Hi, I’m Jared.

Jared A. Brock

Dec 14, 2020·2 min read

I’m an award-winning author, PBS documentarian, and cell-free futurist who’s been published in Esquire, The Guardian, Smithsonian, USA Today, HuffPost, TIME Magazine, and many others. I run one of the happiest publications on Medium, and perhaps the most troubling. My goal is to be the most legitimately helpful writer on the Internet. Thanks for reading and subscribing. (Newsletter subscribers get a free ebook and ALL my paywalled articles for free.)

My Top 10 Most-Viewed Medium Stories (updated regularly)

1. Facebook Is Dead (It Just Doesn’t Know It Yet)
2. Instagram Is Dead (It Just Doesn’t Know It Yet)
3. Here’s How George Clooney Accidentally Made $1 Billion
4. Mailchimp Is Dead (It Just Doesn’t Know It Yet)
5. This Revolutionary App Will Either Destroy Amazon or Make It Unstoppable
6. A YouTuber with 8+ Billion Views Just Launched a 300-Location Burger Business in One Day
7. Billionaire Mark Cuban Just Invested in a Game-Changing Startup
8. Airbnb Is the Next Groupon (It Just Doesn’t Know It Yet)
9. Jeff Bezos Is the World’s Most Dangerous Politician
10. How to Take Back Control of Your Life from Addictive Internet Algorithms

And here’s my least-popular post of all time: Here Are 10 Powerful Ways to Fight Anxiety When It Hits Hardest

My Top 10 Personal Favorites (updated regularly)

1. Most important: Want to Be Happier? Repeat This Ancient Four-Word Phrase Every Single Day
2. Craziest story: How My Wife Supercharged Her Creativity
3. Most sobering: Surviving Tomorrow — Navigating Life in the Age of Democratic Destruction, Ecological Collapse, and Economic Irrelevance
4. Most inspiring: The Monk Who Saved a River
5. Most liberating: Here are All the Things You’re Supposed to Do Now
6. Most time to write: 150+ Famous Authors In Their Writing Spaces
7. Most soul-baring: I Betrayed a Friend’s Trust and It Nearly Destroyed Our Relationship
8. Cheekiest title: The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up Your Bum
9. Most helpful: How to Read 50 Books Per Year Without Really Trying
10. Most claps per view: Here’s How I Made $3,427.99 My Very First Month on Medium

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