How good are those stocks that spammers attempt to sell to you? See for yourself.
Things aren’t looking too good at the moment. Then again it’s not really a surprise if you’ve been paying attention.
Big oil quietly drops out of the greener side of energy.
One of the clearer explanations I’ve read of how the current financial mess came about.
How the world almost came to an end at 2PM on September 18th.
On his 81st birthday, Bob Moore gave his $24 million business to his employees.
Christian Heilmann on the net neutrality ruling and the importance of free access to read and publish information.
No bubble here, move along…
A study finds that people generally return lost wallets when found. The rate even goes up if the amount inside is higher. Curiously, not in the Vatican.
The cardinal error of such analysis, however, lies in its tendency to
mistake structural transformations of global capitalism for zeitgeisty
trends in the history of ideas.
The techno-optimism of the 90s was just a smoke screen.
If you've been confused about the NFT hype, this well-researched video might help. It might also confuse you more. There's a lot to digest but it's really worth a watch. The running time is over 2 hours though, so stick it in your "watch later" queue and get to it when you have some down time.
The whole thing is even more bonkers than I thought.
Douglas Rushkoff on the ultra-wealthy trying to figure out how the world will end (because of them) and how to dominate through it. Quite depressing, if unsurprising.
Finally, the CEO of a brokerage house explained that he had nearly completed building his own underground bunker system, and asked: “How do I maintain authority over my security force after the event?” The event. That was their euphemism for the environmental collapse, social unrest, nuclear explosion, solar storm, unstoppable virus, or malicious computer hack that takes everything down.
