"As stated previously, Astronomer is committed to the values and culture that have guided us since our founding," the company said in a statement posted on LinkedIn at the time.

In her essay about the recent exposure of an affair on a Coldplay concert’s kiss cam, Ms. Schulman exhibits a common and troubling misunderstanding of the distinction between shame and humiliation.

The episode resulted in endless memes, parody videos and screenshots of the pair’s shocked faces filling social media feeds.