“The Gold Rush Among the Stars: Trillionaires and Asteroid Mining” by Vinayak Kalra
“Bound by Irrationality: Pride & Prejudice” by Anagha Gopinath
“The $120K Banana: Defining Value in the Art World” by Alizeh Razvi
“When Technology Expires” by Isha Trivedi
The Airbus A380 has an unmistakable grandeur by virtue of its enormity and capacity. What led to the failure of its multi-billion dollar project? The world is changing by the second, and it’s difficult to imagine what conditions and constraints will arise in the future.
Read MoreIt's inevitable that as time passes, products cease functioning; design is not stagnant and technology is ever-improving. But the desire to sell more often leads companies to create products that stop working well before their time, and it's putting a strain on the planet as well as the consumer's wallet.
Read MoreWith the advent of smart devices infiltrating the home and our increasing dependency of using technology within our day to day lives, the opportunity for data collection has grown exponentially over the past decade. The nascent exploration into privacy concerns have only started to become at the forefront of discussion where, in recent years, issues have become popularized by news outlets and media. In a 2013 speech by US Federal Trade Commissioner Julie Brill, she points to the potentially insidious intentions of firms “without our knowledge or consent [to] amass large amounts of private information about people to use for purposes we don’t expect or understand.” These concerns, however, have become a lot more alarming amidst the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MoreInstagram is a fundamental part of the 21st century and has single-handedly reshaped the way we interact with each other. Its online prevalence is astounding; as of 2018, 1 billion users were reported to use Instagram monthly to share their photos and short videos. Along with Instagram’s swift rise in popularity, it has also faced an exponential rise in wealth as it was estimated to be valued at 100 billion dollars in 2018 from its initial net worth of 1 billion dollars in 2012. In short, Instagram’s cult-like popularity makes it a goldmine for advertisers and businesses looking to enhance their online engagement with the consumer market. They do this with the help of the revolutionary walking advertisement: the influencer. The recent developments in online advertising beg the question, is Instagram the new advertising frontier or is it simply a transient phase in digital marketing?
Read More18 billion dollars of Apple's revenue from China are at stake each time it has to choose between its ideals and the chance to enjoy the big bucks. When the Taiwanese flag emoji, HKmap, and Quartz disappeared from China’s keyboards and app stores, people started asking questions. Can a company stay in business if it does not adhere to the wishes of powerful foreign governments, and instead chooses to stick to its mission statement?
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