Tag: Plain English with Derek Thompson
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Listen: https://ift.tt/aCPMid6 Freedom is one of the few ideas everyone agrees on. Surely more choice and autonomy is a good thing, right? But what if our endless pursuit of freedom… more ›
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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 ›