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I'm sure they took privacy and data security very seriously, but they do have a Reputation. People I talk to thought of it as a telescreen, not a video conferencing tool. That prob…

Regulated fractional reserve banks are usually insured by the regulators. If the bank goes bust, the government covers the customers' losses up to a predetermined amount (FDIC cove…

Their vertically-integrated logistics provides plenty of friction for switching. Sure, you could type in a different URL. But the free shipping option will probably be slow if it e…

Machiavellian is such an odd word. People use it to mean mendacious, cunning, self-serving...but Machiavelli himself spent his later years in political exile. His seminal work read…

This is my go-to. "Hey, kids - let's learn how to cut glass tubes and produce gases like Hydrogen and Chlorine!" Most parents recoil. But it's not really that dangerous in a well-v…