Nick Bilton

Vanity Fair

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Nick Bilton is a special correspondent for Vanity Fair and the author of Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal. He is a former technology and business columnist for the the New York Times and lead writer for its Bits blog.

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Many American workers are panicked about automation, for good reason. Computers and robots are replacing more and more men and women.

The paradox of automation

Many American workers are panicked about automation, for good reason. Computers and robots are replacing more and more men and women.

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It's been 500 years since Thomas More published his great work of social and urban philosophy, Utopia.

Utopia and Arcosanti

It's been 500 years since Thomas More published his great work of social and urban philosophy, Utopia.

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We've been hearing about Uber's new driverless fleet of cars in Pittsburgh, and whether human driving will become a thing of the past.

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We've been hearing about Uber's new driverless fleet of cars in Pittsburgh, and whether human driving will become a thing of the past.

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