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The Man Who Invented the Trillion-Dollar Coin
Atlanta lawyer Carlos Mucha was just spitballing on a financial blog. He didn’t expect Washington, D.C., to listen.
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The Case of the Fake Sherlock
Richard Walter was hailed as a genius criminal profiler at murder trials, at forensic conferences, and on true-crime TV. In reality, he was a fraud.
How Mark Zuckerberg Led the Tech Industry Into a Metaverse Wasteland
It began with his incentives and his weird psychology. Then came COVID.
New York Magazine on Business
The Junkification of Amazon
The “everything store” has gotten junkier and more chaotic. But, for the company, it’s only good business.
New York Magazine on Crypto
How Did SBF Convince West Africans Crypto Was Their Future?
At least Madoff’s clients were rich.
Can Gary Gensler Survive Crypto Winter?
Following the Bankman-Fried debacle, SEC chief Gary Gensler is getting tough — and answering questions about his role in the mess.
New York Magazine on Nuclear Energy
The World Can’t Go Green and Nuclear Free
Nuclear energy is the only existing non-carbon technology that can compensate for renewables’ liabilities.
New York Magazine on Peter Thiel
Peter Thiel’s Latest Venture Is the American Government
How the VC learned to love Big Brother.
New York Magazine on Silicon Valley
Peter Thiel’s Origin Story
His ideology dominates Silicon Valley. It began to form when he was an angry young man.
«perhaps the most important influence in the world’s most influential industry.»
New York Magazine on Trump
Donald Trump Didn’t Want to Be President
One year ago: the plan to lose, and the administration’s shocked first days.
The Final Campaign
Inside his sad, lonely, thirsty, broken, basically pretend run for reelection. (Which isn’t to say he can’t win.)
New York Magazine on Twitter
The ‘Twitter Files’ Is What It Claims to Expose
The purported exposé of Twitter’s political bias is itself an attempt to weaponize control of Twitter for political purposes.
Inside Elon’s ‘Extremely Hardcore’ Twitter
Twitter’s staff spent years trying to protect the platform against impulsive, ranting billionaires — then one made himself the CEO.
New York Magazine on Venture Capital
How to Major in Unicorn
Many of the 1,700 freshmen arriving in Palo Alto this September didn’t come for the Romantic poetry but to network, raise capital, and drop out.
The Upside of Venture Capital’s Slowdown
Fewer insta-billionaires might make for healthier companies.
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The Rise and Fall of Wall Street’s Most Controversial Investor
Cathie Wood built a thriving brand out of price-prediction porn — then the tech bubble popped.
The Guru Burns Out
He sold 12 million copies of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck. Then he started taking his own advice.
AI Art Is Here and the World Is Already Different
Work, communication, and even thought change when we can instantly command convincing images into existence.
My Week With America’s Smartest* People
The strange but affirming experience that is Mensa’s Annual Gathering.
Andrew Sullivan: My Distraction Sickness — and Yours
An endless bombardment of news and gossip and images has rendered us manic information addicts. It broke me. It might break you, too.
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New York Magazine on Social Media
The Rise of Influencer Capital
How social media, celebrity promoters, and banks looking for a quick buck transformed the markets.
Elon Musk and the Sad Mod Theory of Social-Media CEOs
You may technically run the place, but most of your users just see you as a glorified moderator.