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Keeping Teens ‘Private’ on Facebook Won’t Protect Them
We’re afraid of and afraid for teenagers. And nothing brings out this dualism more than discussions of how and when teens should be allowed to participate in public life.
Last week, Facebook made changes to teens’ …
‘Passion’ at Work Is Overrated
The first in a series of columns on failing your way to success, from the creator of “Dilbert”
The Genetics of Bargain Hunting
1 in 4 people is physiologically more prone to splurge on sales
Assange Biopic Ignores Sexual-Assault Allegations
Filmmakers have given us a redacted history of Julian Assange—exactly the kind that WikiLeaks set out to dismantle
Tyler Cowen’s 10 Reasons Texas Is Our Future
It’s big. It’s hot. It’s cheap. And, according to Tyler Cowen, it’s where America’s ‘new cowboys’ are blazing a path for the nation to follow
The Future of the Internet: Balkanization and Borders
The misbehavior of America’s National Security Agency has made other countries want to wrest stewardship of the web away from us.
Professor: I Banned Laptops from the Lecture Hall
Students were not only distracted by their screens, but they no longer knew what was the most important thing to write down from lectures
Viewpoint: Twitter’s All-Male Board Spells Failure
Organizations can’t innovate if they don’t have a variety of perspectives
The Facebook Effect: Everybody Is So Cliché
Girls like “shopping,” boys like “Xbox.” Shocker.
Elite Female Professionals Hold Back Other Women
Female success has created a female servant class
Once Upon a Time, We All Wanted A Blackberry. Remember?
The employer-given Blackberry was the ultimate status symbol, a validation that you were essential to your workplace
Can Climate Skeptics Save the Planet?
The people who are most concerned about global warming are also typically opposed to the technologies most capable of reducing emissions