Why the Democrats Lost Tech

And the way we fund this is primarily through US-based venture capital funding, which demands hockey stick growth in return.

All the focus goes into making hundreds of millions or ideally billions of dollars in profit to pay back their investors.

As a member of a team that's in the middle of doing this, I can say it affects every single decision abou... See more

Above all, it’s about truly shaping the future. Whatever the outcome of the current administration, many people expect the Democratic Party to strike a determined counter-attack, polarizing the debate on the safety net even more. Instead of looking back at the past with nostalgia, the opportunity that we must all seize together is to imagine a Grea

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That there are two philosophies does not necessarily mean that one is right and one is wrong: the reality is we need both. Some problems are best solved by human ingenuity, enabled by the likes of Microsoft and Apple; others by collective action. That, though, gets at why Google and Facebook are fundamentally more dangerous: collective ac

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