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Watching ‘Memento’ Again for the First Time
An earnest attempt to navigate Christopher Nolan’s most circuitous film
Shea Serrano
Jul 21
Why Good People Leave Large Tech Companies
I was visiting with an ex-student who’s now the CFO of a large public tech company. The company is still one of the hottest places to work…
steve blank
Jul 18
Why Tokens are Eating the World
The title of this post pays homage to Marc Andreessen’s epic post in 2012, “Why Software is Eating the World.” Marc made some very…
Vinny Lingham
Jul 17
Loneliness, Radicalization, and the Fate of Democracy
Page: Senator, there’s a problem at the essay contest.
Evan Belosa
Jul 18
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The Underground World of Magical Resistance (on the Internet)
This is going to sound strange, but bear with me: I think a lot about witchcraft and computers, specifically the concept of magic in…
Leigh Alexander
Jul 18
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The Lumberjacks’ Descendants and the Once and Future Forest
I am the emergency some preppers are preparing for — a fancy-school feminist tattooed Wiccan freak, a literal tree-hugging Earth…
Sarah Avery
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Confessions of a Left-Wing Prepper
Jul 20
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Present at the Creation: How Pan Wenyuan Connected Silicon Valley and China
Produced in partnership with NewCo Shift.
Andrew Leonard
Jul 19
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How Artificial Intelligence Is Making Energy Smarter and Cleaner
Artificial intelligence is powering more and more of the things we interact with every day, from our gadgets to our cars. But it’s also…
Mary Catherine O'Connor
Jul 18
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The Limits of Your Battery Explained
It was the great terror of hanging on to my cellphone well past its expired warranty. With no warning at all, the phone would inexplicably…
Alasdair Wilkins
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How Batteries Work & Why They’re So Frustrating
Jul 21
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A Wheelchair and Two Strollers with a Slight Chance of the Mission
I don’t know. I am not sure. I was in the midst of battling through a hangover the size of Arkansas, the grenadiers in my skull taking full…
Davy Carren
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As the Bus Turns
Jul 21
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Trouble In Paradise
Why Your Favorite Vacation Spots Crawl with Curses, Legends, and Superstitions
Mitch Horowitz
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In the Dark
Jul 21
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A Counterintuitive Strategy for Building a Lifelong Exercise Habit
I’ve hated exercise all my life. Now I go to the gym every single morning.
Robert Hardy
Jul 21
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Who cares in the gig economy?
On-demand models are changing domestic work
Alexandra Mateescu
Jul 12
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Ode To The Waffle House
In Columbus, Ohio at the corner of state route 161, right before entering the freeway, there is a Waffle House. Today, it is sandwiched in…
Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib
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Dining Out
Jul 20
This Moment, Exactly So.
My twenty-year portrait of Cuba
Pixel Magazine
May 11
Ephemeral Girls
Fiction by L. L. Madrid — 2017 Luminaire Prose Award Winner
Alternating Current
Jul 16
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Why a divided America has united against the media
‘Today’s cacophony of competing voices is more akin to 19th-century pamphleteering than the media of 50 years ago’
The Financial Times
Jul 17
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In 1995, this astronomer predicted the Internet’s greatest failure
And, of course, we trolled him for it for decades.
Rob Howard
Jul 18
The Internet Wasn’t Built For Gaming
How To Create Infrastructure For The Future Of eSports
Harry Alford
Jul 19
Bitcoin Forks: Ulterior Motives?
Game Theory of Segwit2x and UASF
Steven Chen
Jul 17
Towards an Internet of Living Things
Conservation groups are using technology to understand and protect our planet in an entirely new way.
David Lang
Jul 15
Is VR Ever Going Mainstream?
Why Storytelling is the Grand Obstacle for Making VR Mainstream
Kari Fjeld
Jul 10
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Creativity in the Time of Influenza
With (abject) apologies to Gabriel García Márquez
RobinB Creative
Jul 12
How To Live Forever
Achieveing Immortality Through Words
Mandy Chew
Jul 19
I Wrote Every Day, Just Like Everyone Else. Here's What I Didn't Learn
I realise this is the place where wise, productive writers come to share their advice. Make no mistake: I’m not one of them. If you want to…
Dan Belmont
Jul 20
The Art Of Self Expression
Express oneself with no shame or stigma
Laura Annabelle
Jul 20
4 Surprising Reasons Writers Fail
People always tell you writers fail because they lack confidence.
Gabrielle van Welie
Jul 10
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One door at a time
Entrepreneurs are told to go big or go home. Stop obsessing over scale, and perfect the basics instead.
Jason Fried
Jul 21
Where I Am Supposed to Be
The Parenting vs Entrepreneurship Struggle
Christopher Cashdollar
Jul 19
Not Everything Can Be Fixed With Software
About a year ago, I released a satirical essay about a fictional day in the life of The Silicon Valley. The piece struck a chord, and I…
Sunil Rajaraman
Jul 17
Where Have The Users Gone?
Step 1: Build an app. Step 2: Get users hooked to it. Step 3: Profit. It sounds simple and, given our umbilical ties to cell phones, social…
Nir Eyal
Jul 20
15+ Ways a Venture Capitalist Says “No”
If you like this article, check out another by Robbie: The AI Entrepreneur’s Moral Dilemma
Robbie Allen
Jul 20
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I Should Be Allowed To Wear A Bathrobe In Public
A humble proposal.
John DeVore
Jul 20
We Need Stories of Dystopia Without Apocalypse
Climate change and the human imagination
Emmalie Dropkin
Jul 20
Here’s What It’s Like To Be On Reality TV For 10 Straight Years
MTV’s Johnny Bananas tells us why he can’t stay away from reality TV’s oldest competition.
Alyssa Girdwain
Jul 21
The Storytelling Gap
These aren’t the stories we’re looking for
Leslie Loftis
Jul 19
New Orleans frustrates me and I like it; ‘That ’70s Show’ frustrates me and I don’t.
Two mini-essays strung together — one on the struggle of Yankee northerners to adapt to the languid pace of Southern cities; the other on…
Jason Pettus
Jul 21
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How I Deal With Ups and Downs in My Life
Sometimes I wish there was a recipe to skip past the low points and all the negative situations in life. I have looked for something that…
Rene-Simon Pfisterer
Jul 14
How to Develop Mental Strength: The Magic of David Blaine
David Blaine might be the mentally toughest person on earth.
Niklas Goeke
Jul 14
Why I Wake Up at 6 AM
Why waking up earlier in the day has changed my life and my business.
Brandon Foken
Jul 14
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How to Avoid Plateauing in the Quest for Personal Growth
Lessons from the therapy couch
Ryan Engelstad
Jul 20
How Having Zero Friends Surprisingly Made Me A Better Person
“A man is rich not by what he owns but what he can do without.” — Immanuel Kant
Kassey Vilches
Jul 13
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Sean Spicer’s greatest hits
Pour one out for the now-former White House Press Secretary.
Addy Baird
Jul 21
Our Votes Count Too
July 2017 marks two significant occasions for Americans living with a disability. On July 26, we celebrate 27 years under the protections…
Janni Lehrer-Stein
Jul 20
Hanlon’s Razor On Capitol Hill
US health care’s saving grace is the incompetence of its enemies
The Poleax
Jul 19
Pardon Me?
Trump is reportedly asking advisers about his ability to pardon his aides, family members, and himself.
Indivisible Movement
Jul 20
Importance of a Congressional Scorekeeper
The most important acronym you may have never heard of
Ron Wyden
Jul 20
