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Ellen McGirt
The man who built the $7 billion Jordan Brand had a secret
Ellen McGirt
Protestors at "No Kings" rallies are making their mark.
The crown joins a long history of resistance symbols
Ellen McGirt
Systems are failing. Just ask airport staff.
When a major tech platform goes down for any reason, a meme typically circulates as the online masses gleefully imagine the panic of the incompetents as they rush to find the problem.
Ellen McGirt
If you have good taste and excellent discernment, this is your time to shine.
Last month OpenAI president Greg Brockman wrote on X that "Taste is a new core skill." Sam Altman, posting before both OpenAI’s latest $110 billion funding round and controversial Pentagon contract, agreed. "We believe the best …
Ellen McGirt
Every problem is a design problem. This one is public safety.
The role voters must play in regulating the government's use of AI
Ellen McGirt
Designing for racial inclusion
Ellen McGirt
A devotion to the human face
Ellen McGirt
Branding the global water crisis
Ellen McGirt
Innovators, don't be afraid of the dark
True innovation requires imagination and courage.
Rachel Paese
AI actors are here, but what moves us hasn't vanished
As synthetic humans enter our feeds and screens, the desire for deeply human culture hasn’t disappeared.
Ellen McGirt|New Ideas
Gen-AI is a threat to human thinking
Generative AI doesn’t just change how we design, it may also change how we think.
Ellen McGirt
Lessons in connoisseurship from the Golden Globes
Connoisseurship requires context, which requires time, commitment, and patience.
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