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Eric Johnson

Eric Johnson

Producer, Special Projects, Kara Swisher

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    Wearables pioneer Jawbone is back with a new mission: Warning you about health problems you didn’t know you hadWearables pioneer Jawbone is back with a new mission: Warning you about health problems you didn’t know you had
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    Jawbone Health CEO Hosain Rahman reflects on past mistakes and explains what’s next on Recode Decode.

    By Eric Johnson
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    Big data could ‘stop famines from ever happening again,’ says World Bank Group President Jim Yong KimBig data could ‘stop famines from ever happening again,’ says World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim
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    “Famine by definition is large numbers of people who are starving to death. There’s no reason for that to ever happen.”

    By Eric Johnson
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    Colin Kaepernick’s Nike ads are just one piece of a bigger ‘reckoning’ in the fashion industryColin Kaepernick’s Nike ads are just one piece of a bigger ‘reckoning’ in the fashion industry
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    Business of Fashion Editor in Chief Imran Amed explains how the industry is becoming more explicitly political on the latest Recode Media.

    By Eric Johnson
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    Swiping on Tinder is addictive. That’s partly because it was inspired by an experiment that ‘turned pigeons into gamblers.’Swiping on Tinder is addictive. That’s partly because it was inspired by an experiment that ‘turned pigeons into gamblers.’
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    Journalist Nancy Jo Sales talks about the gamification of dating and her new HBO documentary “Swiped” on the latest Recode Decode podcast.

    By Eric Johnson
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    ‘The Land of Steady Habits’ director Nicole Holofcener explains what’s different about making a movie for Netflix‘The Land of Steady Habits’ director Nicole Holofcener explains what’s different about making a movie for Netflix
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    A normal studio wanted Holofcener to cast “six A-list stars” if they were going to put it out in theaters. Netflix said, “You can cast whoever you want.”

    By Eric Johnson
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    If they don’t want to lose their jobs to a machine, doctors will need to become compassionate ‘human connectors’If they don’t want to lose their jobs to a machine, doctors will need to become compassionate ‘human connectors’
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    “AI Superpowers” author and former Google China president Kai-Fu Lee predicts that medicine will undergo radical changes in the next few decades.

    By Eric Johnson
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    Why Roku isn’t afraid of competition from Apple, Google and AmazonWhy Roku isn’t afraid of competition from Apple, Google and Amazon
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    They’re too busy selling phones and shoes to do TV right, CEO Anthony Wood says.

    By Eric Johnson
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    Is it time for a ‘slow food’ movement for the internet?Is it time for a ‘slow food’ movement for the internet?
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    Nicole Wong, the former deputy CTO of the United States, lays out what that might look like.

    By Eric Johnson
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    Full Q&A: Former Google lawyer and deputy U.S. CTO Nicole Wong on Recode DecodeFull Q&A: Former Google lawyer and deputy U.S. CTO Nicole Wong on Recode Decode
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    “If you can order a chocolate cake on Amazon and have it delivered that day, then you ought to be able to get your Social Security benefits just as easily.”

    By Eric Johnson
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    ‘The NFL is like a drug lord and football is like crack,’ says ‘Big Game’ author Mark Leibovich‘The NFL is like a drug lord and football is like crack,’ says ‘Big Game’ author Mark Leibovich
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    America’s favorite sport has lots of problems, yes. But it’s not going away anytime soon, Leibovich predicts.

    By Eric Johnson