menu_open
Jemima Kelly

Jemima Kelly

Financial Times

We use cookies to provide some features and experiences in QOSHE

More information  .  Close

Sakura season and the art of savouring

The beauty of cherry blossoms lies in their ephemerality — a hard thing for modern mankind to grasp

14.04.2024 10

Financial Times

Jemima Kelly

What Trump and crypto tell us about facts vs feelings

The more an asset price is disconnected from its fundamentals the more potential it has to go ‘to the moon’

07.04.2024 20

Financial Times

Jemima Kelly

Where have all the virtuous role models gone?

Having admirable characters to emulate is central to our moral development

31.03.2024 10

Financial Times

Jemima Kelly

In defence of showing off

While bragging and smugness are out, delighting in your achievements shouldn’t be

17.03.2024 30

Financial Times

Jemima Kelly

Crypto and ‘TradFi’: a friendship of convenience

Capital flows from institutional investors are driving up the price of tokens such as bitcoin

12.03.2024 10

Financial Times

Jemima Kelly

Why pessimism is pointless — and pernicious

It may be fashionable to be a catastrophist but the consequences can be alarming

03.03.2024 20

Financial Times

Jemima Kelly

How to stop talking past each other

In politics and in life, we need to acknowledge more often that the other side might have a point

18.02.2024 10

Financial Times

Jemima Kelly

Crypto may have become boring, but it still isn’t legit

The SEC’s approval of 11 bitcoin ETFs is not as meaningful as aficionados would like to think

28.01.2024 30

Financial Times

Jemima Kelly

Taking Trump off air is not the answer

It is not the job of journalists to try to protect viewers from what they deem to be ‘untrue things’

21.01.2024 2

Financial Times

Jemima Kelly

In a big year for democracy, don’t forget the non-voters

Engaging those who feel unrepresented is vital to sustaining a healthy political system

07.01.2024 10

Financial Times

Jemima Kelly

Forget new year’s resolutions, make a ‘24 for 2024’ list instead

Setting goals for the upcoming twelve months is much more achievable — and much more fun

28.12.2023 6

Financial Times

Jemima Kelly

Year in a word: X

With Elon Musk at its helm, there is no telling where the revamped platform will be in a year’s time

25.12.2023 10

Financial Times

Jemima Kelly

Are we all narcissists now?

We have grown fond of pathologising normal behaviour

10.12.2023 10

Financial Times

Jemima Kelly

The allure — and danger — of the charismatic leader

From Donald Trump to Elizabeth Holmes, it is worth examining the driving power behind a cult of personality

26.11.2023 8

Financial Times

Jemima Kelly

Politician or celebrity? Who knows any more?

Britain and America do personality politics differently but neither path is a sign of health

21.11.2023 10

Financial Times

Jemima Kelly

Free speech can’t flourish online

Social media is an outrage machine, not a forum for sharing ideas and getting at the truth

12.11.2023 6

Financial Times

Jemima Kelly

In defence of the Gen Z challenge to the ‘work ethic’

Contempt for younger workers protesting at the daily grind masks the fact that so few are happy with it

29.10.2023 20

Financial Times

Jemima Kelly

I read Andreessen’s ‘techno-optimist manifesto’ so you don’t have to

Unrestrained technological ‘accelerationism’ is a bad idea

22.10.2023 9

Financial Times

Jemima Kelly

Elon Musk’s X still needs the ‘legacy media’ he so resents

Who does he think is providing the news that people get from social media?

15.10.2023 10

Financial Times

Jemima Kelly

The SBF trial is a reminder that crypto is a rotten business

Financial nihilism has produced this game of Monopoly money

08.10.2023 8

Financial Times

Jemima Kelly

Maybe politics should be more mindful

It’s easy to mock the practice but it could help politicians be less reactive, act with more conviction and disagree better

01.10.2023 5

Financial Times

Jemima Kelly

Dividing the world into heroes and villains does us little good

We need to be able to speak in nuanced terms, including about Russell Brand or Donald Trump

24.09.2023 9

Financial Times

Jemima Kelly

Schadenfreude, Burning Man and the unifying power of mockery

The reason we feel so good about laughing at people’s expense is that we have convinced ourselves they deserve it

11.09.2023 20

Financial Times

Jemima Kelly

e7ab6699b9c10eaa4d603bab2837f69e