Kevin Roose is the author of three books and a technology columnist for ''

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''. He wrote a book about

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, an evangelical Christian university known for strict rules imposed on students. He was named on ''

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'' " 30 Under 30" list in 2015.

Life and career

Roose is a graduate of

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and

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. He worked as news director at

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. In June 2017, he rejoined ''The New York Times''. His column, "The Shift", focuses on the intersection of technology, business, and culture. On March 24, 2021, Roose published a column in ''The New York Times'' announcing an auction for the column itself to be distributed as an NFT, or

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, with proceeds going to ''The New York Timess Neediest Cases Fund. The column sold the following day for $560,000.

Writing

Roose wrote ''The Unlikely Disciple'' while undercover at

, aiming to explore the culture of life at a

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university. Roose, raised in a secular and liberal environment, wanted to better understand conservative

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. Roose's second book, ''Young Money'', follows the beginning of the career of eight financial analysts on

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. It focuses on the difficult and strenuous work environments and what makes the financial industry different after the

financial crisis of 2007–08 Finance is the study and discipline of money, currency and capital assets. It is related to, but not synonymous with economics, the study of production, distribution, and consumption of money, assets, goods and services (the discipline of fina ...

. Roose's third book, ''Futureproof: 9 Rules in the Age of Automation'', examines how people and organizations can survive in the machine age. To survive, he believes in the need "to focus on the more human skills that machines can't replace." He earned the 2018

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for Breaking News for the story "Ouster at Uber."

Other work

Roose is the host of "Rabbit Hole," an eight-part podcast from ''The New York Times'' "examining how the internet is changing us."

Media appearances

Roose appeared on ''

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'' on February 27, 2014, to discuss ''Young Money''.

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