Articles by Nick Kossovan

Social Media Replacing Real News Is Changing Truth, Trust, and Critical Thinking Look at your phone, which is likely next to you, and consider what you’re participating in: a psychological hijacking of how you perceive […]

AI Created This: Why Results Matter More Than the Process We live in a culture pathologically incapable of simply enjoying a good result. We demand the right to inspect the scaffolding, to interrogate the mechanics, […]

How Buy Use Toss Repeat Consumerism Keeps Us Trapped in Endless Consumption My closets, storage locker, kitchen drawers, bookcases, car trunk and the nooks of my condo are an allegory for the adage “a fool […]

AI Slop Is Ruining the Job Search I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: job seekers are often their own worst enemies; an obvious example is how they utilize AI lazily. By mass-applying […]

How the Dichotomy of Control Can Strengthen Your Job Search The Enchiridion of Epictetus, by Stoic philosopher Epictetus (50 – 135 CE), opens with a straightforward truth: “Some things are in our control, and others are not.” […]

How Social Media Algorithms Are Reshaping Youth, Maturity, and Independent Thinking Today, social media platforms use algorithms to create algorithmic feeds, replacing the simple chronological timeline they once used, to guide users to where their […]

Prove Your Value by Showing Employers the Results You Deliver When it comes to my The Art of Finding Work columns, none of what I write is theoretical for me. It took me about 20 […]

The Art of Sprezzatura in the Job Search Nothing kills attraction faster than the smell of effort. When you appear to be trying to impress, you’ve already lost; people can smell your desperation, which most […]

How Social Media and Online Dating Are Changing Modern Romance Online dating and social media have changed how many people, especially those under 35, view love. Not long ago, the prevailing narrative, especially in Hollywood […]

Why Trust Now Matters More Than Skills in Hiring Decisions The crux of all hiring decisions comes down to one word: trust. AI, combined with a growing number of malicious actors in the job market, […]