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The New Cold War: The Political Problem of Geoengineering
For a long time, weather control was merely the stuff of Greek myths, super powers, or science fiction novels. But experimentation with...
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May 2, 20164 min read


DRM: Digital Restrictions, Digital Rights
When you place a pod of ready-to-brew coffee into one of Keurig’s squat, iconic machines and press the ‘go’ button, you can be sure of a...
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Mar 3, 20154 min read


The Atmospheric Wasteland
Since Sputnik kicked off the space race, humans have steadily littered Earth’s orbit with derelict satellites, spent rocket stages and...
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Oct 22, 20143 min read


A “North Korean iPad” and the Future of the Hermit Kingdom
Over the past few years, the tablet computer phenomenon has exploded. Over thirty percent of Americans are now proud owners of tablets,...
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Nov 27, 20137 min read


Let Us Not Fear the Robots
If you were visiting Georgia Tech on October 15th of this year, you would have likely been amazed by one of the most revolutionary tech...
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Nov 24, 20134 min read


Pop Culture and GIFs as Political Satire
Crisis in Syria. Government shutdown. Republican civil war. Traditional media outlets such as the New York Times, NPR or CNN have...
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Nov 1, 20133 min read


Supply Side Part II: Getting Women to Pursue Computer Science
A couple weeks ago, I mocked Twitter CEO Dick Costolo for citing a “supply-side problem” recruiting female employees (and, crucially,...
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Oct 29, 20134 min read


The Supply-Side Fallacy: Women, Entrepreneurship, and Catering to the Real Audience
Twitter, my preferred source for weird Pokémon quotes, Marxist sex tips, and pictures of baby animals, made headlines last week for...
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Oct 15, 20134 min read


BPR Interview: Stephen Baker, Author of “The Numerati”
Stephen Baker is a former senior writer and technology correspondent for BusinessWeek and the author of “Final Jeopardy” and “The...
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Jul 1, 20131 min read


Yesterday’s Science Fiction is Today’s Robotic Reality
In 100 years, will Americans’ lives be job-centric? Will workweek hours be the same? Will we even have a “workweek”? Robots, things once...
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Mar 14, 20133 min read
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