Sylvia PaullOPTIONS FOR REBUILDING A WAR-TORN UKRAINE“After the genocide,” said Rwandan architect Christian Benimana, in a recent New Yorker article, “the process of rebuilding was not…2 min read·Aug 24, 2022----
Sylvia PaullINFATUATION AND MY FIRST SALONEveryone experiences an infatuation, whether with a glamorous, Photoshopped celebrity, or the high school homecoming queen or king.4 min read·Jun 2, 2022----
Sylvia PaullMY FIRST CLIENT AT AGE 13I’m a Silicon Valley publicist who has worked with inventors, technology pioneers, public interest advocates, and charlatans, several of…4 min read·May 31, 2022----
Sylvia PaullEPIGENETIC TRAUMA ON MEMORIAL DAYWhen she was 47, my grandmother, Symcha Goldberg, was murdered by Nazis either on the cattle cars transporting Jews from the Lodz ghetto to…1 min read·May 27, 2022----
Sylvia PaullLARRY PAGE AND SERGEY BRIN DID IT. WHY COULDN’T JEFF ZUCKER?Everyone knows that Marissa Mayer got her start at Google while having an affair with cofounder Larry Page. The other cofounder, Sergey…2 min read·Feb 4, 2022----
Sylvia PaullELIZABETH HOLMES TRIES TO HAVE IT BOTH WAYS: SMART COOKIE AND DUMB BLONDEIt seems as if Theranos protagonist Elizabeth Holmes has been attempting to avoid a long jail sentence — and will probably only get a…2 min read·Dec 9, 2021----
Sylvia PaullFACEBOOK IS METASTATIZINGLike Cancer, the Social Media Site Is Invading the Universe1 min read·Oct 29, 2021----
Sylvia PaullSTEVE JOBS WOULD HAVE HATED THE APPLE DEPRESSION APPSteve Jobs was an angry guy. He was angry at having been given away by his biological parents for adoption, and he often took out his anger…1 min read·Sep 21, 2021----
Sylvia PaullRICHARD STALLMAN DESERVES AN ENDOWED CHAIR IN THE PHILOSOPHY OF TECHNOLOGYIt’s been more than two years since MacArthur Fellow and founder of the Free Software Foundation Richard Stallman was forced to resign from…2 min read·Sep 19, 2021----
Sylvia PaullEmojis: the 21st Century’s Return to HieroglyphicsI spent my first school year in an ancient, four-room building in western Massachusetts learning how to write longhand with an…4 min read·Aug 28, 2021----