Nathan Schneider
Why the Tech Elite Is Getting Behind Universal Basic Income
Why not give money to people just for being alive?
Who Stole the Four-Hour Workday?
A four-hour workday could solve a lot of our problems. If everyone worked fewer hours, there would be more jobs for the unemployed to fill. The economy wouldn't be able to produce quite as much, which means it wouldn't be able to pollute as much...
Our Generation of Hackers
We spend so much of our time trying to hack and subvert and work around the systems that make up the world, but should we be trying to change them for the better instead?
The Real Trouble with Disruption
In the Silicon Valley lexicon, disruption is such an overused buzzword that even sunglasses are capable of it. But disruption impacts people’s lives every day—the lives of vulnerable workers.
The Economic Fortune Teller
While the rest of us were grieving over our broken financial instruments last October, there was a man somewhere on the Asian side of Istanbul, or perhaps scooting around the Bosphorus in his yacht, who realized something awesome.