Literary Hub
43 of the Most Iconic Short Stories in the English Language
Literary Hub
10 min read · 2020-08-13 · Last year, I put together this list of the most iconic poems in the English language; it’s high time to do the same for short stories. But before we go any further, you may be asking: What do…
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Eater
There Really Is No Ethical Restaurant Under Capitalism
Eater
~13 min read · 2020-09-02 · Building an equitable restaurant — where all workers are paid fairly, have benefits, and work without discrimination — will require undoing the way most restaurants are run
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The Atlantic
Herd Immunity Is Not a Strategy
The Atlantic
6 min read · 2020-09-03 · What the term actually means, and what it doesn’t
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VentureBeat
Why the connected car rides on open source
VentureBeat
3 min read · 2020-08-23 · Connected cars require collaboration across auto makers, telcos, sensor-, infotainment-, and cloud-providers, and others. Fragmentation isn't an option.
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Guardian US
White supremacists and militias have infiltrated police across US, report says
Guardian US
4 min read · 2020-08-27 · A former FBI agent has documented links between serving officers and racist militant activities in more than a dozen states
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OneZero
How to Destroy ‘Surveillance Capitalism’
OneZero
2020-08-26 · Surveillance capitalism is just capitalism — with surveillance. Here’s how to beat it.
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The Correspondent
Blockchain, the amazing solution for almost nothing
The Correspondent
~17 min read · 2020-08-21 · Blockchain technology is going to change everything: the shipping industry, the financial system, government … in fact, what won’t it change? But enthusiasm for it mainly stems from a lack of…
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The Guardian
An oral history of Fame: 'We were dancing on cars in the epicentre of porn and filth!'
The Guardian
20+ min read · 2020-08-19 · It was the late director Alan Parker’s most enduring hit, capturing what it was to be young and ambitious in the hot, gritty New York of 1980. The cast and crew reflect on the acting, fighting,…
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Tedium
Why Your Dongle Junk Drawer Will Never Be Empty
Tedium
~12 min read · 2020-08-21 · Pondering the many ways that dongles have taken over or lives, for better and for worse. One port will never rule them all, apparently.
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Literary Hub
The Real Criminal Masterminds in America Aren’t Working the System—They Created It
Literary Hub
~11 min read · 2020-08-18 · Corruption is as old as government. Yet the brazenness, the method, and the global spread of the practices that are sparking indignation today were last seen during the late 19th and early 20th cen…
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Scientific American
This Twist on Schrödinger’s Cat Paradox Has Major Implications for Quantum Theory
Scientific American
~12 min read · 2020-08-17 · A laboratory demonstration of the classic “Wigner’s friend” thought experiment could overturn cherished assumptions about reality
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Hakai Magazine
A Tuna’s Worth
Hakai Magazine
~18 min read · 2020-08-18 · Bluefin tuna are a luxury that feeds the egos of many, the bellies of few. Inside a Canadian fishery that pursues them.
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The Guardian
A robot wrote this entire article. Are you scared yet, human?
The Guardian
5 min read · 2020-09-08 · We asked GPT-3, OpenAI’s powerful new language generator, to write an essay for us from scratch. The assignment? To convince us robots come in peace
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