Tag: Plain English with Derek Thompson
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Listen: https://ift.tt/vigs6fu Last week, an FBI investigation into gambling led to the arrest of several prominent basketball stars, raising questions about the state of legalized sports betting, which has enriched… more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/F7wOeSp In the second episode of our two-part miniseries on the future of entertainment, Derek goes from Hollywood to NYC to understand why Broadway musicals are in trouble. "With… more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/r1VjZpo This year, American tech companies will spend $300 billion to $400 billion on artificial intelligence, which is in nominal dollars more than any group of companies have ever… more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/SoKsFaP Today’s pod is about the economic story of the moment. It’s about new technology that supporters claim will transform the U.S. economy, an infrastructure build-out unlike anything in… more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/7Jvy0I1 Corruption. Class wars. Technological splendor. The dawn of a new age of business and government. Rockefeller and Carnegie. The Gilded Age in America—roughly the 1870s through the early… more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/ZFDRq0m Artificial intelligence tools for musicians are getting eerily good, very fast. Their work can be maddening, funny, ethically dubious, and downright fascinating all at the same time. TV… more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/yO2lFgZ Fans of green energy like me face some inconvenient truths about the global energy picture. First, coal sounds like a dirty technology that the rich world is moving… more ›
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Listen: https://ift.tt/jDUKO3c Wealth isn’t just about financial security, according to today’s guest, Sahil Bloom. It’s about time wealth (the freedom to control our own schedules), social wealth (deep relationships with… more ›
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https://ift.tt/g01sXWo Happy new year! And what better way to celebrate the freshly torn calendar page than by welcoming one of Derek's favorite writers to the show to tell us what's… more ›