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Cold Takes Audio

Amateur read-throughs of blog posts on Cold-Takes.com, for those who prefer listening to reading. Available on Apple, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and anywhere else you listen to podcasts by searching Co... Read more

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The Track Record of Futurists Seems ... Fine

The Track Record of Futurists Seems ... Fine

We scored mid-20th-century sci-fi writers on nonfiction predictions. They weren't great, but weren't terrible either. Ma... Read more

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Nonprofit Boards are Weird

Nonprofit Boards are Weird

With great power comes, er, unclear responsibility and zero accountability. https://www.cold-takes.com/nonprofit-boards-... Read more

23 Jun 2022

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