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A Letter to Jamie Dimon
(And anyone else still struggling to understand cryptocurrencies)
Chain
Oct 16
What is technical debt? And why does almost every startup have it?
Technical debt is any code added now that will take more work to fix at a later time — typically with the purpose of achieving rapid gains.
Trey Huffine
Oct 15
While Apple is taking away buttons, we found a way to add one.
Apple has never been afraid to take design risks. Earlier this year, Apple made headlines when it revealed a new iPhone design that left…
Savannah Reising
Oct 16
Ghost buttons: Why you should be afraid.
Ghost buttons are everywhere…but did you know they were called that?
Bartholomew Fish
Oct 13
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A Therapist on What Sex Addiction Really Is
By Deborah Schiller As Told To Katie Heaney
The Cut
Oct 13
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How Understanding the Psychology of Running Can Influence Your Training
By giving deeper thought to minor details such lacing up and beginning your run, the benefits can go beyond the physical
Luke Bradshaw
Sep 18
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How My Best Friend Sexually Assaulted and Emotionally Manipulated Me for A Year
“Just so you know, we need to use condoms going forward,” I told my best friend after we fucked for the first time in July 2016. Let’s call…
Roslyn Talusan
Sep 25
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Is Mixed Reality The Future Of Computing?
We talked to Microsoft’s Alex Kipman and other industry leaders about what the blending of real and virtual means for human interaction…
Fast Company
Oct 15
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Nourishment: Working It Out
In high school, I was a jock. I won all-state track competitions and tri-honor athlete awards and was a Future Olympian of America. When I…
M. Whiteford
Oct 17
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‘American Psycho’ and the Gender Politics of Ax Murder
It’s time we learned that depiction does not equal endorsement
Cammila Collar
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The Secret History of Feminism in Film
Oct 17
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How Much Does a Period Cost, Anyway?
Oh, did you want to buy a house? Sorry, you spent the down payment on tampons.
Hanna Brooks Olsen
Oct 16
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The Beholden Age of Television
My ex told me that if I liked the new season of BoJack Horseman, I might actually not have a soul. That sounded a little severe, so I…
Miles Klee
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Bad Art
Oct 16
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This Is a True Story About White Castle on the Night Michael Jackson Died
When Michael Jackson died, in the early summer of 2009, it was the kind of celebrity death that my particular generation has become…
Hanif Abdurraqib
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Dining Out
Oct 16
My Letter to Vice President Pence: No Federal Tax and Health Plans
Today I sent a letter to Vice President Mike Pence condemning the federal tax and health plans that attack New York State in advance of the…
Andrew Cuomo
Oct 16
What I Learned From Reading Every Amazon Shareholders Letter
A new mentor of mine suggested I read Jeff Bezos’ Letter to Shareholders to refine my thoughts around building a career and a business.
Li Jiang
Oct 5
The false safety of “listening & learning.”
In response to #MeToo, “listening and learning” emerges as the “thoughts and prayers” of social justice movements.
Your Fat Friend
Oct 17
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Suing Big Pharma for the Opioid Epidemic Is Too Little, Too Late
Big Pharma and Big Tobacco may sound like the same kind of villain, but there are key differences
Zachary A Siegel
Oct 11
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The War To Sell You A Mattress Is An Internet Nightmare
Why did Casper sue a mattress blogger? A closer look reveals a secret, multimillion-dollar battle to get you into bed.
The Concise Zax
Oct 16
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Google Pixel 2 Review: The phone that made me consider ditching iPhone
The screen, camera, and Google Assistant make a strong case for jumping ship.
Popular Science
Oct 17
Here Come the Drones
Our love/hate relationship with tiny mechanical flying things
Josh Quittner
Oct 14
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Sonos’s Secret Weapon In The Smart Speaker Wars: Becoming A Platform
As tech titans release familiar-looking smart speakers, Sonos is hoping to set itself apart by opening its sound system up to developers…
Fast Company
Oct 17
Science in the System: Fluent Design and Depth
Depth cues helps us perceive (and make sense of) the real world
Mike Jacobs
Oct 10
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Stop Using Writer’s Block as an Excuse
‘I can’t write. I have writer’s block,’ used to be my favourite excuse.
Kristina Adams
Oct 16
How I Write
“If those who have studied the art of writing are in accord on any one point, it is this: the surest way to arouse and hold the reader’s…
Abdulghaniy Otukogbe
Oct 16
The creativity blueprint
Most days, I follow a very set routine.
Kumara S Raghavendra
Oct 16
Post-It Notes: On Writing
“Celeste, you’re shockingly messy.”
Celeste Aguzino
Oct 16
Do You Have A Book In You?
What holds aspiring authors back from writing a book? How do they go from saying, “I think I have a book in me,” to finding out whether…
Jane Endacott
Oct 16
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What founders really want from VCs
We all know that VC “value add” is an elusive notion and that venture, from the outside, looks like a completely undifferentiated product…
Fred Destin
Oct 12
Big Ask
Every summer, Chicago is filled with outdoor art fests. We close off a big city street and artists pitch hundreds of tents selling their…
Nathan Kontny
Oct 13
Our SMB Software Market Thesis
Since 2009, I have immersed myself in the SMB SaaS world, either as CFO for companies like Shopify and FreshBooks or as a VC investing in…
Mark MacLeod
Oct 11
What Elon Musk Taught Me About Growing A Business
This article is based on a presentation I gave at HubSpot’s annual INBOUND event (this year, the event has grown to 21,000+ people).
Dharmesh Shah
Oct 16
What is technical debt? And why does almost every startup have it?
Technical debt is any code added now that will take more work to fix at a later time — typically with the purpose of achieving rapid gains.
Trey Huffine
Oct 15
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Race and football
Teams are probably blacklisting Kaepernick for his politics — but are not necessarily in cahoots.
The Economist
Oct 17
How the Entertainment Industry’s Selective Use of Black Culture Hurts Us All
Film and TV prefers black artists to be seen and not heard, or heard and not seen
Suzanne Enzerink
Oct 17
Is Jane Austen Frivolous?
Making peace with novels about quips and romance
Kelsey Osgood
Oct 17
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#MeToo named the victims. Now, let’s list the perpetrators
If there’s anyone who deserves to be counted right now, it’s the monsters. So why not do that next? writes the Guardian columnist Jessica…
The Guardian
Oct 17
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The Beholden Age of Television
My ex told me that if I liked the new season of BoJack Horseman, I might actually not have a soul. That sounded a little severe, so I…
Miles Klee
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Bad Art
Oct 16
