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Your Whole Self Was Never the Point
Corporate America has shifted from Peak Belonging to Peak Productivity. What if both frames miss the point? What do we actually need?
Your Whole Self Was Never the Point
Trendslop, Climate Activism, Grading Curves, Marxist AI, Betrayal and Belonging, Zombie Leadership Ideas
Betrayal and Belonging
I had a wonderful conversation with Nell Derick Debevoise Dewey for Forbes, on inclusion, ethics, belonging, and betrayal. Here’s an excerpt:
"Taylor’s prescription is not a new framework so much as a return...
Ethical Nihilism, Resilience and Community, Emotional Surveillance, White-Collar Sweatshops, Fish on a Chopping Block
The rise of emotional surveillance
New AI tools claim to measure your personality, emotions, and mood. They can’t, of course, because humans aren’t reducible to obvious criteria, and stuff like your facial expression doesn’t actually...
The Zero-Trust Economy, Moral Injury, and the Future of Business Ethics
My Gen Z students hate things that are "performative." They want real accountability. How might they reshape business ethics?
“For there to be betrayal, there would have to have been trust first.” Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games
AI and the Broken Social Contract, Integrity Blah Blah, The Climate Economy, Birth Control, Livestreamed Eagles
2026 in a nutshell
Right?
AI is costing big tech its workforce
I haven’t had a post go viral in a while. But, my extract from a Wall Street Journal article, querying the logic of big tech layoff, sure hit a nerve:
If the WSJ i...
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Professor at NYU Stern, author of Higher Ground. Lots of other hats, even more opinions. Join me to talk risk, responsibility, integrity, human idiosyncrasies.
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