An Oral History Of Blade Runner's 2019 Los Angeles, Because The Future Has Arrived
It took place in November 2019. Pretty soon, Blade Runner will take place in the past.
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Why the Boeing 737 will never take the place of the 757
I’m depressed. I’m depressed because the word on the street is that Boeing will not be moving forward with its so-called “new midsize airplane,” or NMA, also known as the 797. That’s the rumor, at any rate. If built, the 797 would bridge the range and capacity gap between the narrowbody 737 family and the …
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Tech and Liberty
The First Amendment is not about a law, but rather a culture — specifically a culture of liberty. It is essential to tech, and in this context, Facebook is mostly right about political ads (but can…
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The Rise (and Stall) of the Boba Generation
For many first- and second-generation Asian Americans, bubble tea is far more than just a drink
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Your Office Chair Is Hurting You
But also, forget standing desks. Try ‘active sitting,’ according to a trauma surgeon who wants to cure sitting disease.
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And Now, A New Short Story: The Origin of the Flow
Back around my birthday, I ran a fundraiser for RIP Medical Debt, which buys up the medical debt of Americans for pennies on the dollar, and having done so, erases it -- meaning those people, previously despairing of the cost of their medical care, just didn't have to worry about it anymore. I noted that…
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An ‘extreme’ haunted house requires a 40-page waiver. Critics say it’s a torture chamber.
Participants in the horror experience at McKamey Manor are waterboarded and forced to eat things, a petition says. The founder says it's all a mind game.
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Guide to Software as a Service pricing
Stripe Atlas’ guide to pricing and packaging for low-touch SaaS businesses
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Performance Reviews Are a Waste of Time
This post is contributed by Xavier Shay, who teaches our Engineering Leadership course. He was most recently Director of Payment…
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What No One Wants To Admit About Housing Politics
Real estate development in California has been frozen for decades. A new coalition is emerging to break homeowner resistance. But dishonesty from both sides prevents the reconciliation of social fabric and development, jeopardizing the future of American cities.
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Rock climbing and the economics of innovation – Soft Machines
The rock climber Alex Honnold’s free, solo ascent of El Capitan is inspirational in many ways. For economist John Cochrane, watching the film of the ascent has…
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The 2010s Have Broken Our Sense Of Time
The rhythms of American life changed in the 2010s. How everything from TV to Trump to Instagram messed with your head just enough that time feels like it melted.
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Velo Orange’s Neutrino: A Minivelo with Big Capabilities – Spencer Harding
I, along with a few other eccentrics, have been dreaming of the idea of a small wheeled bikepacking rig for years. If you have ever had to box up your 29+ or other fat-tired bike for international travel in a small box, under 50 pounds, then you understand how annoying and stressful that can be. In my mind’s eye, I saw a 20” minivelo with a massive triangle floating on 3”-4” tires, maybe even a Ritchey Breakaway style seatpost break if I was truly dreaming. Minivelos have been around for quite s...
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Bear Bones Bash, Mid Wales - BIKEPACKING.com
The Bear Bones Bash is a 200km bikepacking loop through remote mid Wales, that includes a visit to the Centre of Alternative Technology.
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She Ran 250 Miles to Win One of the World's Toughest Races
Maggie Guterl became the first woman to win the Big Dog Backyard Ultra, the race with no end
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Against the Sham Revitalization of Appalachia
Students need to leave Appalachia to use the skills they’ve learned at workforce-training programs, which tout a future based on a “vibrant and lasting digital economy.”
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The Utopian Vision That Explains Renaissance Fairs
These fanciful living-history encampments are about more than just medieval revelry.
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I Just Took The World's First 20-Hour Flight. Here's What It Did to Me
I’ve just endured the world’s newest longest flight, a 16,200 kilometer (10,100 mile), nonstop ultra-marathon from New York to Sydney. It took about 19 and a…
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The biggest lie tech people tell themselves — and the rest of us
They see facial recognition, smart diapers, and surveillance devices as inevitable evolutions. They’re not.
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Pre-breakfast workouts for men could "maximize" a specific exercise benefit
"I think a lot of athletes already use this strategy."
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Google chief: I'd disclose smart speakers before guests enter my home
Rick Osterloh suggests house guests have the right to know smart speakers are in use before entering.
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If SMART Goals Don't Work for You, Try FAST Goals Instead
You’re probably familiar with the concept of the SMART goal: specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and timely. That kind of goal can get results, but it might not be the best way to get you where you want to go.
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Want to Win That Race? Hire a Coach to Stay Alongside You and Carry Your Phone
Diane Reynolds had been racing for a few months when she won her first amateur cycling event, the Farm to Fork Fondo near upstate New York’s Finger Lakes in…
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A New Theory of Obesity
“Ultraprocessed” foods seem to trigger neural signals that make us want more and more calories, unlike other foods in the Western diet
