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TOTALLY WIRED • DIARIES OF AN UNBRIDLED DIGITOPIAN

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BOUNDARY BREAKING • In our January issue, Vince Beiser took us inside a catfishing scam run by prisoners, one that ultimately drove a young man to suicide, and Chris Colin pondered the limits of billionaire Marc Benioff’s philanthropy. Lauren Goode traced the evolution of YouTube star Simone Giertz from creating “shitty robots” to embracing more grand designs as an inventor—a transformation triggered by her brain tumor diagnosis.

SYMPHONIE DIGITIQUE • When streaming costs you music’s fantasia, there are ways to get it back.

CHARTGEIST

GENERATION VEXED • Immense changes show us, again and again, that we are the same as ever.

WORD’S WORTH • What the transcription economy tells us about the future of work.

ANGRY NERD

HEY THERE, COW BUOY • Floating farms may someday help reinvent the world’s food ecosystems.

Mist Connection • Moen’s luxury low-flow showerhead turns the morning routine into a steamy, spa-like experience.

Tabula Rasa • Whether you toil at home or in an open-plan office, these tools will keep your space clean and your mind clear.

Bum Rush • According to the CDC, the average person leaves a little something behind—0.14 grams of something—when they wipe. There’s an appliance for that.

Dust Brothers • Pushing around a vacuum is so last century. Let these robots corral your crumbs.

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Best of CES 2020 • The most promising products we saw at the annual consumer tech bonanza.

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FiLLiNG the VOiD • CIVILIZATION is going INTERPLANETARY. Our SURVIVAL in the COSMOS will depend on a DIET that can nourish not only our bodies but our HUMANITY too.

The Notebook • IN THE EARLY DAYS OF FACEBOOK, MARK ZUCKERBERG KEPT HIS PLANS FOR WORLD DOMINATION IN HANDWRITTEN JOURNALS. HE DESTROYED THEM. BUT A FEW REVEALING PAGES SURVIVED.

Across the Line • Derek Murphy started his Marathon Investigation website to report on runners who cheat. Relying on hard data mined from race results, he zeroes in on people whose times seem suspicious—like a 70-year-old doctor named Frank Meza.

THE SENTINELS • High above the earth, a new array of satellites will track nearly every bolt of lightning across the Western Hemisphere, powering an early-warning system for climate change–fueled superstorms. Photographer Christopher Payne documents their preparation for liftoff.

The Last Best Place on the Internet • People used to think Wikipedia represented all that was wrong with the web—a site where any idiot with a keyboard could say anything. Now it’s a beacon of so much that’s right.

THE ENDLESS HUSTLE • In the Midwest, Christian entrepreneurs are banding together to find relief from the corrosive grind of startup life—while some faith leaders preach the gospel of crushing it.

COLOPHON • Simple pleasures that helped get this issue out:

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