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Why Is Silicon Valley So Awful to Women? - The Atlantic » Some of those fixes have already started filtering out to workplaces beyond the tech world, because Silicon Valley is nothing if not evangelical. ...Claudia Goldin, a Harvard economist, told me that tech would seem to be an attractive field for women, since many companies promise the same advantages—flexibility and... Theatlantic.com

Uber lost $2.8 billion in 2016. Will it ever become profitable? - Vox » Jan 9, 2017 ...It's not unusual for a new company to lose money as it seeks market share and traction, but Uber is testing investors' patience to a degree that's unprecedented in the history of Silicon Valley. Uber just shared its 2016 financial results with Bloomberg, and they show that the car-hailing app lost $2.8 billion... Vox.com

The Platform Press: How Silicon Valley reengineered journalism ... » Mar 29, 2017 ...This trend will continue as news companies give up more of the traditional functions of publishers. This report, part of an ongoing study by the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia Journalism School, charts the convergence between journalism and platform companies. In the span of 20 years,... Cjr.org

Has This Silicon Valley Startup Finally Nailed The Indoor Farming ... » May 18, 2017 ...Has This Silicon Valley Startup Finally Nailed The Indoor Farming Model? ... Unlike most other indoor farming companies, which typically grow food in rows on shelves, Plenty grows food vertically–each plant popping out of the side of a tall, ...“Our technology is necessary to get to the right set of economics. Fastcompany.com

Technology and Inequality - MIT Technology Review » Oct 21, 2014 ...The signs of the gap—really, a chasm—between the poor and the super-rich are hard to miss in Silicon Valley. ...Piketty, a professor at the Paris School of Economics, greatly expands on this idea, documenting the exploding wealth of the very rich in the United States and Europe and comparing the trend... Technologyreview.com

Is This Economist Too Far Ahead of His Time? - The Chronicle of ... » Oct 16, 2016 ...Hanson is an economist with a background in physics and engineering; a Silicon Valley veteran determined to promote his theories in an academy he finds deeply flawed; a doggedly rational thinker prone to intentionally provocative ideas that test the limits of what typically passes as scholarship. Chronicle.com

Silicon Valley | Economist - World News, Politics, Economics ... » The Economist offers authoritative insight and opinion on international news, politics, business, finance, science, technology and the connections between them. ...Schumpeter: What if large tech firms were regulated like sewage companies? Sep 21st 2017, 2:44 ...But Silicon Valley is unusually sceptical about the idea2. Economist.com

A handful of startups are launching ride-hailing for children ... » Jan 12, 2017 ...HELICOPTER parent” may sound like an insult, but given the chance, most parents would probably opt for the help of a chopper to zoom little ones between school, football practice and piano lessons. Getting children where they need to go is a huge hassle and expense, especially in homes where both... Economist.com

The truth about recycling | The Economist » Jun 7, 2007 ...says Julian Parfitt, principal analyst at Waste & Resources Action Programme ( WRAP), a non-profit British company that encourages recycling and ....Under pressure from environmental groups, such as the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition, some computer-makers have established rules to ensure that their... Economist.com

WeWork: A $20 Billion Startup Fueled by Silicon Valley Pixie Dust ... » Oct 19, 2017 ...Mr. Neumann has dazzled tech investors by portraying WeWork as a Silicon Valley-style company that provides a “physical social network” for millennials. ... Startups in the business of selling meal kits, mattresses and razors have received tech-like valuations based on the idea their rapid growth can... Wsj.com