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Praise be: Travel agents are back

Thu, 06/13/2024 - 05:31

Tech Insider : Travel, Economy, Travel

Photo illustration of a white glove holding up a vacation tray. — Travel agents are pitching overwhelmed millennials and Gen Zers a stress-free vacation.
Edmon de Haro for BI

Travel, economy, Discourse, Travel, gen-z, Millennials, travel-agents

Forget red and blue: America's real geographic divide is between bosses and their employees

Wed, 06/12/2024 - 05:27

Tech Insider : Economy

Flag map of the United States with a broken appearance, featuring money location pins roughly positioned over San Francisco, New York, and Miami — Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI

Housing is a basic need. No matter how expensive it gets, people still need somewhere to live.

economy, Real Estate, Discourse, CEOs, housing-crisis, remote-work, work-from-home

Silicon Valley needs a new kind of savior

Tue, 06/11/2024 - 05:47

Tech Insider : Economy

Four neckties and a hammer — The clear way to save Silicon Valley is to return the industry to the people who actually build tech to solve problems.
Real Vector/Getty, shingopix/Getty, Tyler Le/BI

Tech, economy, Careers, Discourse, google, OpenAI, tech-industry

Millennials have a favorite parenting style. It isn't working.

Thu, 06/06/2024 - 05:31

Tech Insider

How gentle parenting went bust. — Parents are giving up on gentle parenting after finding that the guidance is confusing or just doesn't work for their kids.
Oxygen/Getty Images, Abanti Chowdhury/BI

My first exposure to gentle parenting ended in projectile vomiting.

Parenting, Discourse, health, Education, Parenting, gentle-parenting, Millennials

How I learned to stop worrying and love exercise

Mon, 06/03/2024 - 05:40

Tech Insider

Illustration of sneakers hanging on a tree with a butterfly. — Rates of depression and anxiety are on the rise. The best way out of my depression was through physical activity.
Timo Lenzen for BI

health, culture, Discourse, Science, mental-health, Depression, exercise

The real reason Americans can't get enough sleep

Thu, 05/30/2024 - 05:39

Tech Insider : Economy

Two folks sleeping on money beds with one fast asleep and the other wide awake — The wealthiest parts of America tend to sleep much better than low-income areas.
Tyler Le/BI

Sleep is the great unifier. Everyone needs it to repair cells, store memories, and balance emotions. It also helps us solve complex problems — ever need to just "sleep on it"?

economy, health, Discourse, Sleep, Unemployment, Stress, chronic-pain

TikTok is about to become even bigger and more powerful

Thu, 05/23/2024 - 05:42

Tech Insider

TikTok is for millennials now — More millennials are on TikTok. If the app survives the US ban, its cultural significance will only grow.
Prostock-Studio/Getty Images, Tiktok, Abanti Chowdhury/BI

Media, Tech, culture, Discourse, tiktok, Millennials, gen-z

Goldman Sachs keeps driving away women. I was one of them.

Tue, 05/21/2024 - 05:35

Tech Insider

Women keep leaving Goldman Sachs. What's going on?

Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI

Goldman Sachs has a problem.

finance, Careers, Discourse, goldman-sachs, wall-street, Women, gender-discrimination

Jobseekers and recruiters are all using AI. It's chaos.

Thu, 05/16/2024 - 05:38

Tech Insider : Economy

AI Robots battling it out amidst a flurry of falling resumes — Jobseekers and recruiters are both using AI to get a leg up. It's a battle of the bots.
iStock; Alyssa Powell/BI

When Josh Holbrook, a software engineer in Alaska, was laid off in January, he didn't expect to spend too much time looking for a new job. He certainly didn't think he'd need to relearn the job-hunt process.