The world is in a bit of a jam. Catastrophic climate change, economic inequality, the robot uprising, and the digital corruption of the public square are the four apocalyptic horsemen galloping towards us, and...
A weekly roundup of the most important news in tech and media by Simon Owens. I'm a longtime tech reporter and marketing consultant. My writing has appeared in places like US News & World Report, The Atlantic, New York Magazine, and
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Are you tired of people yelling in 280 characters about data science, Javascript frameworks, or tech companies on Twitter? Tired of threads 1/37? Come here for a little more nuanced, civilized take of stuff that I just don’t have room to put on...
"Understandably is my personal project. It’s dedicated to exploring one or two big questions that I find myself asking over and over and over: “Why this, now?” or “What’s the real story behind this thing I’m reading..."
Telling Cricket stories with data. - It’s nearly two decades since Moneyball (the book) came out, and sports analytics has never been hotter. Starting with the humble batting average, and visualisations such as the Manhattan and the Worm, cricket...
You're ambitious. You've got big plans. You want to achieve your lofty goals. But you also want to be a good person. You want to be calm and compassionate and kind. You want to enjoy life along the way, be happy in the...