‘Find Your Passion’ Is Awful Advice
“Almost all of them raised their hand and got dreamy looks in their eyes,” she told me. They talked about it “like a tidal wave would sweep over them,” he said. Sploosh. Huzzah! It’s accounting! Would they have unlimited motivation for their passion? They nodded solemnly. Read full Article
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Inside the Binge Factory
“What do you think about gas in the tank for the long term?” asks Cindy Holland, Netflix’s vice-president of original content. Read full Article
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Inside China’s Dystopian Dreams: A.I., Shame and Lots of Cameras
ZHENGZHOU, China — In the Chinese city of Zhengzhou, a police officer wearing facial recognition glasses spotted a heroin smuggler at a train station. Read full Article
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A growing number of people think their job is useless. Time to rethink the meaning of work
A great deal has been written in recent years about the perils of automation. With predicted mass unemployment, declining wages, and increasing inequality, clearly we should all be afraid. By now it’s no longer just the Silicon Valley trend watchers and technoprophets who are apprehensive. Read full Article
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India Looks to Curb U.S. Tech Giants’ Power
NEW DELHI—Indian policy makers are looking for ways to tamp down American tech behemoths, a shift that could crimp growth potential in one of the biggest remaining open markets for their expansion. India wants to slap new rules on Amazon.com Inc., Apple Inc., Alphabet Inc. Read full Article
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