Toxic Confidence Has Taken Over (opens in new tab)

Have you noticed the decline in humble brags and performative apologies on social media? Or the rise in unshakable self-assurance, unsolicited advice and provocative hot takes? The overqualified don’t hesitate to remind you of their résumé; the underqualified declare themselves authorities; the appropriately qualified claim that their email job is “saving lives.” At its least offensive, toxic confidence is low stakes and entertaining. It’s newsletter writers filling your inbox with unsolicite...