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    Jemima Kelly

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    Jemima writes a weekly column on a range of subjects, from culture wars to crypto, as well as features, and sometimes hosts podcasts. She previously wrote for Alphaville, the FT’s markets and finance blog. Before joining the FT, she was a reporter at Reuters.
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    • Friday, 24 March, 2023
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      The former New York Times columnist on free speech, Elon Musk’s Twitter Files and moving on from the culture wars

    • Thursday, 23 March, 2023
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      Beware the ‘sensible’ crypto crowd — they’re worse than the fanatics

      The strait-laced, earnest types threaten to legitimise a high-risk, opaque and ill-understood industry

    • Thursday, 16 March, 2023
      Management
      Why ‘mattering’ in the workplace doesn’t really matter

      The new buzzword will do little to make employees feel more valued

    • Thursday, 9 March, 2023
      Media
      You don’t restore trust in the media by abandoning objectivity

      In the current political climate we need to double down on fundamental journalistic principles, not surrender them

    • Thursday, 2 March, 2023
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      The social media platform is becoming much less interesting

    • Thursday, 23 February, 2023
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      We need to bring back the art of not doing stuff

      With Lent comes the opportunity to write a ‘to don’t’ list

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      Whatever happened to the metaverse?

      Enthusiasm for a virtual future is draining away — and so is investment

    • Thursday, 9 February, 2023
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      We need to bring honour back

      The concept has great value in a society obsessed with virtue signalling

    • Sunday, 5 February, 2023
      The Big Read
      Can the pioneer of blockchain gaming survive the crypto winter?

      Yat Siu has become the pre-eminent investor in this hyped field. But as well as the slump in crypto assets, he faces questions from regulators

    • Thursday, 19 January, 2023
      Cryptocurrencies
      The clowns of cryptoland haven’t given up

      Making money out of failure is morally bankrupt

    • Thursday, 12 January, 2023
      National Health Service
      The NHS is not just in crisis, it’s in an emergency

      Living in a constant state of calamity has made us strangely laid back about the service’s breakdown

    • Wednesday, 4 January, 2023
      Managing yourself
      We should enter the new year with a beginner’s mind

      Holding fast to established categories or concepts can end up clouding our vision

    • Wednesday, 28 December, 2022
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      Why we should all be reading more fiction

      If you want a nuanced worldview, reach for that novel

    • Thursday, 22 December, 2022
      Cryptocurrencies
      What this year in crypto has taught us

      Saying I told you so is not much use, but the market implosion holds some real lessons

    • Thursday, 15 December, 2022
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      Elon Musk’s lib-trolling is backfiring

      The Twitter owner is positioning himself as a member of the ‘anti-woke’ tribe

    • Thursday, 8 December, 2022
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      Is there no shame anymore?

      Sam Bankman-Fried’s mere ‘embarrassment’ at the collapse of FTX is a symptom of our inability to find shared moral values

    • Thursday, 24 November, 2022
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      In the court of Mar-a-Lago, ‘King’ Trump still reigns supreme

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      Vandalising works of art can sometimes expand our horizons

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      The problem with social media is that it is not a real place

      For too long digital platforms have said they are not responsible for what they publish

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      Health
      Don’t listen to the ‘smug sleepers’

      Scientific evidence suggests I’m right to value my shut-eye

    • Thursday, 13 October, 2022
      Managing yourself
      Sorry but no, procrastinating will not boost your creativity

      Waiting for inspiration to strike is a nice idea but delaying difficult tasks mostly leads to guilt and dread

    • Tuesday, 11 October, 2022
      FT MagazineTechnology sector
      Is there really such a thing as crypto addiction?

      Crypto has a problem that gambling doesn’t: people often don’t know what they’re getting themselves into

    • Thursday, 6 October, 2022
      Kim Kardashian
      Spare a thought for Kim Kardashian

      Regulators should be keeping an eye on more egregious behaviour in the crypto world

    • Wednesday, 28 September, 2022
      Artificial intelligence
      AI-driven justice may be better than none at all

      Some fear automation reinforces bias and dehumanises, but ‘robot judges’ can also tackle backlogs

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