Leadership

The Five Pillars of Civilization, and Why They’re Beginning to Crumble — In the quaint Oxfordshire village of Northend, the future’s already here. It’s bleak. It’s made of water tankers, because the village has run dry. “For Evans, who has lived in the small village of Northend for 12 years, it’s anxiety inducing. ‘This is the future, isn’t it?’ said Evans, who…

Britain’s Imploding — And the World Should Learn From its Mistakes — I learned something gruesome today. There’s a city in the world where a million kids are going to have to be vaccinated because polio was discovered in the sewage. Enough of it to raise a very, very serious alarm. Go ahead and guess the city. Nairobi? Dhaka? Kinshasa? Wrong. London. …

There was a time when Rolling Stone Magazine was the ultimate arbiter of quality in popular music. Casey Kasam just covered the Top 40. Rolling Stone told its readers what songs were worth a listen and a purchase. For decades and for millions, the TV Guide was the gospel of…

The practical first step in a data science project — Statistics and data science classes don’t do much to prepare students for hashing out project specifications on the job. Here are a few problems: They teach you to take the problem statement for granted, but what if your boss doesn’t have the skills to make sensible requests? They don’t teach…

The first thing you’ll need to do is change your mindset — Let me clarify something right out of the gate. You can’t actually start a company with zero money. I just need to reach the people for whom it seems like the only option. A better title might be: It doesn’t take an inheritance to start a legitimate, high-growth business anymore…