The race to bring driverless cars to the masses is only just beginning, but already it is a fight for the ages. The competition is fierce, secretive, and elite. It pits Apple against Google against Te
Money. It rips families apart, ruins marriages, and keeps people from pursuing their dreams. Money troubles inject unnecessary stress, anxiety, and arguments into our daily lives, which keeps us in pe
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By Kathy Chu and Bob Davis Nov. 23, 2015 10:52 am ET ZHONGSHAN, China—Thirty years ago, Levi Strauss & Co. began producing its iconic jeans in China, eager to tap a seemingly endless stream of workers
Workers such as these, bicycling to a factory in Zhongshan, China, will be scarcer in the future. Photo: Gilles Sabrié for The Wall Street Journal By Greg Ip Nov. 22, 2015 9:48 am ET Ever since the gl
People involved in startups are sometimes treated as the rock stars by the business media. Some employees of tech startup Atlassian, for example, have been outed as newly minted millionaires as the co
I Want My Tech Utopia, and I Want it Now photo credit: marco monetti via photopin cc Our culture is obsessed with the promise of technology. When I say “our culture” I am including myself in what is actually a small sub-group of Western, first world society. We carry smartphones and the latest…
Welcome to Unclutterer, the expert home for obsessive-compulsives, neat freaks, or just the downright disorganized in desperate need of some structure in their lives. We’ve been busying ourselves with
Published in Mike’s blog · 18 min read · Jan 14, 2016 -- I’ve spent more than 5 years being a Bitcoin developer. The software I’ve written has been used by millions of users, hundreds of developers, a
Ever since I wrote about leaving my corporate job , a lot of people have asked a lot of questions, many of which revolve around finances. How are you going to make a living? How are you going to pay y
Last year we visited 100 cities in eight countries during our Everything That Remains Tour, and one question arose in nearly every city, posited by parents and children, husbands and wives, even repor
The results are in: Australian households have more debt compared to the size of the country’s economy than any other in the world. The latest job figures are promising – but can they last amid the ec
It’s been 6 months since we launched the first version of Statuspage. Looking back on this early phase of our company, we thought it would be helpful to talk about how we got to our first $5,000 in mo
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Overworked, stressed-out Britons are driving a surge in demand for digital-free new year getaways, where guests are forced to ditch their smart devices as they check in. The trend for “digital detox”
Futuristic Simulation Finds Self-Driving “Taxibots” Will Eliminate 90% Of Cars, Open Acres Of Public Space Published in Nabu · 2 min read · Apr 24, 2015 -- Simulation of self-driving carpool fleet by
Credit: Shutterstock I’m not sure if it’s really good or bad news. Both, probably. But the deserved selection of Martin Ford’s prescient Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Futu
This story is part of a group of stories called Uncovering and explaining how our digital world is changing — and changing us. As I write this, the lizard part of my brain is trying to predict exactly
Researchers at MIT have invented a new transparent polymer film that allows heat to be harvested from the sun and saved for later use. Unlike traditional methods of storing solar energy, which takes h
Every New Year I, like most people, reflect on my accomplishments and failures over the previous twelve months. What I often find is that many of my failures weren’t the result of massive errors on my
“You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses.” —Tom Wilson Life is not perfect. It never has been and never will be. This is not bad news. In fact, once we
“Where does the time go?” I say it. I’m sure you say it a lot. We seek work-life balance but it seems there’s never enough time to get it all done. And yet we all know there are people who accomplish
While we’ve established that simplicity is a practice and not a destination, there are practical things you can do every day to simplify your life. And the good news is, there are practical things you
This is Jack: And this is Today: Jack and Today are dating. The relationship is going all right and Jack’s reasonably happy, but for a while now, Jack has known that the Today he’s with is not the one
Relationship problems. Everybody has them. And sometimes you have them over and over and over. Most of the people giving advice don’t know the research. So where are the real answers? I decided to cal
*** Before we commence with the festivities, I wanted to thank everyone for helping my first book become a Wall Street Journal bestseller. To check it out, click here . *** When you ask parents what t
Barking Up The Wrong Tree Plays Well With Others Blog Newsletter Speaking About About Here Are 7 Things That Will Make You Happier In 7 Seconds, According To Research . Think about something you love.
This month, Tyler Tervooren did a great two-part series for us on some of the basic principles of starting a successful side hustle. Today, I want to round out those posts by offering a list of concre
*** Before we commence with the festivities, I wanted to thank everyone for helping my first book become a Wall Street Journal bestseller. To check it out, click here . *** How does hostage negotiatio
Someone is screaming in your face at the top of their lungs. Or ranting angrily and you can’t get a word in edgewise. Or maybe they’re sobbing so hard you can barely understand what they’re saying. We
Daniel J Levitan: ‘When trying to concentrate on a task, an unread email in your inbox can reduce your effective IQ by 10 points.’ Our brains are busier than ever before. We’re assaulted with facts, p
Living a Better Life® (from the editor's desk) Before you go out and spend hundreds of dollars on holiday gifts, read through our favorite list of inexpensive gift ideas. This column has been a favori
Confession time: I’m a cheapskate. Some would say frugal, which sounds much more positive, but in reality I can be a real cheapskate. I am fairly frugal (though not always), but sometimes I take it to
This morning, I rode my bike in to work (a distance of about 10 miles), and it felt great. It was the second time I’ve done that now — I also did it last week — and I hope to make it a more frequent t
While being a vegetarian isn’t for everyone (and neither is Pamela Anderson), I talk to lots of people every day who tell me they’d like to become vegetarian, but it seems like it would be too hard, a
New here? You may want updates via email or RSS feed . Thanks for visiting! HO HO HO ! Just like that, the holiday season is upon us! This year, I intend to do most of my Christmas shopping during a t
#WEBSUMMIT2015 Published in Signal v. Noise · 12 min read · Nov 4, 2015 -- About 12 years ago, I co-founded a startup called Basecamp : A simple project collaboration tool that helps people make progr
We made a fancy PDF of this post for printing and offline viewing. Buy it here. Part 1: Meet Your Mammoth The first day I was in second grade, I came to school and noticed that there was a new, very p
Humans are good at a lot of things, but putting time in perspective is not one of them. It’s not our fault—the spans of time in human history, and even more so in natural history, are so vast compared
Say hi to Lucy. Lucy is part of Generation Y, the generation born between the late 1970s and the mid 1990s. She’s also part of a yuppie culture that makes up a large portion of Gen Y. I have a term fo
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