Ariel Schwartz, The Chainsaw

Ariel Schwartz

The Chainsaw

San Francisco, CA, United States

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Past:
  • The Chainsaw
  • Business Insider SG
  • Business Insider
  • Tech Insider
  • Fast Company

Past articles by Ariel:

Google futurist and director of engineering: Basic income will spread worldwide by the 2030s

As it becomes apparent that artificial intelligence will replace ever-more jobs in the coming years, a growing number of politicians, nonprofits, and Silicon Valley entrepreneurs have started thinking about how we’ll cope with a world in which not everyone can – or needs to – work. → Read More

Google futurist and director of engineering: Basic income will spread worldwide by the 2030s

Business Insider - Basic income will be widespread by the 2030s, according to Google futurist and director of engineering Ray Kurzweil.. Read more at businessinsider.sg → Read More

Google futurist and director of engineering: Basic income will spread worldwide by the 2030s

Basic income will be widespread by the 2030s, according to Google futurist and director of engineering Ray Kurzweil. → Read More

Forget Facebook -- your body emits data that could be used to read your emotions, check your health, and track aggression

Even if you opt out of Facebook and all it’s data-sharing tendencies, avoid using a smartphone, and generally stay off the internet, you’re still emitting data every second of every day. As Poppy Crum, the chief scientist at Dolby Labs, demonstrated during a talk at the annual TED Conference in Vancouver, Canada, new technologies could soon make it possible for companies and… → Read More

Oil and gas operations release a powerful pollutant that threatens humanity

Floods, famine, drought, fire – these are just some of the consequences of out-of-control climate change. → Read More

I tried the self-driving BMW i3 — and it was like nothing I’ve experienced before

The autonomous BMW i3 prototype offers an unremarkable drive, but that's actually a good thing. → Read More

I tried the self-driving BMW i3 -- and it was like nothing I've experienced before

My first experience in a self-driving car was eight years ago. During a visit to Stanford’s Volkswagen Automotive Innovation Lab, I was given the opportunity to take a seat inside Junior 3, a robotic Volkswagen Passat that could drive and park itself autonomously. → Read More

I tried the self-driving BMW i3 — and it was like nothing I've experienced before

The autonomous BMW i3 prototype offers an unremarkable drive, but that's actually a good thing. → Read More

TED has launched a $250 million project to model 'what an IPO for the nonprofit world might look like'

* TED has launched the $US250 million Audacious Project, an annual initiative to back world-changing ideas. * Funders include The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Dalio Foundation, the Skoll Foundation, and Virgin Unite. * Dr. Raj Panjabi, CEO of Last Mile Health, is one of the first recipients. Dr. Raj Panjabi is probably the last person to ever get the $US1 million TED Prize – a sum of… → Read More

Business Insider is hiring a full-time innovation reporter

If you love writing about innovative solutions to problems ranging from income disparity to climate change to urban overcrowding, this could be the job for you. → Read More

Bill Gates reveals the 2 reasons why he’s giving away his $90 billion fortune

In the annual Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation letter, Bill Gates explains why he is giving all his money away. → Read More

Bill Gates reveals the 2 reasons why he’s giving away his $90 billion fortune

Business Insider - In the annual Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation letter, Bill Gates explains why he is giving all his money away.. Read more at businessinsider.sg → Read More

5 claims Trump used to justify pulling the US out of the Paris Agreement — and the reality

President Donald Trump says he will pull the US out of the Paris Agreement on climate change. But much of his reasoning Thursday was based on questionable data. → Read More

5 claims Trump used to justify pulling the US out of the Paris Agreement — and the reality

President Donald Trump says he will pull the US out of the Paris Agreement on climate change. But much of his reasoning Thursday was based on questionable... → Read More

The architect of post-9/11 New York City reveals the one move that changed the course of city history

As the former deputy mayor of New York City, Dan Doctoroff pushed through projects like the High Line and Hudson Yards and rezoned huge swaths of the city. → Read More

What it's really like inside Rio's infamous 'City of God'

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL — Cidade de Deus (“City of God”) is one of the most notorious favelas in Rio de Janeiro. It’s also the most well-known, thanks to the 2002 film of the same name that won four Oscars for its depiction of the City of God as it once was: drug-ridden, lawless, and filled with an impossibly large number of guns. But as I discovered during a recent visit to the City of God, the… → Read More

One of the most controversial Kickstarter campaigns in history is dead — here's the product that actually got made

One of the most popular Kickstarter launches of the last several years was the Glowing Plant campaign. The campaign officially died, but never quite ended. → Read More

One of the most controversial Kickstarter campaigns in history is dead — here's the product that actually got made

One of the most popular Kickstarter launches of the last several years was the Glowing Plant campaign. The campaign officially died, but never quite ended. → Read More

5 claims Trump used to justify pulling the US out of the Paris agreement — and the reality

President Trump has announced that he will pull the US out of the Paris climate agreement. Many of Trump's reasons, however, were based on questionable data. → Read More

Business Insider is hiring a science reporter

Business Insider's science section is looking for a full-time science reporter to join our team. → Read More