Tech wizards may say they want driverless cars or the hyperloop, but what they really, really want is a bus.
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American Green
How did the plain green lawn become the central landscaping feature in America, and what is the ecological cost?
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Putting Creativity on Your Tab
Dropping acid at the office? Everybody’s doing it.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Nonfiction, Quotes, Unapologetic Women
Ellen Pao Is Ready to Name Names
In an excerpt from her upcoming book, Pao reveals the harassment and discrimination she experienced at a Silicon Valley venture firm.
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Longreads Best of 2018: All of Our No. 1 Story Picks
Here’s every story that was chosen as No. 1 in our weekly Top 5 email.
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Move Slow and Break Less
Mike Monteiro thinks more designers should refuse to move fast and break things.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Emily Chang, Kiera Feldman, Motoko Rich, David J. Unger, and Nicole Chung.
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A Mysterious Crack Appears: Past Trauma and Future Doom Meet in “Friday Black”
In Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s fantastical short story collection, the strangest fantasy of all is that people try to act morally in a corrupt world.
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Maybe What We Need Is … More Politics?
Recent books by economists who hope to “save capitalism” dismiss popular ideas as “just politics.” But why assume the popular is the enemy of the good?
