Stowe Boyd
@stoweboyd.bsky.social
Work anthropologist, researcher, analyst, writer.
www.workfutures.io.
@index@stoweboyd.io
The economics and ecology of work, in a time of accelerating uncertainty in our lives, society, and business.
Work touches everything.
www.workfutures.io.
@index@stoweboyd.io
The economics and ecology of work, in a time of accelerating uncertainty in our lives, society, and business.
Work touches everything.
'Knowledge workers and service workers find themselves increasingly aligned…because the division between those making 5 figures and those making 6 matters less than the division between those who have significant bundles of investment capital and those who don’t.'
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Opinion | The Haves and Have-Nots Are, Once Again, at War
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November 13, 2025 at 2:47 PM
'Knowledge workers and service workers find themselves increasingly aligned…because the division between those making 5 figures and those making 6 matters less than the division between those who have significant bundles of investment capital and those who don’t.'
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Aaron Zamost | 'When tech is the villain instead of the hero, the future feels leaderless.'
Tech leaders have turned their backs on the people.
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Tech leaders have turned their backs on the people.
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Opinion | I Worked All Over Silicon Valley. This Is How It Lost Its Spine.
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November 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Aaron Zamost | 'When tech is the villain instead of the hero, the future feels leaderless.'
Tech leaders have turned their backs on the people.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...
Tech leaders have turned their backs on the people.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/o...
Ryan Enos | 'The Democratic Party is primed for a hostile takeover.'
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November 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Ryan Enos | 'The Democratic Party is primed for a hostile takeover.'
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Hard to see @schumer.senate.gov being able to stay in leadership after this or in the senate, he was not the man for this moment
November 10, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Hard to see @schumer.senate.gov being able to stay in leadership after this or in the senate, he was not the man for this moment
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Never forget who sold us out:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
November 10, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Never forget who sold us out:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Beyond Work | Stowe Boyd
Corey Robin | Dani Rodrik on Good Jobs | Factoids
There is no way to make life easier beyond work than to make it better at work. The two are linked.
| Corey Robin
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Corey Robin | Dani Rodrik on Good Jobs | Factoids
There is no way to make life easier beyond work than to make it better at work. The two are linked.
| Corey Robin
www.workfutures.io/p/beyond-work
Beyond Work
Corey Robin | Dani Rodrik on Good Jobs | Factoids
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November 10, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Beyond Work | Stowe Boyd
Corey Robin | Dani Rodrik on Good Jobs | Factoids
There is no way to make life easier beyond work than to make it better at work. The two are linked.
| Corey Robin
www.workfutures.io/p/beyond-work
Corey Robin | Dani Rodrik on Good Jobs | Factoids
There is no way to make life easier beyond work than to make it better at work. The two are linked.
| Corey Robin
www.workfutures.io/p/beyond-work
Michelle Goldberg | 'There are more than 50 House Democrats who are 70 or older (including Pelosi, who is 85), compared to just over 30 Republicans.'
Unwinding the Dem gerontocracy, starting with Pelosi.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/o...
Unwinding the Dem gerontocracy, starting with Pelosi.
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Opinion | Pelosi Is Retiring. Good.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Michelle Goldberg | 'There are more than 50 House Democrats who are 70 or older (including Pelosi, who is 85), compared to just over 30 Republicans.'
Unwinding the Dem gerontocracy, starting with Pelosi.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/o...
Unwinding the Dem gerontocracy, starting with Pelosi.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/o...
All Are Responsible | Stowe Boyd
Abraham Joshua Heschel | Art, Sport, or Extinct | Factoids
In a free society, all are involved in what some are doing. Some are guilty; all are responsible.
| Abraham Joshua Heschel
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Abraham Joshua Heschel | Art, Sport, or Extinct | Factoids
In a free society, all are involved in what some are doing. Some are guilty; all are responsible.
| Abraham Joshua Heschel
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All Are Responsible
Abraham Joshua Heschel | Art, Sport, or Extinct | Factoids
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November 7, 2025 at 2:30 AM
All Are Responsible | Stowe Boyd
Abraham Joshua Heschel | Art, Sport, or Extinct | Factoids
In a free society, all are involved in what some are doing. Some are guilty; all are responsible.
| Abraham Joshua Heschel
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Abraham Joshua Heschel | Art, Sport, or Extinct | Factoids
In a free society, all are involved in what some are doing. Some are guilty; all are responsible.
| Abraham Joshua Heschel
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They Should Not Pay | Stowe Boyd
Claudia Sahm | Low Quality Jobs | Sad Desk Lunch | Stop Hiring Humans
Workers did not cause inflation, and they should not pay for bringing it down.
| Claudia Sahm
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Claudia Sahm | Low Quality Jobs | Sad Desk Lunch | Stop Hiring Humans
Workers did not cause inflation, and they should not pay for bringing it down.
| Claudia Sahm
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They Should Not Pay
Claudia Sahm | Low Quality Jobs | Sad Desk Lunch | Stop Hiring Humans
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November 1, 2025 at 7:16 PM
They Should Not Pay | Stowe Boyd
Claudia Sahm | Low Quality Jobs | Sad Desk Lunch | Stop Hiring Humans
Workers did not cause inflation, and they should not pay for bringing it down.
| Claudia Sahm
www.workfutures.io/p/they-shoul...
Claudia Sahm | Low Quality Jobs | Sad Desk Lunch | Stop Hiring Humans
Workers did not cause inflation, and they should not pay for bringing it down.
| Claudia Sahm
www.workfutures.io/p/they-shoul...
Goldmacher, Zhang | 'Every single one of New Jersey’s 29 townships with a majority Hispanic population swung in Mr. Trump’s direction between 2020 and 2024 — by an average of 25 percentage points.'
Yikes.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...
Yikes.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...
What New Jersey Could Reveal About the Rightward Shift of Hispanic Voters
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November 1, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Goldmacher, Zhang | 'Every single one of New Jersey’s 29 townships with a majority Hispanic population swung in Mr. Trump’s direction between 2020 and 2024 — by an average of 25 percentage points.'
Yikes.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...
Yikes.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/u...
Michelle Goldberg | 'Platner has very little in common with 2015-era Trump, except this: His movement represents a voter insurgency that those atop his party seem unable to address or even fully grasp.'
Challenging the status quo, unseating the elites.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/o...
Challenging the status quo, unseating the elites.
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Opinion | I Thought Graham Platner Was Finished. What I Saw in Maine Changed My Mind.
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October 31, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Michelle Goldberg | 'Platner has very little in common with 2015-era Trump, except this: His movement represents a voter insurgency that those atop his party seem unable to address or even fully grasp.'
Challenging the status quo, unseating the elites.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/o...
Challenging the status quo, unseating the elites.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/o...
Tik Root | 'First Street Foundation estimates that 11.1 million Americans are expected to move due to strained water resources by 2055.'
Drought is set to pose a greater risk to the $4 trillion municipal bond market than floods, hurricanes, and wildfires combined.
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Drought is set to pose a greater risk to the $4 trillion municipal bond market than floods, hurricanes, and wildfires combined.
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Drought is quietly pushing American cities toward a fiscal cliff
Drought is set to pose a greater risk to the $4 trillion municipal bond market than floods, hurricanes, and wildfires combined.
grist.org
October 30, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Tik Root | 'First Street Foundation estimates that 11.1 million Americans are expected to move due to strained water resources by 2055.'
Drought is set to pose a greater risk to the $4 trillion municipal bond market than floods, hurricanes, and wildfires combined.
grist.org/cities/droug...
Drought is set to pose a greater risk to the $4 trillion municipal bond market than floods, hurricanes, and wildfires combined.
grist.org/cities/droug...
The Enclosure Of Work
Today’s corporate gentry seeks to enclose work itself, to displace all employees, and to clear the offices and factories, except for robots and AI, and a handful of owners and engineers to keep the machinery going.
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Today’s corporate gentry seeks to enclose work itself, to displace all employees, and to clear the offices and factories, except for robots and AI, and a handful of owners and engineers to keep the machinery going.
www.workfutures.io/i/176929227/...
October 28, 2025 at 10:20 AM
The Enclosure Of Work
Today’s corporate gentry seeks to enclose work itself, to displace all employees, and to clear the offices and factories, except for robots and AI, and a handful of owners and engineers to keep the machinery going.
www.workfutures.io/i/176929227/...
Today’s corporate gentry seeks to enclose work itself, to displace all employees, and to clear the offices and factories, except for robots and AI, and a handful of owners and engineers to keep the machinery going.
www.workfutures.io/i/176929227/...
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In summary, the outlook is grim. It is highly likely that Thwaites Glacier will eventually be lost, which will destabilise adjoining parts of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, increasing the committed long-term rise in global mean sea level by more than 3 m.
October 26, 2025 at 9:37 PM
In summary, the outlook is grim. It is highly likely that Thwaites Glacier will eventually be lost, which will destabilise adjoining parts of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, increasing the committed long-term rise in global mean sea level by more than 3 m.
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In summary, the outlook is grim. It is highly likely that Thwaites Glacier will eventually be lost, which will destabilise adjoining parts of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, increasing the committed long-term rise in global mean sea level by more than 3 m.
October 27, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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Jamelle Bouie | 'There is no election that could give any president the power to deprive us of our right to govern ourselves.'
No Kings.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/o...
No Kings.
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Opinion | There’s a Reason Trump Fears No Kings
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October 27, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Jamelle Bouie | 'There is no election that could give any president the power to deprive us of our right to govern ourselves.'
No Kings.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/o...
No Kings.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/o...
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October 23, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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The value of the answer is hidden in the question.
June 1, 2025 at 7:29 AM
The value of the answer is hidden in the question.
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"Seeking out lesser-known voices isn’t just an act of cultural curation; it’s a philosophical stance, a refusal to let attention be the only metric that matters. Because the most interesting stuff usually happens on the margins" #kaibrach www.densediscovery.com/issues/320
Dense Discovery – Issue 320 / Resisting algorithmic comfort
Read the archived version of Issue 320 / Resisting algorithmic comfort
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October 22, 2025 at 6:30 AM
"Seeking out lesser-known voices isn’t just an act of cultural curation; it’s a philosophical stance, a refusal to let attention be the only metric that matters. Because the most interesting stuff usually happens on the margins" #kaibrach www.densediscovery.com/issues/320
You’re Already Behind
Umberto Eco | The Making Of Lists | Factoids
Lists — whether jotted on paper, managed in an app, or even held only in memory — are a form of complaining. | Stowe Boyd
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Umberto Eco | The Making Of Lists | Factoids
Lists — whether jotted on paper, managed in an app, or even held only in memory — are a form of complaining. | Stowe Boyd
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You’re Already Behind
Umberto Eco | The Making Of Lists | Factoids
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October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
You’re Already Behind
Umberto Eco | The Making Of Lists | Factoids
Lists — whether jotted on paper, managed in an app, or even held only in memory — are a form of complaining. | Stowe Boyd
www.workfutures.io/p/youre-alre...
Umberto Eco | The Making Of Lists | Factoids
Lists — whether jotted on paper, managed in an app, or even held only in memory — are a form of complaining. | Stowe Boyd
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Just a reminder that Republicans own this shutdown
October 22, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Just a reminder that Republicans own this shutdown
Nothing So Useless
Peter Drucker | The Paradox of Authenticity | Job Insecurity | Elsewhere
There is surely nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency what should not be done at all.
| Peter Drucker
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Peter Drucker | The Paradox of Authenticity | Job Insecurity | Elsewhere
There is surely nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency what should not be done at all.
| Peter Drucker
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Nothing So Useless
Peter Drucker | The Paradox of Authenticity | Job Insecurity | Elsewhere
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October 20, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Nothing So Useless
Peter Drucker | The Paradox of Authenticity | Job Insecurity | Elsewhere
There is surely nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency what should not be done at all.
| Peter Drucker
www.workfutures.io/p/nothing-so...
Peter Drucker | The Paradox of Authenticity | Job Insecurity | Elsewhere
There is surely nothing quite so useless as doing with great efficiency what should not be done at all.
| Peter Drucker
www.workfutures.io/p/nothing-so...
Getting Unstuck | Stowe Boyd
What can we learn from creatives about the inevitable potholes and pitfalls that can block our creativity?
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Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.
| Anne Lamott
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What can we learn from creatives about the inevitable potholes and pitfalls that can block our creativity?
...
Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.
| Anne Lamott
workfutures.io/p/getting-un...
Getting Unstuck
What we can learn from creatives about the inevitable potholes and pitfalls that can block our creativity?
workfutures.io
October 16, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Getting Unstuck | Stowe Boyd
What can we learn from creatives about the inevitable potholes and pitfalls that can block our creativity?
...
Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.
| Anne Lamott
workfutures.io/p/getting-un...
What can we learn from creatives about the inevitable potholes and pitfalls that can block our creativity?
...
Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you.
| Anne Lamott
workfutures.io/p/getting-un...
The Law Binds But Does Not Protect
The Inherent Conservatism Of Business | Factoids
Conservatism = 'There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.'
| Frank Wilhoit
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The Inherent Conservatism Of Business | Factoids
Conservatism = 'There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.'
| Frank Wilhoit
www.workfutures.io/p/the-law-bi...
The Law Binds But Does Not Protect
Frank Wilhoit | The Inherent Conservatism Of Business | Factoids
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October 16, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The Law Binds But Does Not Protect
The Inherent Conservatism Of Business | Factoids
Conservatism = 'There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.'
| Frank Wilhoit
www.workfutures.io/p/the-law-bi...
The Inherent Conservatism Of Business | Factoids
Conservatism = 'There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.'
| Frank Wilhoit
www.workfutures.io/p/the-law-bi...