Table of Contents
Introduction 7
Chapter 1 The Sharing Economy
Europe Without Hotels Benji Lanyado 10
The Smartphone Way to Beckon a Car Joshua Brustein 18
Companies Built on Sharing Balk When It Comes to Regulators David Streitfeld 20
Businesses Turn to Airbnb Matt Krupnick 24
In an Uber World, Fortune Favors the Freelancer Tyler Cowen 27
What Uber Can Learn From Airbnb's Global Expansion Mark Scott 34
Airbnb and Uber Mobilize Vast User Base to Sway Policy Conor Dougherty Mike Isaac 34
Airbnb Pledges to Work with Cities and Pay 'Fair Share' of Taxes Mike Isaac 38
What the Sharing Economy Really Delivers: Entitlement Ginia Bellafante 42
The Whatchamacallit Economy Steven Greenhouse 46
Chapter 2 Transportation
When Will Electric Cars Go Mainstream? It May Be Sooner Than You Think Brad Plumer 49
Self-Driving Cars Might Need Standards, but Whose? John R. Quain 54
Uber Strikes Deal With Volvo to Bring Self-Driving Cars to Its Network Mike Isaac 59
Self-Driving Uber Car Kills Pedestrian in Arizona, Where Robots Roam Daisuke Wakabayashi 61
Uber's Self-Driving Trucks Hit the Highway, but Not Local Roads Daisuke Wakabayashi 66
Full Tilt: When 100% of Cars Are Autonomous By The New York Times 69
Richard Branson's Virgin and Hyperloop One Transit Pods Become Fast Friends Jacey Fortin 86
Why Even the Hyperloop Probably Wouldn't Change Your Commute Time Emily Badger 89
Falcon Heavy, in a Roar of Thunder, Carries SpaceX's Ambition Into Orbit Kenneth Chang 94
Chapter 3 Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies
Speed Bumps on the Road to Virtual Cash Noam Cohen 100
Bubble or No, This Virtual Currency Is a Lot of Coin in Any Realm Noam Cohen 105
What Is Bitcoin, and How Does It Work? Nathaniel Popper 110
Grandpa Had a Pension. This Generation Has Cryptocurrency. Teddy Wayne 115
Should the Fed Create 'FedCoin' to Rival Bitcoin? A Former Top Official Says 'Maybe' Neil Irwin 122
Kodak's Dubious Cryptocurrency Gamble Kevin Roose 125
Solar Experiment Lets Neighbors Trade Energy Among Themselves Diane Cardwell 132
A Former Top Wall Street Regulator Turns to the Blockchain Nathaniel Popper 138
A Blockchain Building in Bushwick Stuart Miller 142
Blockchain Will Be Theirs, Russian Spy Boasted at Conference Nathaniel Popper 149
Chapter 4 Editing DNA
A Powerful New Way to Edit DNA Andrew Pollack 154
Jennifer Doudna, a Pioneer Who Helped Simplify Genome Editing Andrew Pollack 160
Gene Drives Offer New Hope Against Diseases and Crop Pests Nicholas Wade 167
Scientists Find Form of Crispr Gene Editing With New Capabilities Carl Zimmer 174
In Breakthrough, Scientists Edit a Dangerous Mutation From Genes in Human Embryos Pam Belluck 177
Chapter 5 Smart Homes and the Internet of Things
Thinking of Rigging Your Home With Smart Devices? Start Here Damon Darlin 183
3 Gadgets You Didn't Know You Needed, but Are Worth Buying Ann-Marie Alcantara 187
Amazon Buys Ring, Maker of Smart Home Products Nick Wingfield 190
Is My Not-So-Smart House Watching Me? Ronda Kaysen 192
To Invade Homes, Tech Is Trying to Get in Your Kitchen Brian X. Chen 196
From Westworld to Best World for the Internet of Things Jonathan Zittrain 201
Looking Beyond the Internet of Things Quentin Hardy 204
Glossary 209
Media Literacy Terms 211
Media Literacy Questions 213
Citations 215
Index 219
