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Nicholas Thompson

Sports Tech

A Nameless Hiker and the Case the Internet Can’t Crack

The man on the trail went by “Mostly Harmless.” He was friendly and said he worked in tech. After he died in his tent, no one could figure out who he was.

Nicholas Thompson Wired Nov 2020 15min Permalink

Sports

To Run My Best Marathon at Age 44, I Had to Outrun My Past

After 20 years of long-distance competition, I ran my fastest. All it took was tech, training, and a new understanding of my life.

Nicholas Thompson Wired Apr 2020 30min Permalink

Tech

15 Months of Fresh Hell Inside Facebook

Scandals. Backstabbing. Resignations. Record profits. Time Bombs.

Nicholas Thompson, Fred Vogelstein Wired Apr 2019 40min Permalink

Inside the Two Years that Shook Facebook—and the World

How a confused, defensive social media giant steered itself into a disaster, and how Mark Zuckerberg is trying to fix it all.

Nicholas Thompson, Fred Vogelstein Wired Feb 2018 40min Permalink