#economy


# oddities

why the oligarchy needs you to have kids

Far from trying to depopulate the planet, the champions of late stage capitalism are desperate for you to breed.
why the oligarchy needs you to have kids

# tech

too big to crash: chatbots could now tank the economy

The AI economy is here, but not in the way it's been advertised...
too big to crash: chatbots could now tank the economy

# politics    

why science says we should be spending a lot less time at the office

Today's typical working hours are a result of politics, compromise, and ideology. Now, some experts are finally asking what science says is the perfect work week, and why.
why science says we should be spending a lot less time at the office

# tech    

how artificial intelligence can help fix economies

Current economic models and priorities set almost a century ago are obviously failing us today. Can machines help us get back on the right track?
how artificial intelligence can help fix economies

# longform    

the automated workhouse: how machines quietly conquered the world

Science fiction imagines humans subservient to rows of servers humming in a data centers after losing a world war. In reality, the machines didn't have to fire a single shot…
the automated workhouse: how machines quietly conquered the world

# tech    

why the dirty secret of false automation threatens our future

Sometimes, jobs we're told are automated really aren't. They simply hide the humans making your request possible. And that's going to backfire when machines really do take over.
why the dirty secret of false automation threatens our future

# tech    

why few coal miners became coders and how "learn to code" became an insult

The experiment to turn laid off coal miners into rockstar programmers has been going on for years now with little to show for it except more right wing rage on social media.
why few coal miners became coders and how "learn to code" became an insult

# politics    

to stop global warming, seize the means of production?

In today's Gilded Age with global warming, advocacy for socialism is on the rise, framed as a requirement to save our planet. But the idea that socialism can save us from ourselves has been tried before. It ended badly.
to stop global warming, seize the means of production?

# tech    

the trump administration is in denial about jobs and artificial intelligence

Trump administration officials tells workers already or currently being replaced by robots it won't happen for another 50 to 100 years.
the trump administration is in denial about jobs and artificial intelligence

# longform    

how we're fighting over the future one election at a time

A deep dive into the yawning chasm that is the urban/rural divide.
how we're fighting over the future one election at a time

# tech    

no, new yorker, tech has empathy, it's our awful politicians who don't

Om Malik blames the dire state of the West on the people who spent years ringing the alarm bells instead of those who roundly ignored them.
no, new yorker, tech has empathy, it's our awful politicians who don't

# tech    

if you think globalization has been rough to you so far, you ain't seen nothing yet…

Widespread automation is about to hit the developing world, hard.
if you think globalization has been rough to you so far, you ain't seen nothing yet…

# tech    

why humans won't become obsolete unless we choose to make them that way

We are not running out of jobs humans can do as computers take on more and more responsibilities. We're just choosing not to create new jobs and educate workers.
why humans won't become obsolete unless we choose to make them that way

# tech    

welcome human, may we compute your order?

Satirical articles about restaurants operated entirely by robots are starting to hit way too close to home...
welcome human, may we compute your order?

# politics    

putting the future within reach again

If we're going to meet the challenges of the future, we're going to need a plan and that plan starts with education...
putting the future within reach again

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