Chris Dixon Defends Bitcoin

Via Business Insider: I was disturbed by the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. I thought the government did what it had to do at the peak of the crisis but missed an important opportunity afterwards to reform the financial system. … if the technology...

Climate Change And Productivity

Via Business Insider: …hotter-than-average years produce lower output per person in hotter-than-average countries, and higher output in colder-than-average countries, to the tune of 3% to 4% of GDP in both directions. While they’re hesitant to connect this...

Egg Kickstarter Robot For Cats

Via Business Insider: A Kickstarter project called Egg aims to give your cat an autonomous plaything while you’re at the movies or the grocery store or even just in another room. Egg is an ovoid robot that moves around in such a way as to imitate a small...

The dark side of the digital world

Via Utne Reader: Quit Facebook Day, as an expression of the desire to kill one’s networked self, illustrates the need for a language to talk about these tensions, to talk about the darker aspects of the relationship between platforms and individuals. It is obvious...

The Robots Are Coming — from Google

Via Top Tech News: In the past six months, Google has acquired seven robotics companies and the search giant is now looking to build its own robots.…Google may be quiet when it comes to the robots, previously being worked on in secret, but based on the companies that...