Tag: stories
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Foreign media has painted a dystopian portrait of China’s social credit system. The reality is both less coherent and more complex. Almost every day, I receive an email from Google… more ›
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Daigous, China’s personal shoppers who specialize in importing lower-priced luxury goods from the West, are witnessing a period of turmoil within their niche profession. https://jingdaily.com/daigous-industry-flux/ more ›
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Last Sunday, while I was at a baseball game (the Phillies vs. the Marlins, at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia), the middle-aged couple sitting next to me made it onto… more ›
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https://spectrum.ieee.org/consumer-electronics/audiovideo/hearables-will-monitor-your-brain-and-body-to-augment-your-life more ›
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As Pete Buttigieg addressed supporters off a back porch in Marshalltown, Iowa, the Devil was whispering his name. “Pete,” the Devil hissed into a microphone. “You’re sooo smart, Pete.” http://time.com/longform/pete-buttigieg-2020/ more ›
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It’s easy to forget now, but Amazon wasn’t always the king of online shopping. In the fall of 2004, Jeff Bezos’s company was still mostly selling just books and DVDs.… more ›
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Robots, artificial intelligence, cyberwar, 3D printing, bio-enhancements, and a new geopolitical competition; the 21st century is being shaped by a range of momentous, and scary, new trends and technologies. We… more ›
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This is a lengthy discussion, so I’ll begin with a summary. The basic idea in this post is to consider capitalism as a highly efficient objective function (or “AI”) with… more ›
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SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras — Three sharp cracks rang out, followed by three more in quick succession. The thoroughfare emptied. Two old men ducked behind a corrugated fence. A taxi… more ›
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It might be that you’re losing money on every sale (Which means that each and every item you sell, every service you perform, costs you money. Bigger won’t make you… more ›