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Lauren Smiley

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Writing features @NYMag @WIRED + @TheAtlantic. laurensmileywriter at protonmail.com - DM for Signal

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I write about humans in the tech age. I'm a contributor at WIRED, with other stories at The Atlantic and New York Magazine. Find me at laurensmileywriter@protonmail.com and on Signal at 415-871-5271.

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The Billionaire Who Wired San Francisco

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By Lauren Smiley Verified
| Intelligencer Verified
Chris Larsen, co-founder of the crypto company Ripple Labs and the 252nd-richest person on the planet, is studiously unostentatious. He speaks in an even voice with analytical efficiency, calibrating whether to politick or pounce. He considers schmoozy events a waste of time and disappears from appointments at precise moments in a black SUV. Although he's called Silicon Valley's "fetish for disruption" self-indulgent and "Trump-like," he prefers to move with speed.
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PODCAST: Pop! Goes the Kernel: Episode 16

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By Marissa Armstrong, Libby Heckert, Gabriella Mercedes, Lauren Smiley Verified, Jackson LaCroix
| Kentucky Kernel Verified
Welcome back to this week’s episode of Pop! Goes the Kernel! This week, your hosts Libby Heckert, Marissa Armstrong, Gabriella Mercedes and Lauren Smiley discuss new shows on Netflix, small artist recommendations, the USC “Speak Your Mind” ice bucket challenge, a popular TikTok creator suing Roblox, the end of the “Dancing with the Stars” tour and more.
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ボーイング史上最悪の7年間｜The Big Story

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By Lauren Smiley Verified
| Wired Japan Verified
1 喋るのをやめない男 2024年7月の蒸し暑い朝、ワシントンDCのホテルのロビーに足を踏み入れたエド・ピアソンは、飛行機墜落後に起こるいつものパターンには絶対に陥らないと心に決めていた。いつものパターン、それは誰にでも思い当たる──おぞましい墜落事故が各局のニュースで大々的に報じられ、命を失ったのは何の罪もない人たちで、調査員が原因を突き止めて報告書を作成し、規制当局と政治家が改革案を出し、乗客は事故のことを忘れ始め、また飛行機に乗る。 スキンヘッドで、がっしりとした体にロケット発射レベルのエネルギーを蓄えた62歳のピアソンは、そんなパターンを一切受け入れるつもりはない。エド・ピアソンは「エド・ピアソンの計画」を実行する。ホテルのロビーでソファに腰掛け、その日の計画をわたしに説明する。...
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