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Thursday
Oct 10, 2019

1	Fast Forward

Fast Forward

Looking for Love? Blockchain to the Rescue

A wave of blockchain-based dating apps is promising to make finding love safer and more transparent.

When Himani Mehta signed up on Tinder in 2016, she discovered a world where lying was rampant. Almost no one used their real photos — a few had gym selfies or a customary travel picture, though — and it was difficult for her to trust anyone there. More often than not, she would find an unsolicited dick pic in her messages. Exasperated, she deleted her account. Mehta is not alone in feeling ditched by these apps. Now, an unlikely tech fix is promising to help the dating app industry regain their trust: the marriage of blockchain with artificial intelligence.

2	Rising Stars

Rising Stars

The New Face of Triathlon Wears a Watermelon Speedo

Justin Lippert is eye-catching but also one of the best in the game. And he’s making this solo pursuit into a team sport.

In 2016, Justin Lippert bought a bike off Craigslist and competed in his first triathlon. Three years later, he’s won five national championships, mostly wearing nothing but a smile and a pink watermelon Speedo.

Acumen

Shared Living Seems Like It Sucks. So Why Is It Taking Off in Asia?

Despite obvious downsides, formalized co-living arrangements are catching fire with certain renters.

From the Beijing streets teeming with communal bicycles to the co-working spaces that sprung up across Hong Kong virtually overnight, Asian cities have a track record of embracing every corner of the shared economy. With some of the world’s most under-supplied housing markets, cities such as Shanghai and Seoul are driving the latest evolution in the shared space: co-living. And while it tackles some of the issues plaguing these markets, it is exaggerating others.

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4	Immodest proposal

Is It Time to End the Socratic Insanity in Law Schools?

Does this method of traumatizing students still have a role to play in Juris Doctor programs?

Opinion

Trump Takes American Leadership Down a Notch … Again

By not staying in Syria, Washington implies that the Middle East no longer matters.

6	Rising Stars

She’s Peddling Heels That Fall Flat

Venture capitalists were skeptical. Haley Pavone told them to talk to their wives.

7	True Story

When Being Beaten Up by a Mobster Hinges on One Word

Working out in a gym in a mob-affiliated neighborhood has certain benefits, and certain drawbacks. Like almost getting stomped.

Flashback

The Novelist Who Scandalized Victorian England

A century and a half before Fifty Shades of Grey, Mary Elizabeth Braddon’s “sensation” novels were titillating Victorian audiences.

9	Rising Stars

Can She Help Restore Trust in the Nobel Prize for Literature?

Swedish literary critic Mikaela Blomqvist, 31, is bringing a new perspective to an old, male institution.

Acumen

Vietnam Tops List for World’s Illicit Financial Flows

Trade misinvoicing may sound like a harmless clerical error, but it’s a huge problem.

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