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We Must Slow Down the Race to God-Like AI
“I’ve invested in more than 50 artificial intelligence start-ups. What I’ve seen worries me.”
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Can a Better Technology Dethrone the Gas Stove?
“While culture warriors and foodies panic over their favorite kitchen appliance, the induction range is still waiting for America to fall in love.”
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Can 3-D Printing Help Solve the Housing Crisis?
“Standard construction can be slow, costly, and inefficient. Machines might do it better.”
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A Libertarian ‘Startup City’ in Honduras Faces its Biggest Hurdle: The Locals
“There are lots of people in Crawfish Rock, for example, who never opted into a future where their ancestral home is all but immured by a gated community engaged in controversial forms of social and political experimentation.”
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Silicon Valley and the Rent-to-Own Trap
“If you want to become a homeowner but don’t qualify for a mortgage, Divvy Homes has a solution: Rent a house from them until you’re able to buy it. What could possibly go wrong?”
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Susan Orlean Hands You the Keys
“At the bottom of what motivates me is a very optimistic, very joyful commitment to the idea that the more you learn of the world the better.”
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Both Sides of The Mirror
Introducing The Longreads Questionnaire, featuring Vauhini Vara.
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Failure to Launch
“Launch House promised young tech founders community. A Vox investigation found what happens when clout and cash are paramount, and protecting members falls by the wayside.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
In this edition:
• Showing our age
• Special delivery
• Unfriendly wagers
• A shore thing
• Sale therapy
