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Tim O'Reilly: The fundamental problem with Silicon Valley’s favorite growth strategy ~tech Article 9010 words, published Feb 5 2019 17 votes
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Mr. Chen's Mountain - The story of a Chinese billionaire who moved back home, setting his mansion down in the middle of his economically depressed ancestral village ~finance economics Article 6465 words, published Feb 4 2019 8 votes
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Tesla’s driver fatality rate is more than triple that of luxury cars (and likely even higher) ~tech Article 3614 words, published Jul 23 2018 12 votes
Creating while clean - Steven Tyler, Julien Baker, Ben Harper, Jason Isbell, Joe Walsh, and other sober musicians on how to thrive creatively without drugs or booze ~music Article 12 900 words 12 votes
The twenty-five greatest science fiction tropes, ranked ~books science fiction Article 3774 words 10 votes