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Adam Pasick

Adam Pasick
Adam was formerly managing editor of nymag.com. Before that spent 10 years with Reuters in New York, London, and—in a career move that will haunt him for all eternity—the virtual world of Second Life. He is based in Bangkok, Thailand.
Science & Tech

These Robots Are Stranded Inside a Nuclear Disaster

This month, a Tokyo utility company sent two specially-designed robots on an ill-fated mission into the Fukushima nuclear disaster site to assess the damage.

  • Adam Pasick, Quartz
Science & Tech

Elon Musk Says Robots Could Be More Dangerous Than Nukes

The Tesla and Space-X founder is worried about the dark side of artificial intelligence. By Adam Pasick

  • Adam Pasick, Quartz
Threats

How China's Enormous Fishing Fleet Is Being Used As a Surrogate Navy

Beijing seems to be sending its fishermen to work in disputed waters for not only economic and commercial reasons, but geopolitical ones as well. By Adam Pasnick

  • Adam Pasick, Quartz
Science & Tech

The U.S. Tried to Use Social Media to Overthrow the Cuban Regime

USAID spent years creating a ‘Cuban Twitter’ to try to overthrow the island’s communist government. By Adam Pasick

  • Adam Pasick, Quartz