Quanta Magazine
‘Noise’ in the Brain Encodes Surprisingly Important Signals
Quanta Magazine
8 min read · 254 saves · 2019-11-07 · Jordana Cepelewicz · Activity in the visual cortex and other sensory areas is dominated by signals about body movements, down to little tics and twitches. Scientists are now rethinking how they study and conceive of…
Our World in Data
The importance of social networks for innovation and productivity
Our World in Data
5 min read · 156 saves · 2019-11-08 · Social networks facilitate the diffusion of ideas across individuals and firms, and because of this, they play an important role in productivity growth. In this post we explain how this works.
BuzzFeed News
Before Mark Zuckerberg Tried To Kill TikTok, He Wanted To Own It
BuzzFeed News
9 min read · 71 saves · 2019-11-13 · Four years ago, Mark Zuckerberg failed to buy the Chinese company that became the basis of TikTok. Now he's demonizing it to make the case against regulating Facebook.
CNN
Secretive energy startup backed by Bill Gates achieves solar breakthrough
CNN
3 min read · 198 saves · 2019-11-19 · A secretive startup backed by Bill Gates has achieved a solar breakthrough aimed at saving the planet.
TechCrunch
The post-exponential era of AI and Moore’s Law
TechCrunch
1 min read · 98 saves · 2019-11-11 · My MacBook Pro is three years old, and for the first time in my life, a three-year-old primary computer doesn’t feel like a crisis which must be resolved immediately. True, this is partly because I’m waiting for Apple to fix their keyboard debacle, and partly because I still cannot stomach the Touch Bar. But it […]
The Economist Data Team
Why are some languages spoken faster than others?
The Economist Data Team
1 min read · 46 saves · 2019-04-02 · New research suggests that different tongues, regardless of speed, transmit information at roughly the same rate
The New York Times
Dealing With Bias in Artificial Intelligence
The New York Times
6 min read · 90 saves · 2019-11-19 · Craig S. Smith · Three women with extensive experience in A.I. spoke on the topic and how to confront it.
Financial Times
Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales launches Twitter and Facebook rival
Financial Times
2 min read · 37 saves · 2019-11-13 · WT.Social uses subscription-funded model to try and combat ‘clickbait’
The New York Times
Sneeze Into Your Elbow, Not Your Hand. Please.
The New York Times
2 min read · 19 saves · From 2018 · Some people have not yet gotten the official public health advice that sneezing into your arm sleeves (if you don’t have a tissue) will stop the spread of infectious germs.
WIRED
The Eight-Hour Workday Is a Counterproductive Lie
WIRED
2 min read · 295 saves · 2019-11-21 · Lizzie Wade · What was once a socialist dream has become every knowledge worker’s nightmare. It's time to unmake the modern myth of productivity.
