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Web3 does feel more like investors pumping a stock than it does an organic movement. Still, I worry about developing a mindset that goes beyond reflexive skepticism and into a kind of calcified naysaying. My career was born out of a love for new gadgets and services, and the connections and experiences they foster. Then I saw how platforms like Twitter and Facebook could influence how we saw ourselves and one another—and not always for the better.

The internet has always financialized our lives. Web3 just makes that explicit.

The soft, sad freaks on an unprofitable website claimed victory in the battle for the internet’s soul and defined the worldview of a generation.

A metaverse pivot isn’t going to fix the social network’s main problems: slowing user and ad growth

Researchers in Suzhou, China claim to have created an AI system that can monitor and care for embryos as they grow into fetuses in an artificial womb.

Old songs now represent 70 percent of the U.S. music market. Even worse: The new-music market is actually shrinking.

One of the most effective ways do this is to train your brain to see and notice opportunities. Often you can find needs or problems hiding in plain sight all around you, and once you notice them, you can put your thinking skill to work and tackle things that really matter. 

A Chinese satellite was seen grabbing another satellite and pulling it into a graveyard drift orbit.

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Machine was ‘significantly better’ than humans at tricky procedure to connect two ends of intestine

Nearly complete limb develops over 18 months, raising exciting possibilities for human patients

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