When Google first came out, it was a legitimate technology company. Not because it was a search engine, but because it was a search engine that was actually new and useful. Unlike other popular search engines of the time, Google didn’t just match your keywords to specific websites. It also…

When Yuval Noah Harari was promoting his second bestselling book, he said the following thing: “…Humanity will create something more powerful than itself. When you have something that understands you better than you understand yourself, then you’re useless. Anything you can do, this system can do better.” The idea he’s…

The things people do. It all began with a guy named Michael Dippolito. Mike was feeling lonely one night — and so, like any reasonable person, he orders an escort. To his office, that is. He’s been married for 7 years. A woman arrives shortly. Cute, tiny, assertive — just…

The main battle for climate will happen in Australia, and it will happen soon — If countries were people, and fossil fuels were the drug, Australia would be the addict. Not only it is the third-largest exporter of fossil fuels in the world, its entire economy is dependent on it. Australia still makes 40% of its energy by burning coal, with another 50% powered by…

When Uber first came out, it was little more than a regular taxi company. They had a team of drivers. They had a fleet of cars. They also had big dreams of conquering San Francisco with their premium, on-demand rides. San Francisco said no. San Francisco told Uber that they…

There are two types of people when it comes to China: those who preach its imminent collapse, and those who preach its inevitable rise to global superpower. Fortunately, both of these groups are wrong. Rex Wang, a former Taiwan diplomat, falls into the first category. He wrote an entire book…

The illusion of choice — Youtube has many problems. Kids is one. Kids of all ages are consuming repetitive, mind-numbing content by the hour. I took a look at what Youtube thinks is kids-friendly content. Here’s what I saw:

Why Apple’s slow and painful downfall is Steve Jobs’s own fault — If Steve Jobs saw the Apple of today, he would be disappointed. “He believed that once-great companies often declined after they became monopolies, innovation slowed, and the products they made became an afterthought. Eventually, they put salespeople in charge and prioritized how much they sold instead of what they sold.”…

People everywhere are running out of money. In the U.S., 1 in 5 people with jobs now say they run out of money before their next paycheck. That’s 5% more than last year. And that’s according to a survey done back in February. More dramatic estimates say that even among…