A Map Showing Every Single Cargo Ship In The World
This interactive map shows the movements of tens of thousands of cargo ships around the world, revealing key trade pathways and the way materials and goods are moved back and forth around the globe.
The War on Cash
Banks, governments, credit card companies and fintech evangelists all want us to believe a cashless future is inevitable and good.
Slightly More Than 100 Exceptional Works of Journalism
This fantastic nonfiction from 2015 is still worth discovering and pondering today.
Via Ed Casabian.
Three years in San Francisco
Mike Davidson reflecting on his time at Twitter.
In other words, when you’re the person in the room silently thinking “I know how this ends” or worse yet failing to put your best energy forth, it’s probably time to move on.
The Loneliness of Being Black in San Francisco
As the tech industry thrives, San Francisco’s African-American population is dwindling and its black middle class has all but disappeared.
Welcome to AirSpace
We could call this strange geography created by technology “AirSpace.” It’s the realm of coffee shops, bars, startup offices, and co-live / work spaces that share the same hallmarks everywhere you go: a profusion of symbols of comfort and quality, at least to a certain connoisseurial mindset. Minimalist furniture. Craft beer and avocado toast. Reclaimed wood. Industrial lighting. Cortados. Fast internet. The homogeneity of these spaces means that traveling between them is frictionless, a value that Silicon Valley prizes and cultural influencers like Schwarzmann take advantage of. Changing places can be as painless as reloading a website. You might not even realize you’re not where you started.