The Chinese government plans to launch its Social Credit System in 2020. The aim? To judge the trustworthiness – or otherwise – of its 1.3 billion residents
3 years ago, Stockton, California, was bankrupt. Now it’s trying out a basic income.
A city on the outskirts of Silicon Valley is using Facebook money to fund a basic income trial.
Why can’t we cure the common cold?
After thousands of years of failure, some scientists believe a breakthrough might finally be in sight.
YCDB – The Y Combinator Database | The ultimate YC list
The most comprehensive public database of YCombinator companies and everything you need to know about them – all YC batches from 2005 to 2017.
Apple’s head of design says some people ‘misuse’ iPhones — and it reveals a growing problem for Apple
The negative externalities associated with how addictive and entertaining smartphones are is starting to become obvious. If you live in a city, for example, you’re probably used to seeing “smartphone neck” — people buried in their iPhones on the subway and on the footpath.
Airbnb-Branded Apartment Buildings Are Coming to the U.S.
People around the world use Airbnb Inc. to rent out their apartments to guests, sometimes rankling building owners and landlords in the process. Now Airbnb is getting more directly involved in the real-estate side of the business.
How to Run a 170 Year Old Company Like A Startup
“I’m not going to be the one who turns out the last lights of the last conglomerate,” says Kaeser
Did Radiohead’s ‘In Rainbows’ honesty box actually damage the music industry? – NME
10 years ago (October 10), Radiohead released ‘In Rainbows’ via their own website, allowing fans to pay as much or as little as they wished. Some people hailed it as a revolution for the music industry, and a new model for other bands to follow. Others fretted that Radiohead were potentially destroying the careers of thousands of smaller bands by …
The science of spying: how the CIA secretly recruits academics
The long read: In order to tempt nuclear scientists from countries such as Iran or North Korea to defect, US spy agencies routinely send agents to academic conferences – or even host their own fake ones
The 10/10/10 Method: Make Decisions Like Warren Buffett and Ray Dalio
“People who overweight the first-order consequences of their decisions and ignore the effects that the second- and subsequent-order consequences will have on their goals rarely reach their goals.”