Stories by Geekette

Shedding Light on the “Black Box of Inappropriateness”

World population prospects for 2017-2100 (UN DESA, Population Division) [pdf]

How Vienna Solved Homelessness

Anti-addiction drug maker found a captive market in the criminal justice system

10% of all fish caught (~10M tons) is dumped back into the ocean annually

Why Are We Still Talking About “A Players”?

Recorded conversations show differently VCs assess male vs. female entrepreneurs

A tale of two Canadas: Where you grew up affects your income in adulthood

Employers making job applicants play sports as part of interview process

100+ sites use NaviStone to log your personal data even before you hit submit

Let’s talk about your plan to run a consequence-free company

Pharma co. gets $455M/yr by overcharging for combining generic medications

Who Holds the DEA Accountable When Its Missions Cost Lives?

How a US drug operation caused a cartel's extermination of a Mexican border town

China’s economic rise makes it harder for expat bankers to work in Hong Kong

Futuristic Visions of Germany by Artists in 1930 [transportation and video calls]

Class calcification and myth of meritocracy is stronger in the US than the UK

There’s graft, and then there’s Odebrecht graft

What's the average equity sold by YC startups raising 500k-1M+ seed rounds?

The Holdup: A Mobster, a Family and the Crime That Won’t Let Them Go

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