Tag: links
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The Kardashian Decade: How a Sex Tape Led to a Billion-Dollar Brand » In 2007, an L.A. family’s unvarnished docuseries launched on E!, and reality television, female body image, social… more ›
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What Comes After Wearables? Try “Invisibles” » Wearables may be a $4.5 billion dollar market, but the devices themselves can be, well, annoying to wear: besides being a constant presence against… more ›
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The ultimate, 2000-word, plain English guide to Ethereum » Although ‘Bitcoin’ and ‘Ethereum’ are terms that are often paired together, the reality is that they are vastly different. The only thing… more ›
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Machines with Brains » Robots and artificial intelligence are upending everything we thought we knew about what it means to be human. The boundaries between person and machine are becoming… more ›
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Cities, not nation states, will determine our future survival. Here's why » Nation states are looking increasingly outdated and even dangerous. Some of them are outright belligerent, and threatening catastrophic… more ›
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The quitting economy » In the early 1990s, career advice in the United States changed. A new social philosophy, neoliberalism, was transforming society, including the nature of employment, and career… more ›
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A South African startup is using bitcoin to turn digital pirates against each other » The scholarly environs of the New Media research lab at Stellenbosch University in South Africa… more ›
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The Technology That Will Make It Impossible for You to Believe What You See » With these techniques, it’s difficult to discern between videos of real people and computerized impostors… more ›
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Pornhub Is the Kinsey Report of Our Time » Waking up on a Sunday morning, I received a text about what happened after I left the previous night’s party. “Everyone… more ›
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Less Money, Mo' Music & Lots of Problems: A Look at the Music Biz » Forward by Jason Hirschhorn: There is no art form more widely enjoyed by the human race… more ›