9 Best Articles in 2020
MIT Technology Review
10 Breakthrough Technologies 2020
MIT Technology Review
~13 min read · 1217 saves · Feb 26th · MIT Technology Review’s 10 Breakthrough Technologies for 2020 outlines scientific discoveries, available now or in the very near future, that could most profoundly change people’s…
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How Technology Hijacks People’s Minds — from a Magician and Google’s Design Ethicist — Medium
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~16 min read · 1042 saves · From 2016 · When using technology, we often focus optimistically on all the things it does for us. But I want you to show you where it…
Fast Company
All the things COVID-19 will change forever, according to 30 top experts
Fast Company
~11 min read · 861 saves · Apr 20th · Mark Sullivan · The COVID-19 pandemic abruptly changed how the world does business. Work shifted, where possible, into people’s homes and online in accordance with social distancing guidelines. As…
The Spectator
We’ve just had the best decade in human history. Seriously
The Spectator
5 min read · 608 saves · 2019-12-21 · Let nobody tell you that the second decade of the 21st century has been a bad time. We are living through the greatest improvement…
The Atlantic
China Is the First Surveillance Superpower
The Atlantic
20+ min read · 587 saves · Jul 29th · Ross Andersen · Xi Jinping is using artificial intelligence to enhance his government’s totalitarian control—and he’s exporting this technology to regimes around the globe.
Slate
Which Tech Company Is Really the Most Evil?
Slate
564 saves · Jan 15th · The 30 most dangerous corporations in the industry, ranked by the people who know.
The Correspondent
Blockchain, the amazing solution for almost nothing
The Correspondent
~17 min read · 561 saves · Aug 21st · Blockchain technology is going to change everything: the shipping industry, the financial system, government … in fact, what won’t it change? But enthusiasm for…
WIRED
Three Years of Misery Inside Google, the Happiest Company in Tech
WIRED
538 saves · 2019-08-13 · Sexual harassment. Hate speech. Employee walkouts. The Silicon Valley giant is trapped in a war against itself. And there’s no end in sight.
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Your Technology Is Tracking You. Take These Steps For Better Online Privacy
NPR
7 min read · 286 saves · Oct 13th · Laurel Wamsley · NPR's Laurel Wamsley talked with the experts about how to better protect your information — from your text messages to your location — while…
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Doing Old Things Better Vs. Doing Brand New Things
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1 min read · 276 saves · Oct 18th · The most common mistake people make when evaluating new technologies is to focus too much on how they improve existing use cases.
The New Yorker
Why Facebook Can’t Fix Itself
The New Yorker
~11 min read · 266 saves · Oct 19th · Andrew Marantz · The platform is overrun with hate speech and disinformation. Does it actually want to solve the problem?
WIRED
To Mend a Broken Internet, Create Online Parks
WIRED
2 min read · 197 saves · Oct 13th · Eli Pariser · We need public spaces, built in the spirit of Walt Whitman, that allow us to gather, communicate, and share in something bigger than ourselves.
WIRED
‘Do Not Track’ Is Back, and This Time It Might Work
WIRED
2 min read · 155 saves · Oct 7th · California’s privacy law says businesses must respect universal opt-outs. Now the technology finally exists to put that to the test.
Fast Company
‘Zoom towns’ are exploding in the West
Fast Company
2 min read · 134 saves · Oct 17th · Lilly Smith · And many cities aren’t ready for the onslaught.
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Twitter, Responsibility, and Accountability
Stratechery
~15 min read · 107 saves · Oct 19th · Ben Thompson · Twitter went to far last week for reasons that go back to 2016 and the unfair blaming of tech for media’s mistakes.
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Going Viral as a Woman in Tech
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5 min read · 105 saves · Oct 8th · A few days ago I had an idea for a silly skit that I would post on TikTok. I spent about 5-10 minutes filming…
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Fast Company
25 moments in tech that defined the past 25 years
Fast Company
~13 min read · 96 saves · Oct 21st · From the obvious (Steve Jobs unveils the iPhone) to the obscure (AT&T stops charging an hourly rate for internet access), these events were landmarks.
