Satya Patel from Homebrew on the Creeping Capitalist Takeover of Higher Education
https://www.huffpost.com/highline/article/capitalist-takeover-college/
Danielle David on why we need to stop asking kids what they want to be when they grow up.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/01/smarter-living/stop-asking-kids-what-they-want-to-be-when-they-grow-up.html
Harper Reed on the short story Goodnight, Melancholy how technology relates to quarantine and the Corona Virus.
http://clarkesworldmagazine.com/xia_03_17/
Why there haven’t been more billion-dollar acquisitions for direct-to-consumer commerce startups. https://newconsumer.com/2019/04/billion-dollar-direct-consumer-deals-warby-parker-harrys-glossier-dollar-shave-club/
John Borthwick from Betaworks, on The Adversarial Persuasion Machine
https://techcrunch.com/2019/03/13/the-adversarial-persuasion-machine-a-conversation-with-james-williams
Filmmaker Jonathan Kaufman, on a single paragraph from the book The Poisoned City about the Flint Michigan water crisis.
http://annaclark.net/the-poisoned-city/
Owen Grover, CEO of Pocket Casts discusses 'Spotify Teardown' and whether Spotify is a Media Company
https://www.getrevue.co/profile/pennyfractions/issues/penny-fractions-why-you-must-read-spotify-teardown-163039
Abigail Edgecliffe-Johnson from The Shutdown on the exact day the Day the Dinosaurs Died
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/04/08/the-day-the-dinosaurs-died
The Daily Lottery Was Originally a Harlem Game. Then Albany Wanted In.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/27/nyregion/numbers-harlem-new-york-lottery.html
Allison Behrenger talks about the article "Do You Know What's in Your Cosmetics?" by The New York Times Editorial Board
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/09/opinion/cosmetics-safety-makeup.html
"The circle of brand life: retail is dying as retail is thriving" by Eric Feng
https://medium.com/@efeng/the-circle-of-brand-life-retail-is-dying-as-retail-is-thriving-ac9df55f9143
Article: "How to talk to Chloe Condon on Twitter"
https://medium.com/@endingwithali/how-to-talk-to-chloe-condon-on-twitter-3414597ae95c
Latest episode of TLDR Daily with Matt & Co
Erik Berlin from Breaker talked about the Techcrunch article Facebook pays teens to install VPN that spies on them. Here's the original article: https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/29/facebook-project-atlas/
Does the Education System Adequately Serve Advanced Students?
http://slatestarcodex.com/2018/09/04/acc-entry-does-the-education-system-adequately-serve-advanced-students/
R.L. Stine on the Importance of Scaring the Hell Out of Children
https://medium.com/s/youthnow/r-l-stine-on-the-importance-of-scaring-the-hell-out-of-children-7214cda05c14
What’s next for podcasting? The industry is taking the first steps toward paid subscriptions and exclusive content
https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/25/whats-next-for-podcasting-subscriptions-and-exclusives/
The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate U.S. Companies
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-10-04/the-big-hack-how-china-used-a-tiny-chip-to-infiltrate-america-s-top-companies
Remember Zagat? The iconic burgundy guidebook that helped shape the modern consumer era is back
https://www.fastcompany.com/90227760/remember-zagat-the-iconic-burgundy-guidebook-that-helped-shape-the-modern-consumer-era-is-back
Alexa skills can now offer one-time-use purchases, like in-game hints or points
https://techcrunch.com/2018/09/25/alexa-skills-can-now-offer-one-time-use-purchases-like-in-game-hints-or-points/
Facebook Is Giving Advertisers Access to Your Shadow Contact Information
https://gizmodo.com/facebook-is-giving-advertisers-access-to-your-shadow-co-1828476051
The Existential Void of the Pop-Up ‘Experience’
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/26/arts/color-factory-museum-of-ice-cream-rose-mansion-29rooms-candytopia.html
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