9 Best Articles in 2021
Guardian Tech
'Our minds can be hijacked': the tech insiders who fear a smartphone dystopia
Guardian Tech
20+ min read · From 2017 · The Google, Apple and Facebook workers who helped make technology so addictive are disconnecting themselves from the internet. Paul Lewis reports on the Silicon Valley refuseniks who worry the race…
OneZero
Survival of the Richest
OneZero
~11 min read · From 2019 · The wealthy are plotting to leave us behind
WIRED
Techies Still Think They're the Good Guys. They're Not.
WIRED
9 min read · From 2017 · Silicon Valley is slow to come to terms with the fact that it's become the new Wall Street.
VANITY FAIR
“Oh My God, This Is So F---ed Up”: Inside Silicon Valley’s Dark Side
VANITY FAIR
~20 min read · From 2018 · Not far from Sand Hill Road exists a private world of wild sex parties and “cuddle puddles.” As one male investor put it, “You could say it’s disgusting but not illegal—it just perpetuates a culture that keeps women down.”
The New York Times
MailChimp and the Un-Silicon Valley Way to Make It as a Start-Up
The New York Times
8 min read · From 2016 · No venture capital, no Bay Area presence, no crazy burn rate: MailChimp’s founders built the company slowly by anticipating customers’ needs and following their instincts.
First Round
What I Learned From Developing Branding for Airbnb, Dropbox and Thumbtack
First Round
~18 min read · From 2016 · As one of Silicon Valley's most sought-after brand strategists, Julie Supan has helped some of tech's fast-growing companies find their high-expectation customer — and optimal position in the market.
Reuters
How Sweden became the Silicon Valley of Europe
Reuters
4 min read · Aug 11th · As Klarna's billionaire founder Sebastian Siemiatkowski prepares to stage one of the biggest-ever European fintech company listings, a feast of capitalism, he credits an unlikely backer for his runaway success: the Swedish welfare state.
Bloomberg
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Bloomberg
~17 min read · From 2018 · Bloomberg connects decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas. Read this story on Bloomberg.
BuzzFeed
The Real Danger To Civilization Isn’t AI. It’s Runaway Capitalism
BuzzFeed
8 min read · From 2017 · We asked a group of writers to consider the forces that have shaped our lives in 2017. Here, science fiction writer Ted Chiang looks at capitalism, Silicon Valley, and their fear of superintelligent A
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Words With Web 3’s King: An Interview With Chris Dixon
sotonye.substack.com
~18 min read · Nov 8th · Properly gauging the significance of the digital world, why current internet architecture makes us unhappy and what we can do about it, how Chris stays healthy post-covid, and more!
The New York Times
How Elizabeth Holmes Soured the Media on Silicon Valley
The New York Times
7 min read · Nov 18th · Testimony in the fraud trial of Ms. Holmes, the founder of the blood testing start-up Theranos, shows how much coverage of the tech industry has changed over the years.
The New York Times
Jay Last, One of the Rebels Who Founded Silicon Valley, Dies at 92
The New York Times
5 min read · Nov 20th · He and seven others left the Shockley Semiconductor Laboratory to create their own silicon company, Fairchild Semiconductor, which is now seen as ground zero for the West Coast tech industry.
