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Tech

Why Do We Need Technology?

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By Derek Mead
Tech

Why Does This Vine Exist?

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By Derek Mead
Tech

The Internet of Trust

10.02.15

By Derek Mead
Tech

Uh Oh, Luigi Read Some Derrida and Now He’s ‘Ennuigi’

08.17.15

By Emanuel Maiberg
Tech

We Can’t Survive Without the Fishy Deep, Come Hell or Salt Water

08.10.15

By Derek Mead
Tech

The Uncanny Valley of Branded Virtual Reality

08.05.15

By Kyle Chayka
Tech

What Is This Enormous Vegetable and Why Is It in Our Refrigerator? (Update!)

07.28.15

By Derek Mead
Tech

The Best Part of CES, in Photos

01.09.15

By Derek Mead
Tech

Here Are Precisely Eight Minutes and Six Seconds of Ambient Audio from CES 2015

01.07.15

By Derek Mead
Tech

Here’s What I Think About 2015 and This Website You’re Reading

12.31.14

By Derek Mead
Tech

How Video Games Are Exploring Our Fear of Police Militarization

11.22.14

By Patrick McGuire
Music

The Internet Made Me Hate All My Favorite Artists

10.06.14

By Ryan Bassil

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Skyscraper Scaler Alex Honnold Reveals Prog-Metal Band That Dominated His Record-Breaking Climb Playlist

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