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Posted inArts & Culture, Books, Business & Tech, Profiles & Interviews, Story, Uncategorized

Not Quite Democracy: Lucie Greene on the Civic Aspirations of Tech Giants

by Bradley Babendir September 5, 2018October 19, 2022

Lucie Greene’s new book “Silicon States” is about the danger of concentrating so much power in so few hands.

Posted inBusiness & Tech, Current Events, Nonfiction, Quotes

To Live and Die in Utopian New Zealand

by Aaron Gilbreath February 21, 2018October 19, 2022

How the super rich like Peter Thiel are buying land in New Zealand to survive the apocalypse.

Posted inBusiness & Tech, Nonfiction, Quotes

Silicon Valley’s Spin Master

by Aaron Gilbreath January 26, 2018October 19, 2022

After helping shape the public image of numerous tech companies, Margit Wennmachers is now helping shape the story of Silicon Valley itself.

Posted inBusiness & Tech, Quotes

Money For Nothing in the Bitcoin Bubble

by mlegro January 16, 2018October 19, 2022

The cryptocurrency gold rush has made millionaires out of those obsessed with changing the world order.

Posted inBusiness & Tech, Nonfiction

The More We Disrupt, The More Things Are Exactly The Same

by michelleweber January 2, 2018October 19, 2022

TL;DR: tech titans have a lot of sex and drug parties at which they disrupt conventional morality by… replicating conventional sexist, heteronormative behaviors. 

Posted inEditor's Pick

“Oh My God, This Is So F—ed Up”: Inside Silicon Valley’s Secretive, Orgiastic Dark Side

by michelleweber January 2, 2018October 19, 2022

While the guys get laid, the women get screwed.

Posted inEditor's Pick

Why Aren’t Fashion ‘Disruptors’ Serving Plus-Size Customers?

by michelleweber December 20, 2017October 19, 2022

Apparently making pants for fat people is so radically difficult from making pants for thin people that it will take years of additional R&D.

Posted inBusiness & Tech, Profiles & Interviews, Sports, Story

‘This is the Most Inexplicable Story in Sports of the Last 20 Years’

by Matt Giles October 5, 2017October 19, 2022

An interview with Erik Malinowski, author of ‘Betaball,’ which details the improbable rise of the Golden State Warriors.

Posted inBusiness & Tech, Nonfiction, Quotes, Unapologetic Women

Ellen Pao Is Ready to Name Names

by mlegro August 22, 2017October 19, 2022

In an excerpt from her upcoming book, Pao reveals the harassment and discrimination she experienced at a Silicon Valley venture firm.

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

Putting Creativity on Your Tab

by Krista Stevens August 21, 2017October 19, 2022

Dropping acid at the office? Everybody’s doing it.

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