“A wave of suicides and widespread AI-fueled layoffs reveal a workforce under extreme pressure.”
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What US Tech Did to Ireland
“The country is alarmingly reliant on Meta, Google and Apple.”
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Syria’s Quest to Build Its Own Silicon Valley
“Tech founders in Damascus are rebooting a war-torn country.”
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When the World Connected on Skype
“On the eve of its demise, Rest of World readers remember how Skype changed their world.”
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When I’m 125?
“What it means to live an optimized life and why Bryan Johnson’s Blueprint just doesn’t get it.”
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The Collapse of Self-Worth in the Digital Age
“Why are we letting algorithms rewrite the rules of art, work, and life?”
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Dear Tim Cook: Be a Decent Human Being and Delete this Revolting Apple Ad
“This ad breaks things. By implication, it threatens to break people, or at least their livelihoods.”
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We Need To Rewild The InternetÂ
“The internet has become an extractive and fragile monoculture. But we can revitalize it using lessons learned by ecologists.”
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In the Shadow of Silicon Valley
“The San Francisco of my youth was full of small shops whose friendly eccentricity felt like part of the place.”
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Meet the Con Artist Who Deceived the Front Range Tech Community
“It’s true that many of Clark’s actions defy logic. In key ways, he never fit the mold of a classic con man.”