“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.”
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The Strangely Beautiful Experience of Google Reviews
Glimpses of humanity in an unlikely corner of the internet.
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When Drivers Are Attacked, Uber Leaves Police Waiting for Help
“Uber is slow to respond to law enforcement requests, leaving drivers vulnerable to repeated attacks.”
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Aristocrat Inc.
“How a small computer chip company, owned by the author’s mother, became the target of a sprawling pan-Asian crime ring that operated throughout Silicon Valley.”
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Failure to Launch
“Launch House promised young tech founders community. A Vox investigation found what happens when clout and cash are paramount, and protecting members falls by the wayside.”