Silicon Valley siphons our data like oil. But the deepest drilling has just begun.
Richard Florida, one of the most influential thinkers about cities in postwar America, wants you to know that he got almost everything about cities wrong.
What’s It Like to See a Democracy Destroyed?
Hannah Dreier spent years covering the implosion of Venezuela. Her takeaway is a sobering one: There’s no rule that says that a miserable situation has to end, just because it’s too miserable.
Why Big Business Is Racing to Build Blockchains.
Everyone from Walmart to Wall Street is betting on the tech behind Bitcoin and Ethereum.
This Is How Sexism Works in Silicon Valley.
The Dark Side of Resilience.
(…) choosing resilient leaders is not enough: they must also have integrity and care more about the welfare of their teams than their own personal success.
Who Owns the Internet?
People who worry about the fate of democracy still write (and read) books. Those who are determining it prefer to tweet.
Rostock-Lichtenhagen
Vor 25 Jahren gab es das letzte Pogrom auf deutschem Boden.
Der NSU-Prozess läuft noch, aber immer schön mit dem Finger auf Charlottesville zeigen.
YAGNI, Cargo Cult and Overengineering – the Planes Won't Land Just Because You Built a Runway in Your Backyard.
Welcome to the nightmare future.
Biohackers Encoded Malware in a Strand of DNA.
Regardless of any practical reason for the research, however, the notion of building a computer attack—known as an "exploit"—with nothing but the information stored in a strand of DNA represented an epic hacker challenge for the University of Washington team.