Read — 2018-07-03

by shwolff

Today’s selection of articles:

  1. “Who really stands to win from universal basic income?“, by Nathan Heller (The New Yorker, 2018-07-09).
  2. “Doctor, your patient is waiting. It’s a red panda.“, by Karen Weintraub (NY Times, 2018-06-29).
  3. “Tech’s dirty ‘secret’: the app developers sifting through your Gmail“, by Douglas MacMillan (Wall Street Journal, 2018-07-02).
  4. “Why hackers aren’t afraid of us“, by David E. Sanger (NY Times, 2018-06-16). Titular pun intended.
  5. “Sufi West Africa braces amid rise of fundamentalism“, by Anna Pujol Mazzini (OZY, 2018-07-03).
  6. “6 areas of AI and machine learning to watch closely“, by Nathan Benaich (Medium, 2017-01-16).
  7. “Women might save America yet“, by Michelle Goldberg (NY Times, 2018-07-02).

Three articles on investing (or speculating, as the case may be):

  1. “Tether double-spending vulnerability confirmed; exchanges may be at risk“, by CryptoMedication (Medium, 2018-06-28). Better sub-title: Why it’s important to implement right.
  2. “Cryptocurrency regulation update (June 2018)“, by Phil Glazer (Hacker Noon, 2018-06-12).
  3. “Tesla stock slammed as analysts question whether production goal is sustainable“, by Ciara Linnane (Market Watch, 2018-07-03).

And a call-and-response from Harvard’s choral scene, on the theme of gender.