Billionaire Paypal co-founder and Facebook’s first investor, Peter Thiel, has lately been making waves by calling a 4-year college education “a badContinue reading “Plug In, Turn On, Drop Out: Thiel’s Case Against College”
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10x Covered in Mashable’s ‘Digital Nomads’
10x exists because many of the best tech professionals prefer the freedom of time and mobility afforded by freelancing. Mashable’s Todd WassermenContinue reading “10x Covered in Mashable’s ‘Digital Nomads’”
10x Management Interviewed on CNBC’s Power Lunch
Continuing a week of great press for 10x, founders Rishon Blumberg and Michael Solomon discuss “their representation of tech talentContinue reading “10x Management Interviewed on CNBC’s Power Lunch”
10x Featured In The New Yorker Magazine
Read all about us! We’re very honored to have been covered in such depth and detail in editor Lizzie Widdicombe’s latest article forContinue reading “10x Featured In The New Yorker Magazine”
A (Moral) Code for Programmers
At the pace technology is disrupting the social status quo, the responsibility of technologists is becoming a major issue. “We ruleContinue reading “A (Moral) Code for Programmers”
The Danger of Mythologizing A.I.
In The Myth of AI, computer scientist and author of Who Owns the Future?, Jason Lanier, warns against the danger of respectedContinue reading “The Danger of Mythologizing A.I.”
Developer Salaries Reach All-TIme High
Jim Edwards reports for Business Insider that the average base salary for software engineers in the US has risen slightly in theContinue reading “Developer Salaries Reach All-TIme High”
BBC | Can People Learn To Be Creative?
The ability to think creatively and also critically is essential to inventing new technology. However, many people assume that creativity is an inborn talent that cannotContinue reading “BBC | Can People Learn To Be Creative?”
MIT Tech Review | The Impact of the Internet on Society
Is the Internet a prosocial or antisocial phenomenon – isolating people or bringing them together? The Internet’s transformation of society is obvious, butContinue reading “MIT Tech Review | The Impact of the Internet on Society”
The Internet of Trees: Plants Connect via Fungal Fibers
We aren’t the only organisms with long-distance connection. Nic Fleming’s article on BBC Earth describes how a network of (mostly symbiotic)Continue reading “The Internet of Trees: Plants Connect via Fungal Fibers”