Amy X. Wang is a reporter at Quartz covering the business of creativity and the future of work—with particularly keen interests in the psychology of music, genre evolution, the media industry, unorthodox career paths, and the fate of the physical university. She previously wrote for The Atlantic, Slate, and The Economist, and holds a degree in English literature from Yale University. She speaks French and Mandarin. Stories are also found at work.qz.com/author/awangqz and quartzy.qz.com/author/awangqz.