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Is Substack the Media Future We Want? →
The newsletter service is a software company that, by mimicking some of the functions of newsrooms, has made itself difficult to categorize.
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The Promise That Tested My Parents Until the End →
Couples pledge many things to one another. When my father grew ill, one promise tested everything about my parents' long and happy life together, and forced my mother to wonder how she would keep her word—and also whether she should.
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As the state has become increasingly dependent on Silicon Valley for many of its core activities—mapping, law enforcement, immigration control, warfare—it has betrayed many of the principles on which its legitimacy was previously based, such as privacy. Silicon Valley’s global influence is waxing just as America’s conventional imperial power wanes; there will certainly be those in government who would prefer to exploit the power of these monopolies than break them up.
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Why Polling on The 2020 Election Missed the Mark →
Polling now seems to suffer from some systemic problems, whic
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It’s not about casual browsing, not glancing at Twitter to see the latest news or checking your friend’s Instagram profile for updates. It’s a move directly toward an addiction that will be incredibly profitable for the company. And the more we trust that algorithmic feed, the easier it will be for the app to exploit its audiences.
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How SmartNews is restoring balance to political polarization with News from All Sides →
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The 10 best news apps to stay informed without all the doomscrolling →
This Japanese-based news aggregator uses machine learning to find top stories for its app. It's been popular in Japan and the U.S. for many years, with a focus on news from those two countries.
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SmartNews’ U.S. app unveils new features for the elections, COVID-19 and local weather →
At TechCrunch Disrupt today, SmartNews announced the release of major new features for the American version of its news discovery app, designed to make it easier for users to get updates about the elections, COVID-19 and the weather.
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On The Perishingly Small Value of Scott Galloway’s Analysis of Higher Education →
We feel quite confident that any good undergraduate at Clark, and certainly all of our graduate students, would have received the training in critical thinking, research, and analysis necessary not only to identify many, if not all, of the problems we point to here, but to conduct such an analysis in a more effective, productive manner.
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Think about this. Next month, as currently envisioned, 2,800+ cruise ships retrofitted with white boards and a younger cohort will set sail in the midst of a raging pandemic. The density and socialization on these cruise ships could render college towns across America the next virus hot spots.
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Insights into how TikTok succeeded in the US
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Interviewing is a noisy prediction problem →
The correlation between who did really well in the interview process and who performs really well at work is really weak.
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What Do College Students Think of Their Schools’ Reopening Plans? →
“Why try to make something that worked in the classroom work outside the classroom when you have access to something completely new outside?”
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Memberkit 1.0: Upgrade your analytics and build a data-powered membership program →
Automated reports, example code, and other field-tested patterns and techniques for your team to copy, use, and improve! All written in an easy-to-read, folksy style.
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Tripping in LSD's Birthplace: A Story for "Bicycle Day" →
After consuming magic mushrooms in Basel, Switzerland, I ran into Albert Hofmann, the chemist who catalyzed the psychedelic era.
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Open Source COVID-19 Library →
We are developing a library of parts/components that can reduce the bottlenecks encountered by manufacturers of Ventilators. We invite Engineers and Professionals to contribute in this discussion.
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Alameda, Calif.: On San Francisco Bay, With Great Views and Rising Prices →
An island city celebrates families and diversity, and is finding ways to build affordable housing and confront homelessness.
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Inside Mark Zuckerberg's Lost Notebook →
In the early days of Facebook, Zuck kept his plans for world domination in handwritten journals. He destroyed them. But a few revealing pages survived.
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The great shift in Japanese culture →
The decline of Japan’s influence on world culture
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'Shattered': Inside the secret battle to save America's undercover spies in the digital age →