“They’re a little eccentric” is a phrase I suspect most of us have heard used to describe a certain kind of memorable person. For me, it evokes my childhood dentist — an elderly man who favored colorful bow ties and humming loudly as he worked, and who once wagged his finger in my face and […]
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Waymo Cars and Honey Bears
Gentrification has no shortage of first-order sins: displacement in the name of “progress” is bad enough. But after the displaced have been pushed to the margins, what’s left in their stead is a stunning homogeneity — not simply demographic, but dystopian. Anna Wiener’s latest “Letter From San Francisco” sums up the vague malaise that comes […]
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The Spectacular Explosion of Cannabis’ Ambitious Startup MedMen
This is how part of cannabis industry came down from its high.
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What Is New York City Without Its Historic Buildings?
A city loses its life-force when it loses its historic buildings.
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An Expat by Any Other Name (Is Sometimes a Digital Nomad)
When your Ubud neighborhood becomes a luxury tech bubble.
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We Need to Talk About Uber: A Timeline of the Company’s Growing List of Problems
Uber’s missteps and high-profile scandals have piled up since 2013. Here’s a timeline.
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Another Tech Casualty: Dating
“I’ve lived in Seattle for seven years, single most of them. The only thing that has changed is the increase in men I’d never want to go out on a date with.”