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This thing is for real. The incentives are right. The community is the key. And I'll be back after Labor Day.
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When people lose faith in institutions, they gravitate to misinformation. It's time to address the trust vacuum.
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If you make stuff for the internet, and are good at it, you are very happy right now.
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“Are you trying to fucking destroy the company?” Bill Gates asked former board member Maria Klawe when she pushed for diversity.
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The charge is playing a role in the antitrust debate, so some context would be nice.
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A vaguely-named influence shop does Big Tech’s heavy lifting
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Congress wants to stop most Big Tech acquisitions. But that won't necessarily increase competition.
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Big Technology obtained the five draft bills currently circulating around the House of Representatives that target Big Tech. If they’re signed into law…
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Definitiveness is one of Twitter's core characteristics. Should it be?
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Shipping one container from China to the U.S. cost $2,000 a year ago. Now it’s up to $15,000, leaving sellers scrambling and causing product prices to …
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With community in decline, we counted on work for meaning. But a year in isolation is clarifying. We’ll come out of this with more sensible expectation…
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Facebook, Spotify, and Apple are all prioritizing podcasts. What’s behind the recent emphasis? A ton of potential yet to be realized.
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