YouTube Takes on a Life of Its Own

I first launched my YouTube channel back in 2015. For the first few years of its life, I really didn’t do anything with it. I figured it would be a good place to post some materials for a class I was teaching at Columbia; it’s a free video hosting service,...

The Presentation of Failure

Sometimes things don’t work out. Not every deal is a home run. This is an email I received a while ago, but in the wake of the ongoing mess we’re in, it seemed apropos to bring it up. I can picture the scene. Vice President: “Here’s that...

Thievery Between the Lines

One of the blessings of my work is that people periodically reach out to me with questions or issues. Sometimes, these emails are amusing. Take for example the email I received below. I’ve blacked out the confidential information and highlighted in yellow the...