TRENDS
Katy Perry’s $225 million payday began in 1908
The rights to mechanically reproduced music used to belong to no one
BUSINESS
What a calculator can tell you about ChatGPT
Come test time, earlier generations that snapped up study guides and calculators discovered that it would be difficult to write a good paper or understand where they went wrong on a math problem. Educators, rest assured: The same will likely happen with ChatGPT
BUSINESS
Titanic wreckage has been a business goldmine for a hundred years
The obsession with the Titanic tragedy, along with monetising it, has dee roots. Even as the corpses of those who died in the tragedy awaited burial in April 1912, countless entrepreneurs seized the opportunity to make a fortune off the misfortune of others. From newsreels to books to movies to music and now travel to the wreckage, many businesses have profited from the tragedy
BUSINESS
Spy balloons, UFOs, and the US government's confused messaging
The confused and contradictory messaging around the three aerial objects shot down last week in the wake of the downing of a Chinese spy balloon is helping no one
BUSINESS
ChatGPT sounds exactly like us. How is that a good thing?
For 70 years, programmers have tried to make computers more like people. Now that they’ve succeeded, we still don’t have the secret to human consciousness
BUSINESS
Massive Layoffs | Twitter, Meta are repeating an old-guard mistake
Twitter, Meta, and Amazon are repeating what history has proved to be a deeply risky strategy, weakening companies in the long term for short-term savings
WORLD
Think recession fears are overblown? You need to read this
Anyone who is certain about the meaning of the August 5 positive job numbers in the US should consider similar certitudes from the 1970s. Maybe listen to real people
WORLD
A strong US dollar always clobbers developing nations
History offers centuries of proof that overseas borrowing courts chaos when the US currency surges.
BUSINESS
Elon Musk, Henry Ford, and the cost of stardom
Elon Musk, the electric-car magnate, is developing an eerie resemblance to another automotive visionary: Henry Ford — and that’s not meant as a compliment
BUSINESS
Which Comes First: Inflation or Political Instability?: Stephen Mihm
Inflation is associated with more than just economics and electability. It is also linked to political instability.
