"Twitter Ain’t America"
May 07, 2019
Not a surprise.
"There are many reasons to doubt that Twitter represents anything other than a cacophony of curmudgeons."
Web/Tech
"Hoping to save his own life, man designs new surgical tool"
April 08, 2019
I got to this via a book I've just started, Thou Shalt Innovate by Avi Jorisch. As Jorisch puts it (p. 4): ". . . Yaron had used chutzpah to cheat death."
"How profitable is having a YouTube channel with a lot of views?"
March 28, 2019
Not terribly surprising: unless you get millions of view, it's not very remunerative.
"The Outlook For Automation And Manufacturing In Seven Charts"
March 04, 2019
Supposdedly, South Korea and Singapore are currently in the lead in robot adoption.
"Who says technology doesn't create jobs?"
March 04, 2019
I don't know that anybody says that. The question is about net jobs and/or the pay and quality of the new jobs versus the old. That said, this very short piece makes a good point: who, ten or even five years ago, could have imagined some of the ways people earn a living these days?
"A year after net-neutrality’s repeal, the Internet is alive and well — and faster than ever"
February 28, 2019
Seems that way to me.
"What is the best website very few people know about? What's great about it?"
February 17, 2019
The Quorites nominate several dozen sites to consider.
"Bill Gates made these 15 predictions back in 1999 — and it's fascinating how accurate he was"
February 13, 2019
Better forecasts than most macroeconomists.
"How Bots Ruined Buying Sneakers"
February 07, 2019
One more thing evil technology has destroyed. (Sarcasm.)
Top Websites, Social Sciences
January 22, 2019
According to this ranking, leaving aside a couple that I think are misclassified, the third-ranking social science site in English is Economics Job Market Rumors. (I enjoy it even if it gets under the skin of the Woke.)