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David Z Morris

Freelance

David Z Morris writes about technology and the arts for publications such as Fortune and Signal to Noise. He lives in Tampa, Florida.

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Blue and white ceramic tile art depicting a ship with sails and a coastal building with a tower and flying birds in the sky.

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Economic history

Cruel ships of prosperity

For more than two centuries the huge profits and profound suffering of the Manila Galleons helped create global capitalism

David Z Morris

Aerial view of a container port at night showing stacked cargo containers, cranes and vehicles under artificial lighting.

essay

Automation and robotics

RoboCorp

Get ready for companies that run themselves. But will the autonomous economy set us all free, or just make the rich richer?

David Z Morris