That’s the daunting question faced by upstart digital media company Vox.com. Vox covers everything from entertainment to politics to pop culture — and specifically anything trending across social media. Vox’s mission: Identify the news that people are interested in and then explain it using their brand of explainer journalism. The company’s director of programming, Allison Rockey, and audience development editor, Agnes Mazur, have their work cut out for them.

“One of the biggest challenges is cutting through the noise — there are so many
conversations going on across so many channels, and these are all relevant to us.” Allison explains.

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INSIDER spoke to mental health professionals about which fictional therapists best serve their patients and which are more likely to damage, not improve, their patients’ psychological state. See our ranking, from best to worst, below.–> Link here

Searching for a new idea, new strategy, or new way forward? Apply ‘first principles’ to the problem.

Focusing on delivering things that won’t change–that always matter, that are always in demand, that will always fill a need or solve a problem–doesn’t guarantee success…but it will provide the best foundation for success you can find.

Which makes focusing on things that won’t change–things that won’t go out of style–a first principle.

Musk boils things down to their fundamental truths, and reasons up from there. Bezos uses fundamental truths to make long-term decisions.

And so can you. 

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