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Stanford

History Tech

The Secret History of Facial Recognition

Sixty years ago, a sharecropper’s son invented a technology to identify faces. Then the record of his role all but vanished. Who was Woody Bledsoe, and who was he working for?

Shaun Raviv Wired Jan 2020 25min Permalink

Crime

When the Punishment Feels Like a Crime

Brock Turner’s twisted legacy—and a Stanford professor’s relentless pursuit of justice.

Julia Ioffe Huffington Post Highline Jun 2018 15min Permalink

Sex

Inside Stanford Business School’s Spiraling Sex Scandal

A love triangle between two married professors and the dean goes public.

David Margolick Vanity Fair Oct 2015 30min Permalink

Arts Music

The Stalking of Korean Hip Hop Superstar Daniel Lee

The story of a bizarre—and bizarrely effective—smear campaign.

Joshua Davis Wired Apr 2012 25min Permalink

Tech

Get Rich U.

On the relationship between Stanford and Silicon Valley.

Ken Auletta New Yorker Apr 2012 30min Permalink

The Menace Within

The Stanford Prison Experiment, revisited 40 years later.

Romesh Ratnesar Stanford Magazine Jul 2011 15min Permalink

Best Article

The Secret of Self-Control

Would you rather have one marshmallow now or two in a few minutes? How a kid’s answer to that question can predict his or her life trajectory.

Jonah Lehrer New Yorker May 2009 20min Permalink