Slack cofounder says embarrassment can be motivating — but it can also lead to employees papering the office
Slack cofounder Stewart Butterfield said, for many employees, "really direct criticism is actually motivational." Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for WIREDSlack cofounder...
Netflix’s ‘The Perfect Neighbor’ Shows the Dangers of America’s 911 System
It’s rare that a documentary—much less one with shaky, sometimes sideways video footage—becomes the number 1 streaming hit in the...
Azzi Fudd was a can’t-miss basketball star. Then she had to prove it again.
As far as basketball parents go, Tim and Katie Fudd have played, watched and analyzed as much as any others,...
We’re Seeing What a No-Immigration Economy Looks Like
The latest jobs report, delayed for almost seven weeks by the government shutdown, finally came out on Thursday and we...
How to Talk to Whales
One afternoon in January 2024, off the island of Dominica in the Atlantic Ocean, a sperm whale named Pinchy and...
Privatize air traffic control
Americans flying home for Thanksgiving are no doubt relieved the government shutdown ended when it did. Still, the chaos at...
The Human-AI Alignment Problem
We’re now deep into the AI era, where every week brings another feature or task that AI can accomplish. But...
It’s time to end the filibuster
Scott Bessent is U.S. treasury secretary. The American people are just now emerging from the longest and most devastating government...
How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails
As journalists comb through the Epstein emails, surfacing the name of one fawning luminary after another, there is a collective...
Pit bulls welcomed back to this Maryland county after 29-year ban
Prince George’s County Council Chairman Edward P. Burroughs III (D-District 8) vowed he wouldn’t get another dog again after the...
