The New Yorker
What Statistics Can and Can’t Tell Us About Ourselves
13+ min · · In the era of Big Data, we’ve come to believe that, with enough information, human behavior is predictable. But number crunching can lead us perilously wrong. · Shared by 227, including 🇺🇦 Eugene Borukhovich, Remy Bataille, Ben Fry, justin caouette, Martina Pugliese, Fabrizio Bianchi, Eric Topol, Yvette Dubel, Jane, Massimiliano Aroffo, Dr. Marigo Raftopoulos, Stephanie A Kowalski, Steven Sinofsky, Kevin Mitchell @WiringtheBrain@ mstdn .social, Carla Gentry 🎶, Gianluca Diegoli, Cameron Yick ~ @hydrosquall@vis.social on mastodon, Thomas Power, Mayhem, Just Mayhem., John Hagel
The New Yorker
The Rich Can’t Get Richer Forever, Can They?
12+ min · · Inequality comes in waves. The question is when this one will break. · Shared by 152, including Mayhem, Just Mayhem., John Danaher, Stephanie A Kowalski, Faik Ersoy, Fern, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Aimee Meifeu ✍️⚖️, Matthias Lampe, Jochen Burkhard
Forge
A Radical Guide to Spending Less Time on Your Phone
10 min · · When I used these strategies, I finally took back my life · Shared by 606, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Liliane Ferrari ™, Thomas Power, Matti Heubner, Dr. Simon A. Rego, Gabriele, Ryan Holiday, Fern, Ami Measel, Mayhem, Just Mayhem., Bryan Kramer - Keynote Speaker, Yvette Dubel, Carl Morris, Annik Burgdorfer-Grolimund, Stephanie A Kowalski, Scott Monty
Ness Labs
From FOMO to JOMO: the joy of missing out
6 min · · JOMO—the joy of missing out—is a way to live an intentional life. It’s realising that FOMO is distracting you from your life’s purpose. · Shared by 758, including Tyler Tringas, Josep M. Ganyet, Tristán Elósegui, HeyDesigner, Cameron Yick ~ @hydrosquall@vis.social on mastodon, dunschtig, tcherno, Liv 😷, Patric Fornasier, Glyn Britton, Anne-Laure Le Cunff, André Borges, Mayhem, Just Mayhem., Beth Price Almeida, Thomas Power, Ines Bieler, Fabricio Teixeira, Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe, blinch, Vincenzo Tremonte
The New Yorker
How An Élite University Research Center Concealed Its Relationship with Jeffrey Epstein
10 min · · New documents show that the M.I.T. Media Lab was aware of Epstein’s status as a convicted sex offender, and that Epstein directed contributions to the lab far exceeding the amounts M.I.T. has publicly… · Shared by 242, including Caterina Fake, Kate Crawford, Steve Silberman, Patricia Churchland, Mathew Ingram, Thomas Fuchs , Dr Skye Cleary, Tara Imani, AIA, Carl Zimmer, Martin Giles, felix salmon, BethAnn, jalak jobanputra, Audrey Watters, Reshma Saujani, Deborah Blum, Josh Wolfe, Dr. Janet D. Stemwedel, PhD 🏳️🌈, Greg Bettinelli, zeynep tufekci