Tag: writing

• 15 books billionaire Ray Dalio says you should read to understand today’s world — and have a fulfilling life

  August 14, 2019

  This story requires our BI Prime membership. To read the full article, simply click here to claim your deal and get access to all exclusive Business Insider PRIME content. https://www.businessinsider.com/ray-dalio-book-recommendations-for-college-students-and-investors-2019-8 more ›

• A guide to Virtual Beings and how they impact our world

  July 29, 2019

  Money from big tech companies and top VC firms is flowing into the nascent “virtual beings” space. https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/29/a-guide-to-virtual-beings/ more ›

• June 25, 2019

  The franchise comes with a number of strings attached: a fickle bundle of rights and words and memories. Only the travelers can remain outside of tradition, untouched by local news.… more ›

• June 22, 2019

  Not every tumblr refugee ended up on Instagram, the rumours of the second great migration were wildly exaggerated. Impossible to monetize under the current paradigms, proud and salty and hardened… more ›

• Kidnapping: A Very Efficient Business

  April 23, 2019

  In Argentina in the early 1970s, leftist guerrillas started snatching executives of multinational companies and demanding ransoms. https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2019/05/09/kidnapping-efficient-business/ more ›

• Franco’s invisible legacy: books across the hispanic world are still scarred by his censorship

  April 17, 2019

  It’s exactly 80 years since the end of the Spanish Civil War, when General Francisco Franco’s populist forces finally overcame the leftist resistance and plunged the country into full-blown dictatorship.… more ›

• From Dresden on the 50th Anniversary of ‘Slaughterhouse-Five’

  March 22, 2019

  DRESDEN, Germany — Last month, 74 years to the day since the bombers came, the late winter sky was gray as German tour guide Danilo Hommel called a halt before… more ›

• March 2, 2019

  Cartel social media platforms will remain dominant for years to come. Layered on top of each other like biomass, they provide the basic – and necessary – infrastructure for other… more ›

• February 23, 2019

  The south side is at its best between late February and early May. To define Lisbon you’ll need to talk a lot about the water: river, ocean, beach. You arrive… more ›

• January 23, 2019

  We made it through that crazy phase of diapers, take out, lack of sleep. We’re older now, wealthier, having late breakfast and looking out into the desert from the room,… more ›