand technology you must also understand the people who make it

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