TL;DR: tech titans have a lot of sex and drug parties at which they disrupt conventional morality by… replicating conventional sexist, heteronormative behaviors.
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“Oh My God, This Is So F—ed Up”: Inside Silicon Valley’s Secretive, Orgiastic Dark Side
While the guys get laid, the women get screwed.
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Why Aren’t Fashion ‘Disruptors’ Serving Plus-Size Customers?
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’
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
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
Dropping acid at the office? Everybody’s doing it.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Nonfiction, Quotes
The “Facebook of Money” That Wasn’t
Tilt was once a start-up with extravagant soirées, hazy business plans, and a $375 million valuation. Then it came to the end.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Nonfiction, Quotes
The Slacklash Is Here. You Should Do Something About It.
Is the app that ate email eating into a whole lot more—like privacy, productivity, and personal time?
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Big Bother Is Watching
“Slack tracks and catalogs everything that passes through it, and that is supposed to be a perk. But if the little guy can find anything in the archive, so can his risk-mitigating boss.”
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Nonfiction, Quotes
Pivoting Away from Lung Cancer
Big Tobacco takes a page from the Silicon Valley playbook: Welcome to the world of alternative nicotine platforms.