Getty Images“Confusion reigns in the political arena. Old labels no longer fit, and the citizenry seems torn between competing desires for saviors and scapegoats.” So began a1995 story in WIRED on the state of digital-age politics. Electoral turmoi...
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RichVintage/iStockThe hate-read news cycle last week was dominated by a story about a tech startup called Bodega, and what a reporter called the company’s quest to “make corner stores obsolete.” Online outrage and much commentary ensued; within a...
William Shockley (center) with John Bardeen (left) and Walter Brattain (right), the inventors of the transistor.Wikimedia CommonsEvery time I read about the misdeeds of Silicon Valley's latest bad-boy leader—whether it's Uber's unscru...
Illustration: Casey Chin; Getty ImagesEarly in the evening on March 19, the prominent Silicon Valley investor and serial entrepreneur Balaji Srinivasankicked off a tweet storm with a techno-libertarian call to arms:“To all biotechtech people: The Ma...
Joe Lacob is what you call a believer, a tried-and-true Silicon Valley apostle. As a venture capitalist, he likes to bet big on risky, sometimes unknown, entities, uncertain of the outcome but confident in his canny approach to success. During the do...
AN IMPRESSIVE new photography book by Italian luxury house Tod’s seeks to lift the lid on the mystery surrounding the world’s leading technology hub, Silicon Valley.Published by Rizzoli, the 190-page tome, titled Silicon Valley. No_Code Life, is th...
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