Critical thinking without hope is cynicism. Hope without critical thinking is naïveté. | | | | | Master of the universe Bobby Axelrod and finance wunderkind Taylor. Billions. 2017. (Showtime) | | | | |  | “Critical thinking without hope is cynicism. Hope without critical thinking is naïveté.”
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| | rantnrave:// MARK ZUCKERBERG has penned a 6,000 word "manifesto" on the future. Some think it's about the world at large. Some think it's the blueprint for the social network taking responsibility for its influence. Others see a darker side. We take a look at the opinions in our REDEF TechSET: "Zuck Lays Out The Facebook Manifesto"... Hands down, the tweet of the day... I've already lost one pair of APPLE AIRPODS. Wish they had some tracking. My favorite feature so far is the carrying case and its charging capabilities. I also love my POWERBEATS 3 WIRELESS headphones. $200. But so far an earbud was lost and somewhere along the line the rubber case as well. What really pisses me off? You contact them for a replacement, and they charge you $20 for what is likely a 50 cent case. This is not a razor and razorblades situation. This is how I begin to dislike a brand. Don't like being gauged like a $9 water in a hotel room. I hate captive commerce. Anyway, if you were wondering which are better for working out and exercising?... Was out to lunch with my pal MICHAEL BURNS and he introduced me to THE TERMINATOR. A thrill. I asked him to not let up on THE PREDATOR OF THE UNITED STATES... PLANET EARTH is one of my favorite series ever. Beautifully shot. Expertly narrated. Shows how majestic and delicate our planet is. Season 2 is here. I could listen to SIR DAVID ATTENBOROUGH all day. SPOTIFY should have him read stories that I could listen to at night. He calms me... Watching RIVERDALE on CW. This is not your parent's ARCHIE. A little DAWSON'S CREEK and a little PRETTY LITTLE LIARS. Good so far... I ask again. Do you have a strategy or just a budget?... One of the coolest companies I learned about at UPFRONT SUMMIT 2017? APEEL SCIENCES. They create edible products from natural plant extracts that allow growers to reduce reliance on pesticides, increase produce quality, and provide superior shelf life..." Happy Birthday to LAUREN LONDON, LIZ GANNES, ANDREW JOBLON, SARAH JOYCE, RANAH EDELIN, JOEL DIAMOND, LORNA BORENSTEIN, ROGER ERIK TINCH and JONATHAN SCHUSTER. | | | - Jason Hirschhorn, curator |
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 | MIT Technology Review |
| Traditional movies were the popular art form of the 20th century. Is virtual reality what comes next? | | |
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 | Susan J. Fowler |
| As most of you know, I left Uber in December and joined Stripe in January. I've gotten a lot of questions over the past couple of months about why I left and what my time at Uber was like. It's a strange, fascinating, and slightly horrifying story that deserves to be told while it is still fre | | |
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 | Free Code Camp |
| "The automation of factories has already decimated jobs in traditional manufacturing, and the rise of artificial intelligence is likely to extend this job destruction deep into the middle classes, with only the most caring, creative or supervisory roles remaining." - Stephen Hawking There's a rising chorus of concern about how quickly robots are taking away human jobs. | | |
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 | Munich Security Conference |
| Co-Founder, ONE-Campaign. "Strengthening our Common Security" – Statement by Bono | | |
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 | CNN Reliable Sources |
| Brian Stelter challenges media and tech companies to invest in media literacy; news consumers deserve to better understand how journalists do their job. | | |
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 | Upfront Ventures |
| Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Indiana is a Democratic mayor in a predominantly Republican electorate. He sits down with Joe Green (Causes, Nationbuilder, FWD.us) to discuss what motivated '08 and '12 Obama voters to become Trump voters in '16. | | |
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 | Bloomberg |
| Thomas Hargrove is building software to identify trends in unsolved murders. | | |
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 | The New Yorker |
| What the removal of Flynn as the national-security adviser reveals about Donald Trump’s White House. | | |
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 | Hazlitt |
| The screenwriter and co-creator of "Billions" on breaking into the industry, getting married young, and the genius of Garry Shandling. | | |
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 | New York Magazine |
| He’s no Serena Williams, but he scored big in footwear. | | |
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 | The Guardian |
| Kevin Wheatcroft has quietly amassed the world’s largest collection of Nazi memorabilia. Now he wants to share it with the world. What is behind this dark obsession? | | |
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 | End Run |
| Or: if Content is King, why do Dumb Pipes keep buying up studios? | | |
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 | Wired |
| The former Secretary of Defense built a bridge between tech and the Pentagon. Here, he talks about its importance in an uncertain time. | | |
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 | POLITICO Magazine |
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 | GeekWire |
| Nearly a decade after leaving his full-time job at Microsoft, Bill Gates sat down with GeekWire for an extensive interview about his work at the Gates Foundation, progress in global health and clean energy, and his outlook on the world. | | |
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 | Urban Agenda Magazine.com |
| Thanks to Audible's Donald Katz, the general population now has more time than ever to consume and enjoy books by creating a digital library on their mobile devices. | | |
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 | Quartz |
| Nearly all of Casablanca’s some seventy-five cast members were immigrants, many of them donning Nazi uniforms to play their former oppressors. | | |
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 | Thump |
| "Type Beat" producers mimic other artists and game YouTube for a modest living. What do you do after that? | | |
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 | aNewDomain |
| Here is the biggest collection of 2017 Internet statistics and growth figures you’ll ever see. | | |
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 | The Atlantic |
| New research shows more districts opting for diverse schools, as others face resistance. | | |
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 | Hyperallergic |
| What does it mean for a photograph to challenge what we know about the world and reveal new aspects of it? | | |
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 | Nautilus |
| Some psychologists believe suicide and depression can be strategic. | | |
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