Save the date for August 12th — a celebration of our community and human storytelling — Now is the time for human stories. For thousands of years, stories have been how we learn and pass our wisdom onto other people. We aren’t computers and we aren’t moved to true understanding by a crib sheet of facts, by summaries, or by hot takes. Writing is how many…

Hi everybody, I’ll be honest, when concerns about generative AI first made headlines, all I could think about was Robocop, the ’80s Terminator series, and Minority Report. Those movies are about mixing technology with humanity to create superbeings that, in theory, stop problems before they start. …

An interview with writer Benjamin Sledge, whose Medium stories on mental health and military service lead to a book and helped build a community — Benjamin Sledge is a mental health advocate and U.S. Army veteran who uses Medium to reflect on his experiences at war — and to help fellow veterans feel less alone. As a member of the U.S. Army’s Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command, Sledge received a Purple Heart, a Bronze…

From secret robes to hard numbers: all about our Boost Nomination Pilot program (including how to get involved!) — We talked about Medium’s Boost in late February, when our CEO Tony announced the program’s launch, and then again last month when we interviewed one of the early participants in our community nomination beta program. Today we wanted to pull back the curtain and spend some time deep diving into…

A selection of Medium stories you may have missed this week — I was perusing Medium this week for stories about Tina Turner, the iconic American rock and soul legend who recently passed away — age 83 — at her home in Switzerland. And I found a few, like this uplifting piece by William Spivey. There were also several comments to Spivey’s…

A selection of Medium stories you may have missed this week — As we enter mid-May, I’m struck again by the swift passage of time. The year, which seems like it only just began, is already more than a third of the way over. One of the most affecting pieces I’ve read recently on Medium is a meditation on time’s fast flow…

Reflections on Mother’s Day, a window into the Carroll v. Trump trial, and more perspectives worth reading — Hey y’all, I recently received an email from a retailer, asking if I would like to opt out of Mother’s Day emails and congratulations. (For our international readers: celebrating motherhood in mid-May is customary in the U.S.) I pondered that email, thinking about my two children, who are a joy…

A few Medium stories you may have missed this week — Hey all, I’ve been doing a deep dive into essays about heritage and how modern life is intersected and informed by the actions of your ancestors. Some of you are really good about researching and documenting your findings. Take professor and author Aimee Liu, for example. After she shared the…

This month, we’re sharing a collection of personal stories exploring the joys, challenges, and complexities of the Asian American and Pacific Islander experience — “We are treated as a monolithic group, despite comprising more than 19 groups speaking over 38 languages,” Ellen K. Pao and Tracy Chou explain in a popular Medium essay about being Asian American in tech. It’s a good reminder that, though May in the U.S. is “Asian American and Pacific…