Month: March 2018

 

Mar 29 2018 – Joi Ito – Wired Magazine

Liberals and conservatives alike love—and fear—the idea of giving free money to everyone. But we have to try it anyway.

 

Mar 18 2018 – Cade Metz – New York Times

Like Amazon, FedEx begins adding robots to its warehouse floors.

 

Mar 14 2018 – Steve LeVine – Axios

Harvard economist Ed Glaeser says something dark is going on within a chunk of U.S. geography stretching north from Louisiana to Michigan. The “Eastern Heartland,” as he calls it, is an “epicenter of troubled America, an epicenter of hopelessness.”

 

Mar 14 2018 – Steve Levine – Axios

Machines are aiding the growth of the wage gap.

 

Mar 14 2018 – Eric Johnson – Recode

In his new book “Fair Shot,” Hughes outlines a proposal for “guaranteed income,” to lift health and education outcomes in the U.S.

 

Mar 13 2018 – Jason Pontin – Wired Magazine

Six ways the government could tackle economic inequality and job creation in the techno-turvy future.

 

Sept 12 2017 – Jamie Condliffe – MIT Technology Review

If you want to grow a field full of barley but don’t want to get your hands dirty, never fear: robots can do the whole dang thing.

 

March 8 2018 – Shirin Ghaffary – Recode

It’s a sign that the idea is moving from fringe to mainstream.