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Google announced on Wednesday a new $50 million initiative to study and prepare “for the changing nature of work,” beginning with investments in the U.S. and Europe to help train job seekers and impro
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In the video, I talk about my life with obsessive-compulsive disorder and a bit about how I came to write my forthcoming book, Turtles All the Way Down. If you need mental health services in the U.S.,
We’re living in the Wild West of artificial intelligence, with products and companies popping up so quickly that we’ve had little time to understand what it truly means to integrate AI into our everyd
Jackie Bavaro Jul 7, 2017 · 5 min read Before Asana I worked at Google and Microsoft, and I learned two very different ways of approaching company strategy. Microsoft was very top-down: Our senior VP
Warning: This blog is written for a rational audience that likes to have fun wrestling with unique or controversial points of view. It is written in a style that can easily be confused as advocacy or
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How should I approach side projects? I understand the importance of side projects. But how do I know which one to pursue? How do I find a problem to tackle that has not already been tackled? I am ente
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