There’s a conventional story that goes like this: Ada Lovelace, mathematician and writer, is widely regarded as the first computer programmer for her work on Charles Babbage’s theoretical “analytical ...

How do we avoid giving in to the fast comfort of simple hate and vengeance? If I knew the answer, I would write it, but I don’t – other than it will be a very complicated combination of covert, ...

Conveyor belt sushi was a wonderful invention. The plates arrive quickly with what you want. Salmon. Tuna. Yellowtail. When you walk into the restaurant, people are happy and bellies are full. HBS ...

“Meaning is the feeling that your life is pointed toward something and that it matters.” We spend much of our lives trying to build something meaningful - chasing the right city, job, relationships, ...

RC year felt like one of those Homo sapiens diagrams pasted on the walls of middle school science classrooms. At first, we crawled, and then we stumble-walked, and then we ran. Now it's April, and our ...

One day a year, Klarman Hall rivals the hottest clubs in Boston (read: Berryline) in its line of hundreds snaking around campus. As I told Professor Jeffrey Bussgang backstage, students and industry ...

Roommates for two years and now, in our last two months of school, cofounders building an app to stay connected while living on separate coasts. We’ve spent two years in a social experiment, testing ...

Note: All the em-dashes in this text are mine. On the other hand, any traces of wisdom in this article, like all my class comments, are mere improvisations of what I heard recently. "C'mon, we are not ...

The African Development Bank estimates that the continent needs between $130 and $170 billion per year in infrastructure investment across energy, transport, water, and digital connectivity. Only ...

For soldiers in combat and athletes in competition, attention is everything. Yet the tools designed to deliver critical information—watches, phones, or navigation devices—often require users to glance ...

In a free speech incident on November 6, 2002 that drew national attention, Nick Will resigned from his position as Editor-in-Chief at The Harbus. Forty-eight hours prior, the Dean of Harvard Business ...