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The myth of the downwardly mobile college graduate
1+ hour, 50+ min ago (1704+ words) The laptop class is moving left -- but not out of economic desperation." The heyday of the "high-skill" worker is ending. As corporations find new ways to replace labor with machines, more and more professionals are seeing their vaunted credentials lose…...
What should you be teaching your kids right now to prepare them for an AI-scrambled job market?
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (1156+ words) The best educational choice you can make for your child might not focus on your child at all. I work with a lot of very smart people, and sometimes one of them asks me a question that stops me in…...
How a capybara took over the Scholastic Book Fair
1+ week, 35+ min ago (1271+ words) What this furry favorite can teach us about kids" reading and writing. The Scholastic Book Fair is a big deal at my older kid"s school. A couple of times a year, the auditorium gets transformed into a kid-friendly bookstore,…...
Is it wrong to send your kid to private school?
1+ week, 3+ day ago (768+ words) How to think about what's best for your child " and for all the other children, too. Your Mileage May Vary is an advice column offering you a unique framework for thinking through your moral dilemmas. It's based on value pluralism…...
AI is moving fast. Should you ditch the job you love?
3+ week, 4+ day ago (904+ words) Our answer cannot just be that everyone becomes a plumber. Your Mileage May Vary is an advice column offering you a unique framework for thinking through your moral dilemmas. It's based on value pluralism " the idea that each of us…...
Vox Appoints Stephen Heuser as Executive Editor
4+ week, 1+ day ago (452+ words) Accomplished Politico and Boston Globe editor to oversee key editorial teams beginning March 23. Vox Editor-in-Chief and Publisher Swati Sharma today announced that Steve Heuser will join the organization as executive editor, starting March 23. In his new role, Heuser will partner…...
4 reasons why AI (probably) won't take your job
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (1767+ words) What the AI jobs panic is missing. AI is coming for the laptop class. While you clack away at your keyboard " writing code or drafting memos or making spreadsheets or scrolling X or perusing Door Dash or reading Vox or…...
Why 2025 was hell for job hunters
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (916+ words) It's a key reason the economy felt so, so bad this year. There is no better window into the soul of America's striving professional class than Linked In, a site that this year often seemed less like a networking platform…...
How to actually get kids off their phones
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (971+ words) Social media bans don't have to be just for children. It was the last day of school before winter break, and Aiden and his eighth-grade classmates were playing a game of Mafia. After the first round, though, one of Aiden's…...
What if child care could make you rich?
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (713+ words) When state funds are invested, the economics of operating a child care center change. So can the players. Despite working in child care for 25 years, Crystal Romero has never seen a shift like the one taking place in New Mexico....