Those who say that age is a state of mind are young, delusional, or smoking something. Either that or they’ve been roped in by a ludicrous stereotype of how people of a certain age are supposed to act, which of course is nonsense. In any case, there’s an epidemic of magical thinking[…] Read On
Searching for a scary movie to watch on Halloween, we came across Idiocracy, a sci-fi satire about the world’s dystopian future. Not a horror film, but its prophetic depiction of the dumbed-down society we’re rapidly becoming is terrifying, nonetheless. Written and directed by Mike Judge of Beavis and Butthead and Silicon[…] Read On
Halloween has always been my favorite holiday. I mean, who isn’t into dressing up and getting a little crazy once a year? That’s probably why Halloween parties are always the best. You can sort of act out a wild alter ego and get away with it. When I was a[…] Read On
There are lots of jobs where you have to figure out what’s going on at a company. VCs have to do that to determine if an investment makes sense. Executives and management consultants brought in from the outside also have to figure out what’s going on if they ever hope[…] Read On
Some things are way harder to do than you might think, especially if they don’t come naturally to you. Learning a new language. Making an open-field tackle. Folding a fitted sheet. Getting rid of a skunk. Being good in bed. What can I say; nobody’s good at everything. Now I[…] Read On
According to the Centers for Disease Control, binge drinking cost the U.S. economy $249 billion in 2010. I understand that the CDC was supposed to release more recent data but the team had a wild night out and missed work with raging hangovers. JK. What’s even funnier is that the[…] Read On
I spent the weekend researching and writing a column on a fascinating Silicon Valley startup named Theranos. Elizabeth Holmes founded the health-tech company in her Stanford dorm room in 2003, then dropped out at 19 to focus on it fulltime. Over the next 10 years, Theranos remained enveloped in secrecy.[…] Read On