Facebook’s Crisis Management Algorithm Runs on Outrage
Bloomberg’s cover story provides their take on Facebook’s apology cycles.
A World Built on Sand and Oil
A look at the present and past of two essential commodities of the global economy.
Inside the Chaotic Early Days of Trump’s Foreign Policy
A sobering look at the formative days of the Trump administration. One Obama administration aide puts it in stark terms – “It was so shocking to see this team come in a blur of chaos, disregarding legality and ethics and showing a deep hostility to the career professionals.”
Will John Bolton Bring on Armageddon—Or Stave It Off?
Another look at Donald Trump’s bellicose National Security Advisor. The author proposes that John Bolton’s obsessive focus on the USA’s national interest to the exclusion of everything else has the potential to make him a tempering influence on the President.
Facebook’s Privacy Cake
Technology and media analyst Ben Thompson looks into the new direction for Facebook laid out this week by Mark Zuckerberg.
Low Visibility
An analysis of the Gilets Jaunes movement that has rocked Emmanuel Macron’s administration.
The Aldi effect: how one discount supermarket transformed the way Britain shops
A look at the rise of the German discount supermarket chain that has disrupted Britain’s grocery market.
A Whale’s Afterlife
A story about “whale falls”, the marine biologist term for when a dead whale carcass falls to the seabed and becomes the basis for a rich ecosystem of life, some elements of which have only been observed in such circumstances.
The Secrets of the World’s Greatest Art Thief
Stéphane Breitwieser is a thief who millions of dollars worth of art, apparently primarily through sleight of hand and an astonishing appetite for risk. He is unlike most other art thieves in that he stole with no intention to sell, but apparently for the love of the work itself.