Techonomy’s Summer Reading List
Settle down with one of these good new books by Eggers or Isaacson, among others. You'll gain major insight about tech and might even have fun (depending on the book).
Worth Reading
GameStop, App Surveillance, and Lab-Grown Wood: What to Read This Week
The Week’s FAQ Wait, GameStop what now? Here are 4 Things to Know About the GameStop Insanity. (NYT) And this will explain how the Reddit R/WALLSTREET board gamed the stock market. (The Verge) Then Robinhood cracked...
Dorsey’s Tweetstorm on the Failure to Police Online Discourse…and Other Stories
In a ‘tweetstorm’ Jack Dorsey said the Trump ban reflected ‘a failure’ to police online discourse. And that “over the long term it will be destructive to the noble purpose and ideals of the open...
McNamee Says Platforms Must Pay for This Week…and Other Stories
Tech and the Capitol Riot, Communities Tackle the Digital Divide, AI Gets Surreal, and A Dose of Optimism for 2021. What we're reading this week.
How Katica Roy Is Using AI to Bring Equality Into the Workplace
To close the gender pay gap, we can’t start by talking about pay. And that’s where Roy’s SaaS platform Pipeline steps in.
Next Time, Genomics Could Help Develop Vaccines Beforehand
If the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that early detection and early action are vital, and that vaccines are what we need most. That’s why we should roll out pathogen surveillance programs based...
Companies Respond to the Crisis with Open Innovation
In this environment companies may have little choice but to move toward the movement known as "Open Innovation." It takes cultural readiness, but is a reliable tool for a dangerous period.
The Office is Dead. Long Live the Office.
The social construct most affected by COVID-19 is office work. When we return to offices, the standards and norms the govern how we work will have irrevocably changed.
Will the Coronavirus Trigger a Global Recession?
The COVID-19 outbreak seems to have raised the odds of a global recession dramatically. But even if no downturn materializes in the near term, the outbreak, together with President Donald Trump’s trade policy, may herald...
