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Trump has damaged America, not the environment
Trump has damaged America, not the environment
Trump has spent his life being powerful just because he is rich. And in America, wealth is everything. If you're rich you are powerful and…
Tobias Stone
Jun 2
What Really Happened with Vista
I generally have posted about things that I have been directly involved with — either code I wrote or projects I managed. In this post I am…
Terry Crowley
Jun 1
Alana Massey
Alana Massey
Selected as Noteworthy for her ability to unpack the zeitgeist, Alana is your go-to for all things culture
Medium Staff
May 31
Career Monogamy: The Awkward Tech Sin of Longevity
Career Monogamy: The Awkward Tech Sin of Longevity
The Slack message was genuine and brief, “congrats on 20 years!” My name had apparently been listed on a slide during the quarterly all…
Brian Nemhauser
May 30
Audio
Hi, I’m the Female Love Interest in This Student Film. This Is My Story.
Hi, I’m the Female Love Interest in This Student Film. This Is My Story.
Um, hi! Ha. I’m so…awkward. I mean, I’m not
Kate Schulman
May 16
How Your Brain Learns to Fear
How Your Brain Learns to Fear
And how it’s different from a cheap scare
Mark Humphries
Jun 1
The Slimy, Technicolor World of Satisfying YouTube Videos
The Slimy, Technicolor World of Satisfying YouTube Videos
“Satisfying videos,” as they’re called, are massive on YouTube, viral colonies of forms and formlessness in rainbow hues.
Leigh Alexander
May 31
Cutting the Gordian Knot of Technological Unemployment with Unconditional Basic Income
Cutting the Gordian Knot of Technological Unemployment with Unconditional Basic Income
Invisible Sheep, the Missing Right, and the Return of Common Wealth
Scott Santens
May 25
Members only
How to Use the Psychology of Space to Boost Your Creativity
How to Use the Psychology of Space to Boost Your Creativity
Environmental psychology points to some easy changes you should make to your home office
Donald M. Rattner, AIA
Jun 2
We’re Living in a Fake World
We’re Living in a Fake World
Advertising is the reason
Peter Coffin
Jun 2
How Your Brain Learns to Fear
How Your Brain Learns to Fear
And how it’s different from a cheap scare
Mark Humphries
Jun 1
How To Be A Woman: Keeping A Diary
How To Be A Woman: Keeping A Diary
“The courtyard and the streets were crammed when we went to the ball, and the anxiety of the people to see poor stupid me was very great,…
Angela Serratore
Jun 1
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Drowned Out
Drowned Out
What to do in the wake of the Paris Accord exit
Andrew Leber
Jun 2
When these 19th century farmers wanted to talk about sex, they just invented a new language
When these 19th century farmers wanted to talk about sex, they just invented a new language
Unfortunately, ‘Boontling’ is nearly extinct today
Stephanie Buck
Jun 1
Whose Pain Counts?
Whose Pain Counts?
Many years ago, I had sex with a man when I didn’t want to. I said no a thousand times, then said yes once, so I consented. It’s not rape.
Emma Lindsay
Jun 2
The Last Opportunity
The Last Opportunity
On the last-ever presentation of the Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show On Earth Circus
Kristina Pedersen
Jun 1
Born Before Stonewall
Born Before Stonewall
LGBTQ Baby Boomers are helping redefine what it means to grow older.
Barry Yeoman
Jun 1
Technology
Server-less eats the infrastructure
Server-less eats the infrastructure
Sudip Chakrabarti and Barry Eggers
Sudip Chakrabarti
May 30
How to drive 10 billion miles in an autonomous vehicle
How to drive 10 billion miles in an autonomous vehicle
Google, Tesla, Zoox, and many more plan to drive billions of miles autonomously with simulation
Michael Dempsey
May 31
What is IoT?
What is IoT?
Whether it’s for your own understanding or to send to friends/family/customers, this explanation is meant for anybody.
Calum McClelland
Jun 1
Neuromorphic and Deep Neural Networks
Neuromorphic and Deep Neural Networks
Disclaimer: I have been working on analog and mixed-signal neuromorphic micro-chips during my PhD, and in the last 10 years have switched…
Eugenio Culurciello
May 31
Creativity
Having My Ideas Stolen Showed Me How I’ve Been Standing in My Own Way
Having My Ideas Stolen Showed Me How I’ve Been Standing in My Own Way
It was a powerful lesson.
Amy E. Ellis, Ph.D.
May 30
The Coen Brothers, Storytelling, and Fate
The Coen Brothers, Storytelling, and Fate
A poem by Ethan Coen reveals a key clue to the brothers’ story sensibilities.
Scott Myers
May 29
Practice makes ‘better’
Practice makes ‘better’
one small word makes all the difference
Muffie Waterman
May 31
How to structure your story: The epic form— A tool to prepare for the journey.
How to structure your story: The epic form— A tool to prepare for the journey.
I’ve had some deep conversations lately with people from institutions concerned with the future and innovation. They were all deeply…
Fernando Johann
May 28
9 tips from Pixar’s CEO
9 tips from Pixar’s CEO
Matsuu
May 29
Entrepreneurship
Hard Ideas
Hard Ideas
I’ve been meeting future EF founders to talk about what they might work on. I’m excited by what they can build. But when deciding what to…
Alex Crompton
May 25
Transforming Venture Capital, One Person at a Time
Transforming Venture Capital, One Person at a Time
Is venture capital is just fine as it is? Should it turn it into a hyper liquid automated platform? What if both these views are wrong?
Tytus Michalski
May 31
Lessons Learned From Hearing 1,000 Startup Pitches In One Year
Lessons Learned From Hearing 1,000 Startup Pitches In One Year
It’s 8:58 a.m. on an unseasonably cold day in Melbourne. I think about my previous week in sun-drenched Dubai and shiver. I glance back at…
Luke Naeem
May 30
What I’ve Learned Mentoring Dozens Of First-Time Founders
What I’ve Learned Mentoring Dozens Of First-Time Founders
I guess I’ve kind of always known this — but now I really know it…
Mitchell Harper
May 25
If you have a great business idea, don’t talk to a VC
If you have a great business idea, don’t talk to a VC
Talk to 10 potential consumers instead
Abhishek Anand
May 29
Culture
Presumed First Lines of Novels I Have Not Read
Presumed First Lines of Novels I Have Not Read
“Would ya get a look at those heights?” the British man exclaimed. “They sure are wuthering!” Also, it was raining. —Wuthering Heights
Brian Boone
Jun 2
Why You Should Watch: Survivor Gabon
Why You Should Watch: Survivor Gabon
Bite into the apple, you know you want to
Ianic Roy Richard
Jun 1
The Psychology of Maximalist Fashion
The Psychology of Maximalist Fashion
How this newest trend maybe more of a bow to tradition than we think.
India Doyle
Jun 2
How Does “Boho-Chic” Still Exist?
How Does “Boho-Chic” Still Exist?
And what exactly is it?
Kelsey Lawrence
Jun 1
How To Be A Woman: Keeping A Diary
How To Be A Woman: Keeping A Diary
“The courtyard and the streets were crammed when we went to the ball, and the anxiety of the people to see poor stupid me was very great,…
Angela Serratore
Jun 1
Self
How To Make It Easier To Stick To Your Desired Habits
How To Make It Easier To Stick To Your Desired Habits
Getting in shape, quitting smoking, having a healthy diet, reading more, taking cold showers, being more productive, spending less time on…
Kilian Markert
May 28
What You Can Learn from One Man’s 365-Day Productivity Experiment
What You Can Learn from One Man’s 365-Day Productivity Experiment
Would you donate your body to taxing scientific trials, all in pursuit of productivity?
Zapier
May 31
The Art of Saying No
The Art of Saying No
A common theme in my life lately has been the fact that I’ve started saying “no” a lot more often.
Shannon Leigh
May 22
Why I Track My Behavior
Why I Track My Behavior
(Because we’ve evolved to be hypocrites)
Erick Godsey
May 31
Pro Tip: How to move from one place to another at no cost
Pro Tip: How to move from one place to another at no cost
Nearly two months ago, I decided to pick up my life and move back to my hometown. This was something I had told myself for years I didn’t…
Cameron Mayes
May 28
Politics
Putin Says The U.S. May Have Faked Hacking Evidence… He’s Wrong
Putin Says The U.S. May Have Faked Hacking Evidence… He’s Wrong
When you claim to be the victim of a false flag attack, make sure those you’re blaming have something to gain by framing you.
Greg Fish
Jun 2
A Chancellor Walks into a Beer Tent…
A Chancellor Walks into a Beer Tent…
On Merkel, Trump, and Self-Reliance.
Peter Sparding
Jun 2
The Resistance Can — and Should — Walk and Chew Gum at the Same Time
The Resistance Can — and Should — Walk and Chew Gum at the Same Time
As I was listening to Jon Lovett’s “Lovett or Leave It” this weekend, Jon raised the question of whether Democrats/#theResistance are…
Michael Stone
May 31
Tax Cuts for the Rich Hurt Rich People
Tax Cuts for the Rich Hurt Rich People
Why does the law of unintended consequences only affect the 99 percent?
Nick Cassella
Jun 1
Re-branding the Democrats.
Re-branding the Democrats.
An advertising strategy for the coming political realignment.
Sheldon Clay
Jun 1
