capitalism
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Marc Andreessen Is Wrong About Everything
For years, Marc Andreessen has had so much money he’s barely known what to do with himself. After striking it rich with the founding of Netscape during the ‘90s, he built himself into a mega-investor in a pantheon of Silicon Valley success stories, becoming a kingmaker in the upper echelons of tech. Now, after years…
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KFC’s Latest Ploy to Make Colonel Sanders Sexy Is a Lifetime Movie Spoof
As the secrecy and mystery around KFC’s chicken recipe has waned in recent years, the fast food giant pivoted to creating edible monstrosities. It has also turned its founder-cum-mascot Colonel Harland Sanders into the centrepiece of an I’m Not There-style multimedia ad campaign, featuring a variety of actors portraying the white-haired chicken slinger in different scenarios.
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Law Enforcement Is Buying Its Way Into Our Breaches
Right now, there’s a good chance your digital life is multitudes bigger than it was just a few months ago. Over time, the global coronavirus pandemic has turned a lot of us — or at least everyone I know — into the type of person who rightfully concerned about the digital paper trail you’re now…
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Maybe These Davos Guys Have Some Good Ideas About Climate Change (They Do Not)
Davos season is a beautiful time of year when rich, powerful people gather in a Swiss mountain town to talk about Big Ideas. Ensconced in this familiar backslapping environment, they also occasionally tell us how they really feel about some of the most pressing issues facing humanity like rising inequality and the climate crisis.