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A Few Crucial Instances of Grace

Insight and justice at the end of the worst year in American political history.
Dave Eggers

Failure, Peace and Purpose in The Last Jedi

The following contains major spoilers for The Last Jedi.
Laurel Carney

Designing Against Misinformation

The research and design thinking behind the latest treatments for Misinformation on Facebook
Jeff Smith

Magic Leap: Founder of Secretive Start-Up Unveils Mixed-Reality Goggles

Rony Abovitz talks with Glixel about the tech and ambitions behind new MR Goggles
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The Men Who Are Convinced We’re All Living in a Simulation

John McDermott

The Tigers Come at Night

Kevin Barrett

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio Defends His First Term: “I’m a Good Progressive”

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How To Stop Letting Others Dictate Your Worth

What matters to an active man is to do the right thing; whether the right thing comes to pass should not bother him. — Goethe

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The Men Who Are Convinced We’re All Living in a Simulation

Dale Baker was introduced to simulation theory five years ago as an 18-year-old freshman at the University of Iowa. The idea that our…

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Buy, sell, send and receive Bitcoin Cash on Coinbase

We’re excited to announce that customers will be able to buy, sell, send and receive Bitcoin Cash on Coinbase. You can read more about…

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Bitcoin owners, you need to do these two things right now

The world is going crazy for Bitcoin. These two things need to be done, for the good of Bitcoin.

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Confronting My Neurotypical Privilege

Recently I was in my room with someone who I’ve been seeing casually and he paused conversation to respond to a text from someone else he…

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No, You Don’t Have to Hurt Me

Confession: I did a really kinky thing a few years ago.

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Juliette van der Molen

Is AlphaZero really a scientific breakthrough in AI?

As you may probably know, DeepMind has recently published a paper on AlphaZero [1], a system that learns by itself and is able to master…

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There’s no saving Main Street

Much has been written about how to resurrect Main Street since the 2016 presidential election. President Donald Trump campaigns on bringing…

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The Hottest Thing You’ll Read All Day: A History of Chili Peppers

Peter Piper picked a peck of pretty spicy peppers

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Tom Mitchell in Ordinary Objects
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Venture Capital Is Built on Serendipity

Software has as much potential as electrification or steam power, but instead the industry ignores markets and whole classes of people…

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Music consumption in the era of smart speakers

Just over five years ago I wrote a piece called ‘Music collections in the era of the cloud’, in which I lamented the then-contemporary…

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Journey Into the Dark

By Jason Smith

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Magic Leap: Founder of Secretive Start-Up Unveils Mixed-Reality Goggles

Rony Abovitz talks with Glixel about the tech and ambitions behind new MR Goggles

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Switch to Firefox to Feel Some Semblance of Control Over the Universe

By Brian Feldman

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Silicon Valley’s efficiency mavens would like to cancel Christmas

In Big Tech’s utopia, there would be no room for wasteful festive pleasures.

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Apple HomePod’s High-Priced Road to Nowhere

By Shira Ovide

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These are the best apps for your kids this Christmas

It’s Christmas Eve, and you’re reclining on the sofa, glass of wine in hand, serenely browsing the app store and carefully curating dozens…

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Stuart Dredge
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Don’t Be a Personal Brand, Be a Person

In a world teeming with the rhetoric of consumption, authors have to play a part in getting their work into the world. But in the eagerness…

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Jan Fortune

Independent Animation in Los Angeles

Making an ambitious animated film on your own is really hard. The stereotypes of animators working long, thankless hours alone in a room…

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Sean Buckelew

Asking For Help On The Internet

On the link at the bottom of my essays, and taking the shame out of needing support.

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Dominique Matti

Why I don’t want to grow up

I had an experience recently which really summed up my frustration with the problem of “growing up.”

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Michelle Ku

Seven Best Worst Comments Received For My ‘Seven Best Worst Films Ever Made’ Piece

The wonderful thing about publishing on the internet is the range of insightful, generous, and supportive comments my writing receives…

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This $20 Million Startup Was on the Road to Riches. Then Its Leader Started Talking to God

The inside story of Tradiv — a red-hot startup that collapsed amid bad decisions, allegations of sexual misconduct, and a co-founder’s…

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Why Big Tech needs to get out more

‘Companies need to find ways to connect with aspiring entrepreneurs outside Silicon Valley’

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Venture Capital Is Built on Serendipity

Software has as much potential as electrification or steam power, but instead the industry ignores markets and whole classes of people…

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How Tech Expanded From Silicon Valley to Bubblegum Alley

San Luis Obispo, a quiet California town known for its quaint charm, is attracting start-ups and venture capitalists to its growing tech…

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Entrepreneurship Depends on Luck — and You Can Actually Make Yourself Luckier. Here’s How

Acknowledging the part luck plays in our lives isn’t easy for most of us.

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Why Is My Patagonia Jacket Elitist?

Patagonia sued the Trump administration for reducing the size of Bears Ears and Utah’s Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. The U.S…

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The True Story Behind The Original Video Game ‘Easter Egg’ That Inspired ‘Ready Player One’

By Seth Porges

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A Sense of Levitation: W.G. Sebald Will Make You A Better Person

And did Jesus laugh?

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Christopher Plummer Reveals How He Shot ‘All the Money in the World’ in Just 9 Days

The actor, who replaced Kevin Spacey in the film, explains how Ridley Scott approached him to take on the role, what his reaction was and…

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At 50, “The Graduate” still has much to say about youth

It is an evergreen story of generations not only in conflict with each other, but with themselves.

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