I remember sitting at my desk for 4 straight hours, SAT prep book open, working through math problems and reading comprehension passages with the kind of sustained concentration that felt as natural as breathing. I could lose myself in novels for entire afternoons, emerging hours later surprised by how much
There's a quiet crisis happening in plain sight. Despite living in the most connected era in human history, adults are lonelier than ever. We're experiencing what researchers call a "friendship recession" – a widespread decline in meaningful social connections that's leaving millions of
When people hear I immigrated from Korea at 11, they often assume it was driven by economic necessity. It wasn't. My family wasn't fleeing poverty or seeking basic survival. We were already comfortable in Seoul. So why leave? My parents saw something I couldn't
"It was meant to be." "Everything happens for a reason." "What's meant for you will find you." These phrases roll off our tongues to offer comfort in difficult times and explanation for life's mysteries. But they come with a hidden
My boyfriend and I are devoted listeners of the All-In podcast. Every Friday, we play a game called "pod predictions" where we try to guess which topics the "besties" would cover that week. Then we queue up the episode featuring Chamath Palihapitiya, Jason Calacanis, David Sacks,
New York City stands at a crossroads. With Zohran Mamdani's stunning upset victory in the Democratic primary over former Governor Andrew Cuomo, the nation's largest city appears poised to elect its first openly socialist mayor in modern history. While Mamdani's supporters celebrate this as
The headlines are alarming: autism rates have jumped from 1 in 150 children in 2000 to 1 in 31 children in 2025 – a staggering 312% increase over just two decades. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has called it an "autism epidemic," suggesting environmental toxins
The eruption of direct military conflict between Israel and Iran in June 2025 marks a dangerous new chapter in Middle Eastern geopolitics. What began as Israel's surprise attack on June 13 has quickly grown into what many fear could become a much bigger war. But beyond the immediate
I just spent 10 minutes doing what used to take me three weeks. Early in my career, as a budding Associate Consultant at Bain & Company, I was assigned to help a cable company figure out why their customers were unhappy. My job was to comb through over 10,000
Every Friday at 10 AM, my boyfriend's $1,000 robot vacuum springs to life with an optimistic little beep. By 10:15 AM, it's usually stuck under the couch with a charging chord wrapped around its wheel. Goldman Sachs Research projects the humanoid robot market will
Last week, the Trump administration revoked Harvard's ability to enroll international students. The university fought back in court immediately, with lawyers writing that "Without its international students, Harvard is not Harvard." I graduated from Harvard in 2014. When the news broke, my mind went straight back
What's a scam so normalized we don't even realize it's a scam anymore? The subscription model. Think about it: Apple sells you a $1,000 phone with barely enough storage, then charges you monthly to keep your own photos and videos. Miss your $0.