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Web 3.0

Web 3.0

Whatever happened to Web 3.0? What was it? Did it ever happen? I’ve seen multiple attempts at definitions. Things about artificial…
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Nathan Kontny
Persisting in Dark Times: Lessons From a War Crimes Researcher

Persisting in Dark Times: Lessons From a War Crimes Researcher

I was not alive when my grandfather, a proud Minnesotan pilot of a B-17 bomber, returned from Germany as a tired prisoner of war. But I am…
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Muira McCammon
The Berkshire Hathaway of The Internet

The Berkshire Hathaway of The Internet

Warren Buffett is famous for handshake deals and one-page contracts. He often buys multi-billion-dollar companies after a few phone calls…
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Andrew Wilkinson
Season to Love

Season to Love

My wife, Ayu, expresses her feelings for me through her cooking. Unconsciously.
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Alexandro Chen

Editors’ picks

Ask Ethan: If the Universe is expanding, why aren’t we?

Ask Ethan: If the Universe is expanding, why aren’t we?

Space is getting bigger, but atoms, humans, Earth and our Milky Way stay the same size. How is this possible?
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Ethan Siegel
The Information Age Is “Weaponized”

The Information Age Is “Weaponized”

What is it like living in a world of billion dollar lies? Where the social worlds we occupy are fragmented and insular, giving rise to echo…
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Joe Brewer
The way we learn is broken.

The way we learn is broken.

I spent quite a bit of time walking around the IMPACT Challenger exhibition halls, at the IMPACT Arena, Pak Kret, in the north of Bangkok…
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SuperSanusi
You’re Fired — Democracy, Dystopia and the Cult of the CEO

You’re Fired — Democracy, Dystopia and the Cult of the CEO

“In the year 2018, nations have bankrupted and disappeared, replaced by corporations.”
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Christopher Brown

Politics

Trump’s Top Diplomat Goes to China, Promptly Bends Over

Trump’s Top Diplomat Goes to China, Promptly Bends Over

Rex Tillerson gives in immediately
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David Axe
Gorsuch on the Supreme Court Would Be an Attack on Families Like Mine

Gorsuch on the Supreme Court Would Be an Attack on Families Like Mine

By Kalpana Krishnamurthy, Policy Director at Forward Together
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Forward Together
This is 37%

This is 37%

President Donald Trump currently has an approval rating of 37%. Admit it, you’re shocked it’s that high. The first several weeks of his…
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Dave Pell
Learning from civil resistance around the world

Learning from civil resistance around the world

The power of nonviolent action is built on the strength and capacity of people, as proven by recent protest movements across the globe.
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MIT Media Lab
My Grandpa’s Death Is Why We Have President Trump

My Grandpa’s Death Is Why We Have President Trump

The loss of the World War II generation’s obsession with decency paved his rise.
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Ryan Bohl
I’m a Rocket Scientist Committed to the Truth. And I’m Running for Congress.

I’m a Rocket Scientist Committed to the Truth. And I’m Running for Congress.

When I was a little girl, I dreamed in stars. They were the kind of dreams where dark swaths of infinite space were broken by tiny beacons…
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Tracy Van Houten

Technology

SwatchOS: Not A Smart Decision

SwatchOS: Not A Smart Decision

by Jean-Louis Gassée
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Jean-Louis Gassée
How we built an app that uses worker location history to combat wage theft

How we built an app that uses worker location history to combat wage theft

In 2008, the Center for Urban Economic Development surveyed 4,387 low-wage workers in Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York City. They wanted…
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Abhinav Suri
Tech culture is failing communities. How can we make it better?

Tech culture is failing communities. How can we make it better?

Californian design principles have taken over the internet, turning people into products. We need a roadmap towards truly community-owned…
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Kim Foale

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Humans

I/O for Your Cerebral Cortex

I/O for Your Cerebral Cortex

Your brain is a magical thing. It is the computer that is you, that defines your world, and creates the interface for which you interpret…
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Noël Jackson
Let’s talk about sex(ual healing)

Let’s talk about sex(ual healing)

My journey from repressed vagina-owner to sex-positive woman
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Sophia Ciocca
I Quit Toilet Paper For A Month

I Quit Toilet Paper For A Month

Here’s what happened.
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John P. Weiss
What I Learned From Taking Part In A Silent Dinner

What I Learned From Taking Part In A Silent Dinner

In a time of constant chatter, silence is not only golden, it can be disruptive.
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Tim Leberecht

Culture

Behind the scenes with TV’s first gender non-binary character

Behind the scenes with TV’s first gender non-binary character

A conversation about gender and identity with the creators of Showtime’s Billions and breakout star Asia Kate Dillon.
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Lauren C. Williams
Did Henri Cartier-Bresson really “invent” street photography?

Did Henri Cartier-Bresson really “invent” street photography?

… Or was he just the first to steal and affix the soul of Paris onto a photograph, paving the way for others to do the same?
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Anna Tropnikova
How not to write a Geoff Cameron profile

How not to write a Geoff Cameron profile

An object lesson from NBC Sports
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David Rudin
All My Woodys: Paul Rust and a Short History of Actors Declared the ‘Next Woody Allen’

All My Woodys: Paul Rust and a Short History of Actors Declared the ‘Next Woody Allen’

The co-creator and co-star of ‘Love’ is just the latest in a long line
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Tim Grierson
The 30 Freshest Sets at SXSW

The 30 Freshest Sets at SXSW

From seasoned superstars to gifted up-and-comers, this best-of-the-fest rundown will ease your FOMO (no Solo cup req’d)
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John Gorman

Business

Four-ish Reasons to Embrace Vagueness At Work

Four-ish Reasons to Embrace Vagueness At Work

Most families have one — that relative who makes the cake, or bakes the pie or cookies that everybody wants on holidays. In my family, it’s…
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Beth Comstock
Service design is not here to make friends

Service design is not here to make friends

We all get asked what we do for a living in social situations, and we all spin an interpretation of our job to match our reading of the…
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Will Shaw
How to Speak to Women at Work Who Are Not Your Wife

How to Speak to Women at Work Who Are Not Your Wife

Because sometime you’ll need to.
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Tommy Paley
99% of Blockchain Startups Are Bullshit

99% of Blockchain Startups Are Bullshit

Are you getting the feeling blockchain is a load of bullshit? Are you struggling to see how any of this will ever make any money? If you…
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Jamie Burke