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He felt nothing in the presence of art. He found religion absurd. He thought both right-wing and left-wing political opinions kind of dumb, less a consequence of thought than of their holder’s tribal identity. He and his family ignored the rituals that punctuated most people’s existence. He didn’t even celebrate his own birthday. What gave pleasure
... See moreMichael Lewis • Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
In the end, for Sam to leave he had to want to leave, and Sam did not really want to leave. And so, on April 9, 2018, his entire management team, along with half of his employees, walked out the door, with somewhere between one and two million dollars in severance. At that moment, the outside investors were in the same uneasy position as Bob’s frie
... See moreMichael Lewis • Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
Inside the dense web of distributed networks, it would appear that everything is everywhere-the consequence of a worldview that leaves little room
Alexander R. Galloway • The Exploit: A Theory of Networks (Electronic Mediations)
He then took a tour and surreptitiously jotted down the names of each tenant, in order to send them all a discount for switching to WeWork.
Reeves Wiedeman • Billion Dollar Loser: The Epic Rise and Spectacular Fall of Adam Neumann and WeWork
Clive Thompson • The Miserable Lives of Cyborg Truck Drivers
one in which he emerges as less an innocent straight boy corrupted by tech savvy queer predators than as an equally tech savvy, ambitious, sexually flexible, self-interested, and even cynical entrepreneur.
Shaka McGlotten • Virtual Intimacies: Media, Affect, and Queer Sociality
Neighborhoods can be networks of support in situations both banal and extreme.
Jenny Odell • How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
The amateur breaking out and getting recognized—that is our secular God.
Jack Hitt • Bunch of Amateurs: A Search for the American Character
Ben Horowitz, the son of the truth-telling provocateur David Horowitz, had made his fortune inventing software at VMWare,