Observer, reader, writer

I write about the way we live now — work, attention, connection — and what gets lost or gained as things change, including the analogue moments we give up too easily. I bring the eye of an anthropologist and a journalist, a master's in writing, and decades of watching how people actually work and live.

A woman with long blonde hair, wearing a black turtleneck, standing with arms crossed against a yellow background.

Michele Spilberg Hart 5/26/21 Michele Spilberg Hart 5/26/21

The case for simple language

I’m guilty of using a thesaurus or too many words with the intent of sounding important and smart. Guess what? It sounds neither important nor smart. It requires too much thinking to get to “the ask.”