Jeff Layfield spent years imagining where in the US. He and his wife would retire after leaving Hawaii. Instead, they now live in a traditional house overlooking the sea in Japan. Before retiring, the couple lived in an apartment upstairs in their parents’ home on Oahu. Layfield worked in data management for the Marine Corps,
This As Told Essay is based on a conversation with Tanvi Pisal, a 29-year-old UX designer from India. He went through two layoffs in one year while working in the United States. It has been edited for length and clarity. I have always seen the United States as the land of opportunity. I grew up
For a while, it felt like everyone was moving south. The trend took off during the pandemic, when remote work gave more Americans the flexibility to live wherever they wanted. Many headed to states where housing was more affordable and jobs were easier to find. Southern states such as Florida, Texas, Georgia, North Carolina and
The CEO of OpenAI says we have reached a point in the AI race that is the stuff of science fiction novels. “Now we’re like at the singularity,” Sam Altman said on Saturday’s episode of the “Relentless” podcast. The singularity is often considered the point at which artificial intelligence surpasses human intelligence and begins to
Sitting shoulder to shoulder on plastic chairs, hundreds of defiant San Franciscans, a notable number of them gray-haired, crowded into a gallery at the Fort Mason Center last Thursday. The reason? To protect its famous and picturesque coastal neighborhood from the development of a large new residential tower. San Francisco Chronicle reporter Laura Waxmann captured
This As Told Essay is based on a conversation with Kiana Glanton. It has been edited for length and clarity. Almost 10 years ago, in the midst of postpartum depression, learning to be a mom for the first time, my body decided to respond to the extreme stress I was under with a tremendous amount
