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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE · MEDIA INNOVATION · LABOR RIGHTS
In the early 2000s, I walked into a video-rental store in
Rockland, Maine, and asked whether they had DVDs.
More strikingly, they said they had no plans to get them.
It was not a stupid answer at the time. The shelves were full of
VHS tapes. Customers still had VCRs. DVDs required new inventory,
new assumptions, and the belief that nothing would change for a
long time.
I think about that store whenever I remember Tower Records,
Blockbuster, Audio Lab, Tech HiFi. These were not foolish
businesses run by fools. They had customers, expertise, loyalty,
and a clear sense of what they sold. They just forgot that they
were selling containers while their customers were buying…
POLITICAL CORRUPTION · CRYPTOCURRENCY
Donald Trump’s family
reportedly earned over $800
million from crypto ventures in
early 2025, illustrating a new…
POLITICAL CORRUPTION · PRESIDENTIAL ETHICS
A Middle East kingdom offered
Donald Trump a $400 million
plane, raising constitutional,
security, and corruption
concerns amid growing family
wealth tied to his.
More than 90 percent of the
world’s advanced semiconductor
chips are produced in Taiwan, a
geopolitical risk.
Authorities in Sri Lanka
arrested 22 Buddhist monks
after discovering over 110
kilograms of cannabis concealed…
El Niño’s development in the
tropical Pacific is expected to
influence New England’s
climate, potentially bringing…
The Doctor Who Remembered
American healthcare has shifted
from personalized family
medicine to a system
prioritizing procedures and…