When a well-publicized Chinese tech company raised billions of dollars to become the Netflix of China, it diversified quickly, expanded from streaming into manufacturing, and challenged Apple and Tesla. When it fell apart, it fell hard.
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A Woman’s Work: The Art of the Day Job
Carolita Johnson looks back on the many ways she’s tried to juggle work with her *work.*
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women
A Woman’s Work: The Art of the Day Job
Carolita Johnson looks back on the many ways she’s tried to juggle work with her *work.*
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Unsettled
In Ubud, Indonesia, Jessa Crispin looks at the impact of next-generation expats — Western tech workers and “digital nomads” in search of carefully curated, long-term authenticity.
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One Man’s Quest to Hack His Own Genes
Biologist Brian Hanley is testing out gene therapy by injecting copies of a gene he has designed into his own body.
Posted inArts & Culture, Business & Tech, Quotes
Where Have All the Guitar Heroes Gone?
Where’s the next generation of guitar heroes? The guitar industry misses you.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Current Events, Nonfiction, Quotes
How Patagonia Continues to Operate As a Model of Responsible Capitalism
With America’s public lands and the world’s climate under attack, the outdoor industry needs leaders more than ever and Patagonia is out in front.
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Longreads Best of 2017: Investigative Reporting on Sexual Misconduct
Investigations into sexual misconduct perpetrated by powerful men across several industries had the biggest impact in 2017.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Food, Quotes, Science & Nature
“Beef and cheese are the most important ingredients… But really, cheese.”
Who’s moving America’s (1.3 billion pounds of) cheese? The Dairy Management Institute
Posted inArts & Culture, Books, Nonfiction, Story
Three Decades of Cross-Cultural Utopianism in British Music Writing
The history of England’s fertile music press reveals as much about the opinionated English youth who created it as it does the music they covered in the second half of the 20th century.
