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Paul Ford

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Paul Ford is a writer, programmer, and software entrepreneur. He lives in Brooklyn.

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A Grand Unified Theory of Buying Stuff

Jan 11, 2022 9:00 AM

Future of Reality

The Most Efficient Way to Debug the Simulation

Dec 1, 2021 6:00 AM

Ideas

Climate Stress Was Getting Me Down, So I Made a Clicker Game

Oct 28, 2021 7:00 AM

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Climate Change Is the New Dot-Com Bubble

Sep 27, 2021 7:00 AM

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A Field Guide for Nature-Resistant Nerds

Aug 6, 2021 7:00 AM

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Crypto Isn’t About Money. It’s About Fandom

Jun 9, 2021 6:00 AM

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Why Humans Are So Bad at Seeing the Future

May 17, 2021 7:00 AM

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My Dream of the Great Unbundling

Apr 8, 2021 9:00 AM

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So You Want to Prepare for Doomsday

Mar 12, 2021 7:00 AM

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The Secret, Essential Geography of the Office

Feb 8, 2021 7:00 AM

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Love the USPS? Join the Infrastructure Appreciation Society!

Nov 17, 2020 6:00 AM

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It's Time to Pick Classes for the 2073-74 School Year!

Oct 20, 2020 6:00 AM

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The Power and Paradox of Bad Software

Sep 22, 2020 6:00 AM

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‘Real’ Programming Is an Elitist Myth

Aug 18, 2020 6:00 AM

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The Infinite Loop of Supply Chains

Jun 23, 2020 6:00 AM

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We Are All Livestreamers Now, and Zoom Is Our Stage

May 19, 2020 6:00 AM

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Stones, Clocks, and What We Should Actually Leave Behind

Apr 21, 2020 6:00 AM

Ideas

How Technology Explodes the Concept of ‘Generations’

Feb 18, 2020 6:00 AM

Moral Code

Why I (Still) Love Tech: In Defense of a Difficult Industry

May 14, 2019 6:00 AM

Culture

Netflix and Google Books Are Blurring the Line Between Past and Present

Feb 3, 2014 6:30 AM