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  • Thursday, 19 May, 2022
    Cryptocurrencies
    There is a moral case against crypto

    The environmental, financial and psychological harm caused by ‘mining’ digital currencies is enormous

  • Monday, 16 May, 2022
    Q&ATwitter Inc
    Is this cryptogeddon? Join a live FT Twitter discussion

    Scott Chipolina, Jemima Kelly, Kadhim Shubber and Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan will take your questions at 3.30pm BST/10.30am ET

  • Wednesday, 4 May, 2022
    Twitter Inc
    Twitter isn’t the town square, it’s the theatre

    Anxieties about Elon Musk’s acquisition of the site are based on a too lofty view of it

  • Friday, 29 April, 2022
    InterviewLunch with the FT
    Jonathan Haidt: ‘We got fooled into thinking liberal democracy is easy’

    The social psychologist on the ‘darts’ of social media, our dangerous present moment — and a decade of stupidity in America

  • Wednesday, 27 April, 2022
    Bitcoin
    Why I’m still not taking crypto seriously

    It may be the latest political and financial obsession, but cryptocurrencies remain something with no inherent value

  • Wednesday, 20 April, 2022
    Coronavirus pandemic
    There’s nothing wrong with getting nostalgic now and again

    Psychologists say thinking longingly of the past helps us to construct a coherent sense of identity

  • Thursday, 7 April, 2022
    Opinion
    How Ukraine has created a rare moment of consensus

    Putin’s attempt to exploit ideological divisions in the west has backfired

  • Tuesday, 5 April, 2022
    FT AlphavilleCryptocurrencies
    Rishi Sunak wants Britain to be a “global hub” for crypto. Sigh

    Because being a global hub for other dodgy assets has worked out so well.

  • Friday, 25 February, 2022
    ReviewNon-Fiction
    We Need Snowflakes — the case for the sensitive and the offended

    Hannah Jewell’s book tackles an insult emblematic of our polarised age — but can she convince the critics of ‘woke’?

  • Thursday, 24 February, 2022
    Virtual and Augmented Reality
    What Meta’s VR advert tells us about life in the metaverse

    The virtual world of the Super Bowl video is a radical vision of the future, but also quite a chilling one

  • Friday, 18 February, 2022
    FT AlphavilleMatt Hancock
    What’s the story, blockchain Tory?

    Matt Hancock has a new passion, and it’s not one of his aides this time.

  • Thursday, 17 February, 2022
    Markets
    Further reading

    China’s nuclear ambitions; vibe shift; dementia-Tok; inherited wealth; and much more.

  • Monday, 14 February, 2022
    Markets
    Further reading

    “Unpopulism”; tea; sports betting; central bank digital currencies; and much more.

  • Thursday, 10 February, 2022
    Markets
    Further reading

    Sunak; Captain Tom; truckers; Summers; and much more.

  • Wednesday, 9 February, 2022
    FT AlphavilleCryptocurrencies
    Mrs (alleged) Bitfinex hack’s attempts to ‘maintain digital anonymity’

    The not-very-lowkey great crocodile of Wall Street is all over the internet this morning.

  • Monday, 7 February, 2022
    Markets
    Further reading

    Big Sugar; Southend West; fact-checking; debt transparency; and much more.

  • Thursday, 3 February, 2022
    Markets
    Further reading

    A darker Beijing Olympics; accruals seasonality; experts; infrastructure; and more.

  • Wednesday, 2 February, 2022
    Covid-19 vaccines
    Spotify spat shows why Joe Rogan and his podcast matter

    The host’s thoughtful response to public criticism shows why his programme has become the platform’s most popular

  • Thursday, 27 January, 2022
    Markets
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    Picasso NFTs; Joe Rogan; ill-timed parties; coup culture; cancel culture; and much more.

  • Monday, 24 January, 2022
    FT AlphavilleCryptocurrencies
    Crypto is crashing but it’s all going to be OK, OK?

    The halvening, but probably ultimately even better for bitcoin.

  • Thursday, 20 January, 2022
    Markets
    Further reading

    Tory! Tory! Tory; the cost of living; ambiguity; vaccine aristocrats; and more.

  • Wednesday, 19 January, 2022
    BBC
    The BBC needs defenders in an age of misinformation

    The idea that getting rid of the public broadcaster might somehow improve the media landscape is a fallacy

  • Monday, 17 January, 2022
    Markets
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    Davos Deville; China and Ukraine; free lunch; sad dad bands; and more.

  • Friday, 14 January, 2022
    FT AlphavilleCryptocurrencies
    Cryptoland fights back

    Cease and decease!

  • Friday, 14 January, 2022
    Markets
    Further reading

    Mo Salah; Web3; fake business cycles; Gettr; vaccine aristocrats; and much more.

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