Esther Dyson

Writing for PS since 2000
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Esther Dyson, Chairman of EDventure Holdings, is an entrepreneur and angel investor concentrating on emerging markets and technologies. She is a board member of numerous companies, including 23andMe, Eventful, Meetup, NewspaperDirect, Voxiva, WPP Group, XCOR Aerospace, and Yandex, and was an early investor in such notable start-ups as Evernote, Flickr, Mashery, Medstory, Omada Health, and Square.

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The Next-Generation Greenhouse
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The Next-Generation Greenhouse

Aug 27, 2014 Esther Dyson extols the promise of vertical "plant production units."

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The Facebook Furor
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The Facebook Furor

Jul 25, 2014 Esther Dyson explores the roots of public outrage over the social-networking site's psychological experiment.

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A User’s Guide to Conferences
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A User’s Guide to Conferences

Jun 27, 2014 Esther Dyson explains how organizers, speakers, and participants can benefit the most from industry meetings.

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The Private Sector’s Privacy Puzzle
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The Private Sector’s Privacy Puzzle

May 27, 2014 Esther Dyson explores when and why people are likely to share their data.

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The Great Global Bazaar

The Great Global Bazaar

Apr 23, 2014 Esther Dyson on the importance of an open mind and a willingness to wander off the beaten path.

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Abolish the Billionaires?

Edoardo Campanella

Even many of the wealthiest Americans would agree that the United States needs to overhaul its tax policies to restore a sense of social justice. But, notes Edoardo Campanella, Future of the World Fellow at IE University's Center for the Governance of Change, such reforms would not be enough to restart the engines of social mobility and promote greater equality of opportunity.

A Living Wage for Capitalism

Jim O'Neill

Higher nominal wages for low-paid workers can boost real earnings, increase consumer spending, and help make housing more affordable. And insofar as raising the minimum would increase companies’ wage bill, it would create a stronger incentive to replace labor with capital, which could lay the foundation for renewed productivity growth.