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The Ten Year Anniversary of the Apple TV
“The truth is that dents in the universe are only observable after they have occurred; this is why their continued creation is best induced by the establishment of conditions in which risk-taking and experimentation are rewarded. The temptation is to adopt the mistaken mindset that all there is to be invented — and, more pertinently, to be adopted — already exists.” source
Apple’s China Problem
“Connie Chan of Andreessen Horowitz tried to explain in 2015 just how integrated WeChat is into the daily lives of nearly 900 million Chinese, and that integration has only grown since then: every aspect of a typical Chinese person’s life, not just online but also off is conducted through a single app (and, to the extent other apps are used, they are often games promoted through WeChat). There is nothing in any other country that […]
What the Supreme Court’s Travel Ban Ruling Means in Practice
“In effect, the Court created a separate category of people—beyond the scope of all the plaintiffs in the lower-court cases—in order to find a situation where the Trump travel ban could still apply.” source
On Campus, Failure Is on the Syllabus
“Add “teaching failure” to nap pods (yes, those exist) and campus petting zoos (also common), and you’ve got to wonder, as a cover story in Psychology Today questioned last year: At what point do colleges end up more like mental health wards than institutions of higher learning?” source
Fatherly Advice From Mr. Mom
“You have to look at your kids honestly, and with hard eyes. They’re imperfect, and parents can’t make them perfect. My job is to make them more like me…their mother’s job is to undo all of that.” source