Nov 1, 2018

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The Shock of the New

Breathtaking science, new social mores, world-changing tech — Medium explores The New New all month long

Human beings are programmed to seek out the novel and the new. The psychological term for it is neophilia, which is that drive for the unexperienced and the unexplored. It’s what powers fields like computer science and medicine and tech, spurring…

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I write and edit, usually in that order. Priors: VP, Editorial @Medium, exec editor at TIME, exec editor at Prevention, features at GOOD magazine etc.

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