Harvard Business Review
Is the U.S. on Its Way to Becoming a Cashless Society?
5 min · · What an analysis of millions of transactions can tell us. · Shared by 28, including Antonio Vieira Santos, Jonathan Kogan, Thomas Power
The New York Times
A Peculiarly Dutch Summer Rite: Children Abandoned in the Night Woods
7 min · · It may sound extreme, but it’s normal in the Netherlands. · Shared by 59, including Paul Bloom, Florian Hanke 🍎, Danielle Fong 🙋🏻♀️, Martina Grolimund
VICE
Women Should Rap About Whatever They Want
3 min · · So So Def label boss Jermaine Dupri recently said he's unimpressed by the current class of female rappers: "For me, it's like strippers rapping." · Shared by 10, including Buble
The New York Times
Iowa Official, 66, Says His Love of Tupac Wasn’t What Got Him Fired
4 min · · Jerry Foxhoven, the former director of the state’s Department of Human Services, was removed days after he sent an email celebrating the rapper to 4,300 employees. · Shared by 9
The New York Times
Google’s 4,000-Word Privacy Policy Is a Secret History of the Internet
· How a nascent search engine became a tech behemoth, one edit at a time. · Shared by 43, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Mathew Ingram, Charles Baldwin, Aimee Meifeu ✍️⚖️
The New York Times
As Los Angeles Officials Hailed Nipsey Hussle as a Hero, Others Were Investigating Him
7 min · · After the rapper was gunned down in Los Angeles, city leaders embraced him as a peacemaker. But he was also under investigation. · Shared by 12
Harvard Business Review
What AI-Driven Decision Making Looks Like
8 min · · It’s not the same as being data-driven. · Shared by 645, including Stephanie A Kowalski, Mario Clemente, Mikael Krogerus, Evan (he/him), Michael Grupe, Howard Getson, Kirk Borne, ΛLΞX TRΞJʘ, rudolph regter, Marsha Collier, Jonathan Kogan, Jacob Jarnvall, David Nagel, Nrupal Akolkar, Slawomir Polanski, Joseph Kvedar, MD, Dr. Marcell Vollmer 🇺🇦 #StaySafe #VivaTech, Nicolas Babin, Katja Evertz, Chloe Abrasada
Vox
Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s first novel is about divorce in the age of Tinder
· Brodesser-Akner, who’s better known for her profiles of celebrities like Gwyneth Paltrow and Paula Deen, says she wrote the book "mostly while I was waiting for an interview subject to show up." · Shared by 10
The New York Times
Netflix Has a Talk Show Problem
5 min · · For sitcoms, dramas and reality shows, the jump to streaming was easy. But talk shows? It’s tricky. · Shared by 20, including Craig Brown, PhD, Richard MacManus
a16z
Investing in the Podcast Ecosystem in 2019
Summary · 20+ min · · More and more people are listening to podcasts, but the industry is still young. Venture capital firm Andreesen Horowitz’s Li Jin, Avery Segal and Bennett Carroccio have compiled insightful data about podcasting. The format, they say, is still evolving, and they foresee many possible developments. Their report will intrigue even those who think they know a lot about podcasts. · Shared by 419, including Johannes Lenz, Aldo Gnocchi, ErmanTaylan.eth, Clemens M. Schuster, Daniel Lawniczak, Marcus Schwarze 🚀, Howard Getson, Dominik Grolimund, andrew chen, getAbstract, Kevan Lee 👋, Richard MacManus, Yvette Dubel, Chris Messina, Christophe Jean, Li Jin, Steven Sinofsky, Thomas Power
Washingtonian 🌸
What Happened After My 13-Year-Old Son Joined the Alt-Right
19+ min · · A Washington family's nightmare year. · Shared by 118, including Rand Fishkin, Mohamed Azazy, Neil Lee, Miguel, Loubna Rais, Mathew Ingram, Draven, Bjorn Larsen