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Jaron Lanier: The Internet destroyed the middle class

Jaron Lanier is a computer science pioneer who has grown gradually disenchanted with the online world since his early days popularizing the idea of virtual reality. “Lanier is often described as…

AUTHOR:Scott Timberg

SOURCE:www.salon.com

PUBLISHED: May 12, 2013

LENGTH: 20 minutes (5152 words)

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The Money Shot

The sale of Instagram to Facebook for a cool billion in the spring of 2012 was the ultimate Silicon Valley fairy tale: 18 months from launch to offer. But, for co-founder and C.E.O. Kevin Systrom, it…

AUTHOR:Kara Swisher, Jonas Fredwall Karlsson

SOURCE:www.vanityfair.com

PUBLISHED: June 1, 2013

LENGTH: 17 minutes (4467 words)

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The Story Of A Failed Startup And A Founder Driven To Suicide

Both Sides of the Table A few months ago, on Sunday, January 27, an entrepreneur named Jody Sherman had plans to see a movie with a friend. But that afternoon, the friend received a call from Jody's…

AUTHOR:Alyson Shontell

SOURCE:www.businessinsider.com

PUBLISHED: April 4, 2013

LENGTH: 17 minutes (4424 words)

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Twitter / ?

If you typed this address yourself, make sure you typed it exactly right. Or if you can, copy the address and paste it into your web browser. Back to Twitter

SOURCE:t.co

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Microsoft’s Lost Decade

YOU TALKING TO ME? Microsoft C.E.O. Steve Ballmer delivers the keynote address at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show, in Las Vegas, on January 9. To the saccharine rhythm of a Muzak…

AUTHOR:Kurt Eichenwald

SOURCE:www.vanityfair.com

PUBLISHED: Aug. 7, 2012

LENGTH: 30 minutes (7688 words)

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520 Days on a Simulated Mars Mission

Six men, locked in a capsule on a simulated mission to Mars. Here's what 520 days in isolation does to the body and mind.Photo: Corbis, NASA To crack the mysteries of…

AUTHOR:Bill Donahue

SOURCE:www.wired.com

PUBLISHED: Oct. 21, 2011

LENGTH: 16 minutes (4067 words)

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