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What I Wish I Knew: “Navigating the geography of a creative life requires a compass — not a map”
Welcome to day two of “Wish I Wish I Knew” week, where we’re sharing everything we’d...
What I Wish I Knew: Career Edition
A few weeks ago, we spotlighted the very Medium genre of “what I wish I knew”...
“Genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood” — T.S. Eliot
Next Tuesday marks the beginning of National Poetry Month here in the U.S., a holi-month that...
A good boss wants you to convince them to do things differently
Most workplaces are (at least somewhat) hierarchical. Even flat org structures usually give rise to unspoken...
A definition of “vibe coding,” or: how AI is turning everyone into a software developer
In issue #282, we featured a story by product designer Ben Snyder, who used AI to...
Microplastics: a quick beginner’s guide
A few weeks ago, while casually browsing the Medium app, I came across a story that...
Are tariffs good for U.S. workers?
A tariff is a “tax placed on goods when they cross national borders.” Example: the “The...
What it’s like to be trapped in an ICE detention center for two weeks
Here at Medium, there’s a type of story we sometimes refer to as the “Medium version.”...
Lessons from reading 100 books on world history in a year
☀️ Today is the spring equinox, aka the first day of spring here in the Northern...
Good art moves culture forward
Last Tuesday, OpenAI’s CEO, Sam Altman, announced a new AI model that is “good at creative...
It happened on Medium: February 2025 round-up
How do you discover new writers on Medium? I love that a pretty big part of...
An aviation expert explains why high-profile plane crashes don’t mean it’s statistically unsafe to fly
Last year, in issue #62, we featured Admiral Cloudberg, aka Kyra Dempsey, the aviation expert who’s...
A fascinating variety of Irish facts, brought to you by Medium writers
🇮🇪 Happy St. Patrick’s Day! To celebrate, here are some lesser-known facts about Irish topics I...
The highly specific, yet oddly relatable wisdom of “what I wish I knew”
One of my favorite things about Medium: The best stories give you a window into people’s...
How “circles of trust” explain the political divide
Last month, Nichola Raihani — British psychologist and author of The Social Instinct, a book about...
Why egg prices are rising, or: how humans respond to scarcity
This morning, before I opened up Medium to write this, I ate two (scrambled) eggs. Each...
Great inventions begin with an observation or intention, not a problem
“We need to understand what problem we’re solving,” is a refrain I’ve heard in countless product...
Why writing is just like running
It’s just starting to feel like spring where I am (temperatures in the mid-50s, sort of...
Women’s History Month began with a workers’ protest
Almost exactly a year ago, we wrote a newsletter on the anti-establishment origins of International Women’s...
Charisma is just responsiveness
There’s an essay I read a while back, by Sasha Chapin, about what might be the...
We overestimate AI’s impact in the short-term and underestimate it long-term
Are you worried that AI might someday take your current job?I am, a bit. I run...
Accountability needs a system, not an email
I have a friend — whom I am absolutely not going to name, for obvious reasons...
The most moving essay I’ve ever read
In 2019, around this time of year, Jenny Harrington published what is literally the most moving...
How vaccines became victims of their own success
Two weeks ago, the U.S. Senate confirmed RFK Jr. as our new Secretary of Health and...
Stupidity is usually just incuriosity
“The reality of a technical position,” writes systems administrator Cooper Lund, “is that most of what...
First-person perspectives on 3 years of war in Ukraine
Monday marked three years since Russia invaded Ukraine. Russia still occupies 20% of the country. Every...
Why an asteroid (probably) won’t hit earth in the next decade
A few weeks ago, I met a new friend: 2024 YR4. He’s an asteroid, and as...
Has anyone ever asked you to “be more strategic”? Here’s what that means
“Being told you need to be more strategic is common feedback for senior engineers,” writes CTO...
Two tricks to memoir writing: tell the truth and curate your details
Meghan Daum, author of My Misspent Youth (excerpted here by the New Yorker), said memoir is...
Making Featured stories even more visible
A few months ago, we launched Featured stories for publications as a way for publication editors...
How Starbucks intends to “reclaim the ‘third place’”
In our issue on “third places” — venues for socializing apart from work and home —...
It happened on Medium: January 2025 round-up
From a U.S. news perspective, January 2025 was a year in a month, beginning with the...
Yes, Girl Scout Cookies are okay to eat
Hello, it’s Girl Scout Cookie season (Jan-April) in the U.S., aka the time of year when...
Why every good story is actually two stories
“If you take an idea and hold it in your head, you unconsciously start to do...
The one type of “creativity” only humans can do
🎆 It’s Presidents’ Day in the U.S., a holiday with no universally agreed upon name. It’s...
From beheadings to divine love: the bloody history of Valentine’s Day
💖 Hello to everyone who, like me, will be spending tonight in bed watching Love is...
Why every profession needs a Hippocratic Oath
✌️Only 45 more Thursdays to go in 2025Issue #267: the past is in front of you,...
How to move forward when you face a “wicked problem”
🕰️ We’re officially 11.6% of our way through 2025Issue #266: your responses to academia’s paper mill...
Why thousands of fake scientific papers are flooding academic journals
👋 Hello!Issue #265: auditioning for SNL, an engineer’s Hippocratic Oath, and waking up at 5 a.m.By...
A three-step process for finding truth online
👋 We’re back!Issue #264: confessions of a healthcare comms lead, executive orders, and brown noiseBy Harris...
Data privacy is personal privacy
👋 Welcome backIssue #263: fibroids, catfishing, and simmer potsBy Adeline DimondICYMI like I did, last week...
Solve the right problems by questioning your assumptions
👋 Thursday!Issue #262: balancing confidence and humility, serious hobbies, and hi-res writingBy Harris SockelHumans have a...
The meaning of DeepSeek, or: the power of constraints
👋 Hello againIssue #261: the early days of Etsy, morality rankings, and getting out thereBy Harris...
Three Academic and Scholarly Experts Share Their Top Medium Tips
The transcript below was edited for clarity and readability, but please feel free to watch the...
Being a “learn-it-all” will get you way further than being a “know-it-all”
🎂 We forgot to mention this last Friday, but the Medium Newsletter is officially 1 year...
How big things start small, or: the story of Black History Month
👋 Welcome backIssue #259: asking yourself why, Brian Eno’s life advice, and courageBy Harris SockelIn 1926,...
What do dying people regret the most? Living an inauthentic life.
In one of the most popular Medium stories ever (featured in issue #105), Methodist pastor Lydia...
A former New York Times Covid reporter on the pandemic’s origins
✌ Hello againIssue #257: postmodern AI, twee-isms, and sparksBy Harris SockelA quick correction: In an earlier...
You will find your people
🌙 Happy Lunar New Year!Issue #256: the United States of Breakfast, midlife crises, and having funBy...
How to turn your Threads, Bluesky, or X thread into a Medium story
Add italics and bolding to highlight specific ideas. You can also separate sections using H1 and...
