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July 18, 2019
Avi Asher-Schapiro
The Very Small World of VC
The people who bet big on disruptive technologies have a lot in common.
April 3, 2019
Matt Ford
The Border Wall Is Trump’s White Whale
He's willing to die for it—politically speaking, that is.
September 12, 2017
Ryu Spaeth
Why
Melville
Matters
Jean Giono’s short, unclassifiable book is an ode to "Moby-Dick" and the power of literature to command empathy.
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