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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Nick Copland, a 42-year-old real estate investor and the cofounder of MTR Authority, who lives outside Portland, Oregon. It has been edited for length and clarity.I’ve always been an entrepreneur at heart. As a kid, I found creative ways to make…

Billionaire tech bros like Sam Altman and Elon Musk like to think they operate on the futuristic fringe.On at least one subject that is trendy in tech circles, however, they are way late: basic income.Nearly six decades ago, Martin Luther King Jr. advocated for a form of basic income not…

Creators are raking in the ad dollars — but the wealth is being shared less and less equally.New data from the influencer-marketing platform CreatorIQ shows that the income gap in the creator economy is widening. The top 10% of creators on CreatorIQ’s platform received 62% of ad payments in 2025,…