Wired Summaries and Reviews
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The Wild World of Extreme Tourism for Billionaires
The Titan tragedy highlights the burgeoning trend of cavalier high-net-worth individuals exploring some of the most inhospitable places on Earth.
Wired, 2023
How Y Combinator Changed the World
If launching Airbnb, Stripe, and Dropbox weren’t enough, the famous accelerator has had an outsize – and mixed – impact on all of us.
Wired, 2021
What Really Happened in Iceland’s Four-Day Week Trial
The success of the trial made global headlines. But the actual results tell a more complex story
Wired, 2021
The Case for Letting People Work from Home Forever
Do you want happier, productive, more engaged, and more fulfilled employees and co-workers? Well, you should campaign to let them work remotely. Here’s why.
Wired, 2021
Meet the Star Witness: Your Smart Speaker
Requests are rising from law enforcement for information on devices, which can include internet queries, food orders and overheard conversations.
Wired, 2020
She Helped Wreck the News Business. Here’s Her Plan to Fix It
Nandini Jammi’s advertiser boycotts scared brands away from journalism and into shady ad tech. Now she wants to teach marketers to think for themselves again.
Wired, 2020
Global Warming. Inequality. Covid-19. And Al Gore Is…Optimistic?
As vice president, he looked for big policy answers to hard global problems. Now he says all our crises are speeding us toward real solutions.
Wired, 2020