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Why we’ve suspended some Partner Program accounts this week

Addressing response spam and abuse to make…

Why thousands of fake scientific papers are flooding academic journals

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Issue #265: auditioning for SNL, an engineer’s Hippocratic Oath, and waking up at 5 a.m.
By Harris Sockel

How we’re approaching AI-generated writing on Medium

Transparency, disclosure, and publication-level…

Stupidity is usually just incuriosity

Leaving the company you founded + writing about your obsessions (Issue #277)

“The reality of a technical position,” writes systems administrator Cooper Lund, “is that most of what you do…

How to move forward when you face a “wicked problem”

🕰️ We’re officially 11.6% of our way through 2025
Issue #266: your responses to academia’s paper mill problem, 12x-ing humanity, and luck
By Harris Sockel

A three-step process for finding truth online

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Issue #264: confessions of a healthcare comms lead, executive orders, and brown noise
By Harris Sockel

Has anyone ever asked you to “be more strategic”? Here’s what that means

Strategy for beginners, how Starbucks lost its soul, and a food safety pointer (Issue #274)

Why every profession needs a Hippocratic Oath

✌️Only 45 more Thursdays to go in 2025
Issue #267: the past is in front of you, spiteful biology, and 80 years of symbolism
By Harris Sockel

How Starbucks intends to “reclaim the ‘third place’”

Issue #272: born before SNL + the art of…