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- grafician1
IT’S TIME TO BUILD
by Marc Andreessenhttps://a16z.com/2020/04/18/its-…
"Our nation and our civilization were built on production, on building. Our forefathers and foremothers built roads and trains, farms and factories, then the computer, the microchip, the smartphone, and uncounted thousands of other things that we now take for granted, that are all around us, that define our lives and provide for our well-being. There is only one way to honor their legacy and to create the future we want for our own children and grandchildren, and that’s to build."
Essay from Marc Andreessen of Andreessen Horowitz about the current societal flaws and what to do about America - mostly - but can be taken as a call to arms for the entire world - after this pandemic, more or less.
- grafician0
https://www.newyorker.com/magazi…
THE CHAOS OF THE DICE
A backgammon hustler’s quest to gain an edge.By Raffi Khatchadourian
- fadein111
I Worked for Alex Jones. I Regret It.
I dropped out of film school to edit video for the conspiracy theorist because I believed in his worldview. Then I saw what it did to people.
- Bennn1
Interesting read :
''The Day the Music Burned''
# It was the biggest disaster in the history of the music business — and almost nobody knew. This is the story of the 2008 Universal fire. #
- Nairn1
Nuclear fusion could be the clean energy the world needs—and private companies are now working on machines to harness it.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/f…
Love this graphic...
- antimotion0
Not sure about the motivation of author, but I am a fan of process stories none the less:
- Nairn1
THE TYRANNY of STRUCTURELESSNESS
https://www.jofreeman.com/joreen…
An interesting and well laid out analysis of problems in the Feminist movement of the 60s and 70s, with insight and lessons that can be applied to a wide range of human endeavour, particularly to contemporary structures made possible by the internet.
- detritus1
The Detectives Who Never Forget a Face
- cock-a-doodle-doo1
Death of a Playmate
Dorothy Stratten was the focus of the dreams and ambitions of three men. One killed her. (1980)Great read!
- renderedred0
https://research.smalldata.indus…...
A Study on the Curation, Acquisition, and Preservation of Animated GIFs
- renderedred0
https://www.autoblow.com/bjpaper…
Analysis of Movement in Oral Sex Performed Upon Men better known as The Blowjob Paper
- Nairn0
“Maybe grapes from one little 80-acre vineyard in France are really the best in the whole world, but I have always had a suspicion that 99% of it is in the telling and about 1% of it is in the drinking.” – Warren Buffet
- dkoblesky0
McKay Coppins is one of my favorite writers. Everything he writes is a pleasure to read.
- renderedred0
The Science of Gun Violence
- renderedred0
The Rise and Fall of Internet Art Communities
- Nairn0
"After decades among the hidden homeless, Dominic Van Allen dug himself a bunker beneath a public park. But his life would get even more precarious."
- Fax_Benson0
How city folk ruined the countryside