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I hope you'll check out the second in the series of short films that The Atlantic’s video team has done…
Here are some items from the archive that bear on the moment’s news: Gawker and the future of…
After these two articles on why the Maker Movement matters — “Part 1, the Tools Revolution” and “Part…
Just like the internet before it, the Maker Movement is revolutionizing manufacturing, with implications for startups and jobs.
This afternoon at the annual conference of New America, in Washington, I heard Sen. Elizabeth Warren give a speech…
Previously in the Hmmmm series, please see this, this, this, this, and this. The theme…
Previously in the Hmmmm series, please see this, this, this, this. Now a very interesting analysis…
A few days ago I posted a first round of questions-and-answers with Duncan Clark, a longtime analyst of and participant…
Let’s get back to some positive news — actually, let’s connect the positive news I’m about to give, to the…
When I was living in and reporting from China, I spent a lot of time trying to hammer this point…
“There is more going on, in more places, than you imagined.”
Please be sure to read Binyamin Appelbaum’s assessment of a return to the gold standard, in today’s NYT. (Note: Appelbaum's…
On the eve of the Paris climate talks, let’s get back to “sustainable capitalism.” After my piece about Al…
Two days ago I mentioned that a “Fresno reborn” video had a similar tone and toughness to the famous “Imported…
Today the long-planned Chinese rival to Boeing and Airbus, the C919, made its debut in Shanghai. Huzzah! …
For previous installments in the Fresno saga, please check here. Early last year, in our American Futures saga, we…
The leitmotif of the pieces you see collected in this Thread, based on my article in the current issue about…
If you’re joining us late: my article in the current issue, about the Generation Investment Management firm of London, explained…
Following my article on the implications of the so-far-very-profitable “sustainable capitalism” approach of Al Gore’s Generation Investment firm in London,…
The new issue has my piece on the Generation Investment Management firm co-founded more than a decade ago by Al…