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How the United States Gave Up Being a Science Superpower

This article previously appeared in Nature. US global dominance in science was no accident, but a product of a far-seeing partnership between public and private sectors to boost innovation and economic growth. Since 20 January, US science has been upended by severe cutbacks from the administration of US President Donald Trump. A series of dramatic […]

8 hours ago 2 votes
Why Apple can’t just quit China

Patrick McGee, author of the new book Apple in China, on the too-close-to-break relationship between the world’s second-most valuable company and its biggest geopolitical rival.

11 hours ago 1 votes
At least five interesting things: Requiem for capitalism edition (#63)

Buffett's secret sauce; Trump's price controls; More bad Abundance critiques; The software employment bust; British productivity

yesterday 2 votes
Facebook's "cultural relevance is decreasing quickly"

there’s also a chance that Elon unlocks product iteration velocity and that Twitter could grow a lot as a competitor to us

yesterday 5 votes
The crisis of the 21st century is here

Slipping a little bit closer toward a world of war.

3 days ago 4 votes