The Man Behind Trump’s Facebook Juggernaut

Brad Parscale used social media to sway the 2016 election. He’s poised to do it again.

Source: The New Yorker
Published: Mar 2, 2020
Length: 37 minutes (9,300 words)

Silicon Valley’s Crisis of Conscience

Despite many companies’ ambitious goals and marketing, Big Tech is not making the world a better place, and some tech workers are going to spiritual centers and mindfulness training to search their conscious and, maybe, find an ethical solution.

Source: The New Yorker
Published: Aug 19, 2019
Length: 15 minutes (3,800 words)

How “Silicon Valley” Nails Silicon Valley

The HBO show “Silicon Valley” portrays the tech world accurately thanks to a network of more than 200 consultants, which includes “academics, investors, entrepreneurs, and employees at Google, Amazon, Netflix, and several other tech firms.”

Source: The New Yorker
Published: Jun 9, 2016
Length: 25 minutes (6,441 words)

The Virologist

A profile of a 27-year-old entrepreneur whose speciality is creating clickbait websites.

Source: The New Yorker
Published: Dec 29, 2014
Length: 22 minutes (5,574 words)

My Summer at an Indian Call Center

On his first day, Nishant donned his headset, dialed the number on the screen and was connected to a 60-year-old woman in Tennessee. She had an outstanding hospital bill for $400. “I told her, ‘Just pay this, what’s the problem?’ She told me, ‘You don’t understand, I can’t pay.'” They talked for 45 minutes, and the woman cried as she told Nishant about the Iraq War and its toll on American families. “By this time I’m crying also,” Nishant said.

Source: Mother Jones
Published: Jul 5, 2011
Length: 19 minutes (4,819 words)