Technology, Culture, and Power—What Connects Them All

Journalist Virginia Postrel on Spotting Trends, AI, Her Simple Advice for Young Writers, More

Virginia Postrel is an award-winning journalist, author, and speaker focused on the convergence of culture, technology, and economics. She began her writing career in the 1980s as a reporter for Inc. magazine and The Wall Street Journal. In 1989 she became editor in chief of Reason, a position she held for over a decade—and where I first encountered her…