Tag: ultracapitalism

• The venture circus

  April 3, 2019

  “If you can’t ride two elephants at the same time, what are you doing at the circus?” https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2019/04/02/andreessen-horowitz-is-blowing-up-the-venture-capital-model-again/#47e0d14a7d9f more ›

• Billionaire warlords: Why the future is medieval

  April 3, 2019

  SEAN MCFATE: The United States, especially, has been now accustomed, for 25 years, as being the universal and unitary superpower. That’s not going to last forever. I think most people… more ›

• Workplace automation will hit women harder than men

  April 3, 2019

  Today, unlike in the past, workers can meetings from anywhere, or control complex production processes with the push of a button. Technology has dramatically altered what it means for many… more ›

• The Servant Economy

  March 10, 2019

  In March 2009, Uber was born. Over the next few years, the company became not just a disruptive, controversial transportation company, but a model for dozens of venture-funded companies. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/03/what-happened-uber-x-companies/584236/ more ›

• An Unflinching View of Venezuela in Crisis

  February 27, 2019

  Alejandro Cegarra’s photo series “State of Decay” is an unflinching portrait of Venezuela’s collapse. How this country went from being one of Latin America’s richest societies to one of its… more ›

• “Are We Really Where We Are?”: Trump, Putin, and Washington’s Unbelievable New Normal

  January 19, 2019

  Sunday will mark the second anniversary of Donald Trump’s Presidency. The U.S. government has been partially shut down for weeks, with no end in sight. https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-trumps-washington/are-we-really-where-we-are-trump-putin-and-washingtons-unbelievable-new-normal more ›

• What If Trump Has Been a Russian Asset Since 1987?

  January 14, 2019

  On June 14, 2016, the Washington Post reported that Russian hackers had broken into the Democratic National Committee’s files and gained access to its research on Donald Trump. A political… more ›

• The Billion-Dollar Mystery Man and the Wildest Party Vegas Ever Saw

  January 10, 2019

  Armed with a seemingly bottomless supply of cash, Jho Low staged the ultimate Las Vegas party. Who was he? An excerpt adapted from “Billion Dollar Whale: The Man Who Fooled… more ›

• 1MDB

  January 10, 2019

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• A Business With No End

  January 6, 2019

  Recently, one of my students at Stanford told me a strange story. His parents, who live in Palo Alto, Calif., had been receiving mysterious packages at their house. The packages… more ›