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What Do We Want the Future to Be?

Motherboard editor-in-chief Derek Mead has a thought to leave you with.

Sometime in late June of 2011, I sat down at a Thai restaurant in Williamsburg with then-deputy editor Sean Yeaton. I'd been badgering him for months over email to give me a job at Motherboard before I decided to move to New York to bug him in person. I don't remember much about that lunch aside from wondering how to afford the meal while another guy, who I thought was perhaps Sean's boss but turned out to be an intern, talked my ear off at 100 miles an hour as Sean pulled his hair out while spinning through emails on his phone. I do distinctly remember telling my girlfriend that it went well. In the intervening years, Sean went on to become a rock star, a dad, and one of my best friends. As for myself, well, as a friend pointed out the other night while I was bitching about turning 30 later this year, I've spent most of my adult life at Motherboard. It's been my life, my identity, and the thing I'm most proud of working on. It still boggles my mind how many incredible people I've been able to work with over the years, and continue to do so now. Read more on Motherboard

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