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April 27th, 2022
When the pandemic untethered millions of workers from their offices, a new species of digital nomad was born. On a sun-dappled island in the middle of the ocean, a group of them is engaged in a novel experiment that might foretell the future of work.
Written by David Kushner, Disruptor
September 26th, 2021
Fantasy and murder at the world's biggest Renaissance festival.
Written by David Kushner, Outside
September 20th, 2021
Oregon voters have opened the door to treating mental illness with substances like ketamine and psilocybin. In a peek at the future, our seeker attends a backwoods retreat where patients get help from a powerful combination of drugs and the outdoors.
Written by David Kushner, Insider
July 10th, 2021
How 'digital nomads' took over Tulum's tropical paradise.
Written by David Kushner, Esquire
November 20th, 2020
The family of the Grateful Dead legend has spent years traveling across the country and sampling countless strains to find a cannabis worthy of Jerry's name. We went along for the ride.
Written by David Kushner, Esquire
April 2nd, 2019
Six years ago, three former Mossad agents launched an experimental Israeli Army program to recruit those on the autism spectrum, harnessing their unique aptitudes—their "superpowers," as one soldier puts it.
Written by David Kushner, Wired
March 25th, 2019
Synthetic Biology is making it easier than ever to produce life-saving vaccines - and life-taking viruses that humanity is not prepared to fight.
Written by David Kushner, Rolling Stone
December 14th, 2018
How a down-on-his-luck headbanger fabricated a persona, faked a tour, and promoted himself as a hard-rock savior
Written by David Kushner, Esquire
May 1st, 2018
A bank glitch gave a 24-year old, down-on-his-luck Australian man access to unlimited funds. Then he did exactly what you think he did with it.
Written by David Kushner, Foreign Policy
July 7th, 2016
Eugene Mallove gave up everything to pursue the holy grail of nuclear energy. Did it cost him his life?
Written by David Kushner, Rolling Stone
May 23rd, 2016
How a teenager created Oculus Rift in his parents' SoCal garage, sold it for $2 billion and may have launched a virtual reality revolution.
Written by David Kushner, Wall Street Journal
May 16th, 2016
Guillaume Olivier Madiba is helming one of the world’s most innovative videogame companies—not in Silicon Valley or Japan, but in Africa, where Kiro’o Games is diversifying a $100 billion industry
Written by David Kushner, Foreign Policy
April 26th, 2016
To spies, David Vincenzetti is a salesman. To tyrants, he is a savior. How the Italian mogul built a hacking empire.
Written by David Kushner, Rolling Stone
February 1st, 2016
Sexy, single and artificially-intelligent — fake profiles are wooing lonely hearts on sites far beyond Ashley Madison