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# space    

a rocket-launched spaceliner: combining the worst of both worlds

Combining the expense and inconvenience of a rocket launch with the noise and danger of hypersonic flight, this space liner is very unlikely to ever take off.
a rocket-launched spaceliner: combining the worst of both worlds

# tech    

blame an industry first, then don't bother with questions

No, the tech industry isn't especially terrible at dealing with mental illness. No industry really knows how to deal with clinically depressed workers.
blame an industry first, then don't bother with questions

# tech    

the danger of getting telecommuting wrong

Study on the failures of telecommuting shows that many employers don't understand telecommuting and hence, neither do their workers.
the danger of getting telecommuting wrong

# tech    

why the web never forgives, or forgets

A European lawmaker wants the web to forget your embarrassing moments. But at this point, that's pretty much an impossible task.
why the web never forgives, or forgets

# politics    

waiting for the corporate messiahs to save us

Betting on tax cuts to boost the economy in the age of automation and outsourcing doesn't make sense. Yet the GOP holds on to voodoo economics with religious zeal.
waiting for the corporate messiahs to save us

# politics    

the futile search for the goldilocks employee

Companies are becoming so unreasonably picky that management experts and consultants are alarmed. Potential employees should be too.
the futile search for the goldilocks employee

# space    

so how would you mine an asteroid profitably?

Space entrepreneurs are excited about the promise of asteroid mining. But there are a lot of big, complicated questions they'll have to answer before we know if they can ever make a profit from it.
so how would you mine an asteroid profitably?

# tech    

how to drum up business with a bad study

A study making its rounds on the internet says that IT staff are somehow woefully unqualified for their jobs. But this conclusion makes sense when you see who ran this study and how.
how to drum up business with a bad study

# tech    

sopa was horrible, but piracy is still a problem

Piracy might not kill entertainment as we know it, but the justifications for why it's supposedly harmless seem to fall short of their goal.
sopa was horrible, but piracy is still a problem

# health    

why the medical world apparently hates money

How do we make sense of the alt med claim that Big Pharma is just trying to keep people sick for a profit?
why the medical world apparently hates money

# tech    

in a high tech world, who needs résumés?

Unless you're famous enough to be recognized by the top tier in your industry, you're probably still going to need a resume, no matter what Seth Godin says.
in a high tech world, who needs résumés?

# politics    

the rise and fall of the mythical corporation

Did the politicians and pundits who sing the virtues of corporate wisdom and privatization ever actually work for one?
the rise and fall of the mythical corporation

# science    

real water for the really, really gullible

Bottled water, now marked up beyond any reason and sold with meaningless quantum technobabble.
real water for the really, really gullible

# politics    

when we're not allowed to fix our problems

We know what ails us and how to solve it. We just seem unable and unwilling to take the next step and implement those fixes.
when we're not allowed to fix our problems

# science    

academics to wall street: hands off our grads!

Academics and STEM industries are worried that financial firms are making offers the graduates they need can't refuse with serious repercussions for the rest of society.
academics to wall street: hands off our grads!

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