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Happy weekend! Don't miss the very first post this week: Megacities. The implications are already sh
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April 23 · Issue #7 · View online
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Happy weekend! Don’t miss the very first post this week: Megacities. The implications are already shaping our globalized economy. Love the feedback so far! What topics do you wish you had more time to better understand? I’ll seek out extra good stuff and share it with my growing list of subscribers! Keep enjoying your spring!
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#LongReads: The New World Order Is Ruled By Global Corporations And Megacities—Not Countries | Co.Exist | ideas + impact
As cities and companies gain in influence and the power of nation states decreases, the world is undergoing a seismic transformation.
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A clever algorithm generating millions of random ideas is turning the tables on patent trolls — Quartz
Sometimes the only way to beat a troll is to troll even harder.
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The promise of ocean wave power has enticed, and eluded, engineers for 40 years — Quartz
It’s 1974. A man stands on the Scottish coast and stares out to sea. His dark hair is ruffled by the wind, while his mind is fixed on a new, pressing problem: How can all the teeming, crashing power of the ocean be harnessed to produce electricity, in a world that has just discovered it can’t…
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Driverless Cars Are Further Away Than You Think
Don’t expect self-driving cars to take over the roads anytime soon. Here’s what carmakers are really working on.
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Meet Facebook’s Most Successful Alum — Medium
Chamath Palihapitiya has had a fascinating journey to where he is today. After moving to Canada from Sri Lanka at the ag…
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Can Google Expand Cuba’s Censored Internet?
President Obama seems to think Google can help increase Internet access in a country that has not historically been interested in unfettered connectivity.
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The fight for the future of NPR: Can public radio survive the podcast revolution?
One day in May 2015, Eric Nuzum stood before a gathering of influential NPR trustees and board members, and showed them a photograph of a young woman w …
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Mesmerizing infographics stitched together from millions of selfies and snapshots — Quartz
The next frontier in infographics is already on your mobile phone. In 2015, people around the world took a staggering 1 trillion photographs, according to research firm InfoTrends. By 2017, 4.9 trillion images will be stored online. But what good is this deluge of selfies, dog pictures, travel snapshots, and obsessive food photos? New York-based information designer Nicholas Felton thinks they…
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Monuments are lighting up purple to honor Prince
Bridges, monuments and stadiums were all lit up purple Thursday night in memory of Prince.
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Twin Cities, world show love for Prince's purple majesty
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