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Quartz Obsession
May 23, 2023
Public tech bank: A newer deal
The failure of Silicon Valley Bank sent shockwaves throughout the tech and banking sector. The bank had played a pivotal role with venture capitalists, tech companies, and—in a lofty sense—America’s new ideas. The ripple effects were so enormous, the US government had to bail out depositors while allowing the bank itself to collapse. But what if the government was involved from the get-go? What if there was another option to financing America’s latest and greatest innovations?
Episode art by Vicky Leta
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Quartz Obsession
May 19, 2023
Online voting: Yes or no
In the US, voting is seen as a civic duty. It’s voluntary, but it’s an act of patriotism and a democratic responsibility. But there are many barriers to voting—one might have to take off from work, find childcare, or travel long distances to cast a ballot. Wouldn’t voting online instantly expand access to millions of people? Perhaps, but only if we can build a system that’s secure enough to handle it.
Presented by Deloitte
Episode art by Vicky Leta
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Quartz Obsession
May 26, 2023
Algorithmic hiring: We’re only human
Hiring is becoming less human. Companies large and small are turning to a suite of automated tools to help them find, recruit, interview, and select the right candidates for open positions. So, the next time you apply for a job, it’s possible that you’ll go through many different phases of the hiring process without ever talking to a real person. What could go wrong?
Presented by Deloitte
Episode art by Vicky Leta
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The Center of Attention
Nov 6, 2018
19 Why we need to think about email as community, with Quartz
If your inbox is anything like ours, it’s a crowded space but an important one. Email can provide an asynchronous, personal, and curated experience in an environment that offers publishers a degree of control and experimentation. But how do you make your newsletter stand out? Eva Scazzero, Product Manager at Quartz, does it by treating email as a way to build community. “We try the best we can to make it a two way street,” she says of Quartz’s Obsession newsletter, which takes a deep dive into a different topic every day.
In the first year, 10,000 individual people wrote in a response to Obsession. Eva talks with us about building reader engagement through email, the first time a reader response made it into a newsletter, and how the constraints of email actually afford opportunities for creativity. Sachin and Andrew discuss the importance of email and user feedback and go +1/-1 on things they’re nostalgic about, like AIM and Blockbuster. Subscribe to The Center of Attention on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher.
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BE.News - O Podcast da Blinks Essence
Aug 15, 2020
Blinks News — 14 de Agosto de 2020 - A Saga Continua
O tempo é um círculo. Uma nova teoria de um "universo cíclico" infinito se opõe à teoria da criação do Big Bang.
Tie-dye: _https://qz.com/emails/quartz-obsession/1754311_
Este podcast é um catadão da internet (cheio de ctrl c ctrl v) indica artigos que promovem reflexões interessantes sobre o meio digital, com o toque especial da nossa interpretação e bom humor. Eventualmente, acrescentamos conteúdo próprio.
Texto: Juliana Gouvêa
Locução e Edição: Adriano de Almeida
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