How do you know if you’re wasting your life?
Future PerfectHow do you know if you’re wasting your life?You were told you’d change the world. But there’s a better way to think about your potential.by Sigal SamuelUpdated Jul 26, 2026, 12:00 PM UTCShareGift Should I consider switching careers to something more impactful? Pete Gamlen for VoxSigal Samuel is a correspondent for Vox’s Future Perfect.
- ▪Future PerfectHow do you know if you’re wasting your life?You were told you’d change the world.
- ▪But there’s a better way to think about your potential.by Sigal SamuelUpdated Jul 26, 2026, 12:00 PM UTCShareGift Should I consider switching careers to something more impactful?
- ▪Pete Gamlen for VoxSigal Samuel is a correspondent for Vox’s Future Perfect.
3 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 15 hours. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: centre. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
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Future PerfectHow do you know if you’re wasting your life?You were told you’d change the world. But there’s a better way to think about your potential.by Sigal SamuelUpdated Jul 26, 2026, 12:00 PM UTCShareGift Should I consider switching careers to something more impactful? Pete Gamlen for VoxSigal Samuel is a correspondent for Vox’s Future Perfect. She writes primarily about the future of consciousness, tracking advances in artificial intelligence and neuroscience and their staggering ethical implications. Before joining Vox, Sigal was the religion editor at the Atlantic.Editor’s note, July 26, 8 am ET: We’re bringing you some of our best-loved Your Mileage May Vary columns while Sigal Samuel is on parental leave.
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