The post-“Game of Thrones” fantasy TV boom is here, starting with “The Witcher”

"Game of Thrones" has demonstrated that fantasy can be more than a niche offering. | Continue reading


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The global water economy in six charts

The unequal distribution of fresh water around the world has huge ramifications for industry and economic development. | Continue reading


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Why be “passionate” when you can be a “thought leader”

Think of your career as a Bollywood biopic and your resumé as the trailer. | Continue reading


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The world’s largest democracy is in upheaval

Delhi was not alone. | Continue reading


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XR using holacracy to scale its international movement

A self-organizing system has sustained XR in dozens of countries. | Continue reading


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Wildflower Schools is testing kid-tracking sensors for Montessori

Wildflower Schools has a radical idea: use sensors to track kids' every movement—where they go, who they interact with, and how long they engage with materials. | Continue reading


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'Flight shame' didn't make us fly any less

For the vast majority of people, it simply isn't a tenable position. | Continue reading


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California will make solar panels the next home appliance

The American Dream is now photovolatic. | Continue reading


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By calorie, broccoli is a bigger carbon emitter than chicken

Depending on how you measure emissions, broccoli production produces more carbon than chicken. | Continue reading


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The arrival of Uber Works isn’t going to help fix the gig economy

Uber Works, which is being trialled in Chicago, enables casual workers such as cleaners, bar staff, and warehouse workers to find work. | Continue reading


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Hong Kong International Airport Lost Nearly a Million Passengers in November

Protests have officially plunged the territory into recession. | Continue reading


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If you don’t trust your employees to work remotely, you shouldn’t have hired

We need to reward the work employees do instead of the amount of time they are seen sitting in the office. | Continue reading


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Aspirin can stem the tide of stroke. Why aren’t more doctors prescribing it?

Aspirin has been withheld from stroke victims when the type of stroke is unknown. Some doctors want to change that. | Continue reading


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The transformation of China's top memes over a decade reflects Beijing's tighter grip on speech

An influential list of China's top memes this year only contains two terms critical of social issues, while there were five in 2009. | Continue reading


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Taylor Swift calls out “the unregulated world of private equity”

Accepting a Woman of the Decade award, she highlighted her powerlessness in the face of a "harmful force" in music. | Continue reading


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Chinese national arrested trying to photograph restricted US military site

The case follows a near-identical one at the same spot, almost exactly a year ago. | Continue reading


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Silicon Valley engineers are questioning the value of startup jobs

Google, Apple, Facebook, Netflix, and Amazon change the calculus for tech talent. | Continue reading


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Way to tame Big Tech isn’t necessarily to break it up

Breaking up big firms like Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google could make things worse. | Continue reading


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Japan's births dropped below 900,000 in 2019, a record low

Japan needs more babies—and soon—if it's going to stave off a population crisis down the road. | Continue reading


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Should the notion of “statistical significance” be abolished?

The originator of the term never intended for it to be used like it is today. | Continue reading


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The New York metro area has the lowest rate of population turnover in the US

By one metric, San Francisco is almost twice as transient as New York. | Continue reading


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How headphones are changing the sound of music

One important impact appears to be on vocals. | Continue reading


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Can the swastika ever reclaim its original meaning?

The Nazis complicated both Jewish and Buddhist interpretations of the symbol. | Continue reading


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Sci-Hub Creator Under Investigation by US Department of Justice

At least that she's aware. | Continue reading


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Open-minded people have a different visual perception of reality

They see things, literally, that others don’t. | Continue reading


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Can technology connect us rather than divide us?

By using mobile sensors and big data to detect hidden patterns, MIT's Alex "Sandy" Pentland says we can design communities for more meaningful interaction. | Continue reading


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Fender guitars is betting on Machine Learning

Fender is betting on machine learning and apps for the future of the storied guitar company. | Continue reading


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A top Chinese university stripped “freedom of thought” from its charter

Students and alumni of Shanghai's prestigious Fudan University, known for its liberal atmosphere, were shocked at the decision. | Continue reading


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Ethiopia has launched its first satellite into space

The remote sensing satellite is to be used collect data for agricultural, climate, mining and environmental observations but could also be used for citizen surveillance | Continue reading


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High schoolers are still vaping like crazy

According to a new survey, teenagers vape rates are still going up. | Continue reading


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Fast charging is not a friend of electric car batteries

A study of 6,300 electric cars reveals how batteries fare in the real world. | Continue reading


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The struggle to name lab-grown meat

Cell-based meat? Cultivated meat? Immaculate meat? What's in a name? | Continue reading


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Electric air taxi investors aim to replace the Uber ride

2020 may be a record year for investments in the future of flying taxis. | Continue reading


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The extraordinary story of the only B Corp in Afghanistan

Like many coming-of-age stories, it's hopeful, but with a fierce undertow of loss. | Continue reading


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Successful impeachments around the world have typically taken place amid widespread popular protests. | Continue reading


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Video games have become a new form of literature

Interaction makes the player feel like an active participant in the narrative’s progression; when they are in truth still a voyeur, bound by predetermined authorial structures as they might be in print. | Continue reading


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Samsung making a comeback. China’s Transsion is still Africa’s top phone maker

The tussle for market share in Africa will result in increasingly cheaper models and will fuel growth for smartphone sales. | Continue reading


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Activists say cycling is affordable, good for the planet, and good for people too. | Continue reading


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Stripe is trying to rewire the internet’s attention economy

Forget unicorns: Stripe is a $35 billion fintech gorilla. | Continue reading


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Amazon is struggling to hold on to the pilots who ship your packages

The pilots who fly your Amazon packages complain of being overworked and underpaid. | Continue reading


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It only took Alexa five years to take over our lives

Roughly a quarter of US adults own a smart speaker, most of which are made by Amazon. | Continue reading


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Europe’s largest economies are falling behind in English

Je ne parle pas Anglais. | Continue reading


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Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi Suggests the Future of Uber Is Amazon

Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi is drawn to the Amazon marketplace model. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

What started the opioid epidemic?

Economists found a difference in state regulations was all Purdue Pharma needed. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

Demand for Roger Federer commemorative coins broke Swiss mint's online shop

It remains a challenge getting through the online shop today, but there are still about 10,000 coins available to buy. | Continue reading


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Pisa 2018:The best students in the world, charted

The results are in for the OECD's latest global test of 15-year-olds in math, science, and reading. | Continue reading


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Giuliani's security company website gets an “F” for security

The president's cybersecurity adviser doesn't maintain even the most rudimentary security protocols. | Continue reading


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Disrupting dementia

Bending the cost curve of dementia care | Continue reading


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