Jeremy Olshan
@olshan.bsky.social
Writer, editor. Priors: Bureau chief @WSJ, Editor in chief @marketwach; pianist, smiling Sisyphus, parent of teen twins, husband of sociologist.
New from me: AI as GPS for the mind, with detours into true crime, Rubik's cubes, Commodore BASIC, and Debussy: www.thewrongnotes.com/p/a-gps-for-...
A GPS for the Mind
What covering murders, solving Rubik’s cubes, and playing Debussy taught me about AI
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August 22, 2025 at 2:53 PM
New from me: AI as GPS for the mind, with detours into true crime, Rubik's cubes, Commodore BASIC, and Debussy: www.thewrongnotes.com/p/a-gps-for-...
-A $100 bill weighs 1 gram.
-$100 in gold weighs 0.96 grams
(Nothing in 2025 makes sense)
www.thewrongnotes.com/p/a-100-bill...
-$100 in gold weighs 0.96 grams
(Nothing in 2025 makes sense)
www.thewrongnotes.com/p/a-100-bill...
A $100 bill is no longer worth its weight in gold
The surging price of gold delivers a blow to paper money, history and common sense.
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May 13, 2025 at 6:13 PM
-A $100 bill weighs 1 gram.
-$100 in gold weighs 0.96 grams
(Nothing in 2025 makes sense)
www.thewrongnotes.com/p/a-100-bill...
-$100 in gold weighs 0.96 grams
(Nothing in 2025 makes sense)
www.thewrongnotes.com/p/a-100-bill...
Audiobook narrators of The Odyssey by translation:
Robert Fagles: Sir Ian McKellen
Emily Wilson: Claire Danes
Daniel Mendelsohn: Daniel Mendelsohn
Moxie worthy of your hero, @danielmendelsohn.bsky.social
Robert Fagles: Sir Ian McKellen
Emily Wilson: Claire Danes
Daniel Mendelsohn: Daniel Mendelsohn
Moxie worthy of your hero, @danielmendelsohn.bsky.social
April 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Audiobook narrators of The Odyssey by translation:
Robert Fagles: Sir Ian McKellen
Emily Wilson: Claire Danes
Daniel Mendelsohn: Daniel Mendelsohn
Moxie worthy of your hero, @danielmendelsohn.bsky.social
Robert Fagles: Sir Ian McKellen
Emily Wilson: Claire Danes
Daniel Mendelsohn: Daniel Mendelsohn
Moxie worthy of your hero, @danielmendelsohn.bsky.social
My passionate 21-year affair with an office building -- an ode to newsrooms and the journalists who fill them: www.thewrongnotes.com/p/my-passion...
My Passionate, 21-Year Affair With a Midtown Office Building
A love letter to newsrooms and a farewell to WSJ, MarketWatch and the New York Post
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April 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
My passionate 21-year affair with an office building -- an ode to newsrooms and the journalists who fill them: www.thewrongnotes.com/p/my-passion...
First comes love, then comes marriage… Couples would rather be homeowners than honeymooners. The adulting order of operations is changing: www.wsj.com/personal-fin...
Meet the Couples Putting Mortgages Before Marriage
Unmarried home buyers say they are giving priority to a financial foundation over a legal one.
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November 24, 2024 at 1:36 PM
First comes love, then comes marriage… Couples would rather be homeowners than honeymooners. The adulting order of operations is changing: www.wsj.com/personal-fin...
Evergreen lawn sign.
November 23, 2024 at 11:14 AM
Evergreen lawn sign.