Hi, I'm Leah Reich.
I'm a writer and researcher working to make technology and the internet more human. I've worked for such companies as Slack, Instagram, and Spotify, and my writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Verge, The Atlantic, and other publications. You can read more about me here.
My newsletter is called Meets Most. It's about how the technology we use every day is not designed to benefit us as humans – and about what we can do to try and change that. Please subscribe!
The Great Validation Pact
Many, many years ago, I read a novel called Fool on the Hill. It's by Matt Ruff, whom you may know better as the author of Lovecraft Country, the novel that was optioned for the HBO series. Fool on the Hill was Ruff's first novel, which
Technology is Not the Answer
Have you ever had a dream in which you are in absolute danger, and you open your mouth to scream but nothing comes out? Or a dream in which you can hear yourself screaming but everyone around you seems completely unfazed and unaware, as if you were invisible and inaudible?
April Is Once Again the Cruelest Month
Two years ago, on a beautiful April Wednesday not unlike today, I got laid off from my job at Instagram. If you've never gotten laid off but have always been curious what the experience is like, here's the closest approximation: Think of a time when you
Don't Tweet Back in Anger
When something sets you off, where do you feel it? I don't mean emotionally. I mean: Where do you feel it in your body? Maybe this is a weird question to you, something no one has ever asked you to think about before. Me, I first feel it
Another Turn of the Screw
While I try to avoid too much meta commentary (vs Meta commentary) in this newsletter, here's a confession: occasionally I don't know what I'm going to write about until Wednesday morning rolls around, whereupon I sit down and wait for inspiration to strike. And
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