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The Economist Who Hated Democracy

James McGill Buchanan may be the most influential conservative economic thinker you’ve never heard of. His belief that liberty (in the…

2 min readJun 30, 2017

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The Economist Who Hated Democracy

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Facebook Learns That the Censor’s Job Is Never Done

Facebook is hitting the two billion user mark right about now. It’s also in the process of becoming one of the world’s largest censors, as…

2 min readJun 30, 2017

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The Horseman of the Digital Apocalypse Is A Virus Named Petya

That virus that shut down networks around the world this week, the one that’s been dubbed Petya, isn’t propagating like crazy anymore. But…

2 min readJun 30, 2017

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The Horseman of the Digital Apocalypse Is A Virus Named Petya

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What’s In a Conference Room Name?

Large corporations’ enthusiasm for giving conference rooms offbeat names can no longer be considered a mere fad. The practice has been…

2 min readJun 28, 2017

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What’s In a Conference Room Name?

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We’ve Got To Stop Crashing Like This

Ransomware attacks — in which virally propagated malware spreads from computer to computer, locking up owners’ data until a ransom is paid…

2 min readJun 28, 2017

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EU to Google: Your Product Listings Are Self-Serving. Pay Up.

You know how, when you search Google for some kind of product, the top of the results page displays a row of ad boxes for the product…

2 min readJun 28, 2017

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EU to Google: Your Product Listings Are Self-Serving. Pay Up.

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Venture Capital’s Harassment Problem

Last week The Information posted a story detailing multiple incidents in which a venture capitalist named Justin Caldbeck of Binary Capital…

2 min readJun 26, 2017

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Venture Capital’s Harassment Problem

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In An AI World, Work Changes Radically, and Government Takes the Lead

We shouldn’t be worried about artificial intelligence turning into our new robotic overlords, but that doesn’t mean we should stop worrying…

2 min readJun 26, 2017

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In An AI World, Work Changes Radically, and Government Takes the Lead

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The Amazon Antitrust Bandwagon Begins to Roll

Antitrust fights in the tech industry have always been problematic. Software is a “non-rival” good — additional copies cost nothing to…

2 min readJun 26, 2017

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The Amazon Antitrust Bandwagon Begins to Roll

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Why Apple Should Give Away Its Insanely Huge Pile of Money

Apple is sitting on an unimaginably huge pile of spare cash —roughly $250 billion. This corporate wealth reserve will only grow if and when…

1 min readJun 23, 2017

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Scott Rosenberg

Scott Rosenberg

14.7K Followers

Covering the Web since 1994. Backchannel. NewCo Daily. Wordyard.com. Say Everything. Dreaming in Code. Grist. Mediabugs. Salon. Berkeley, CA. Real person.

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