The Guardian
Facebook sets out plan for 'effortless' virtual reality socialising
2 min · · Users could effectively ‘teleport’ to connect with friends in more planet-friendly way, says Zuckerberg · Shared by 15, including Neil Hart 💙
The Guardian
How to have better arguments online
16+ min · · The long read: The troubled times we live in, and the rise of social media, have created an age of endless conflict. Rather than fearing or avoiding disagreement, we need to learn to do it well · Shared by 289, including Jane, Gabriele, Birgit Schefer, Mark Kaigwa, Neil Hart 💙, Nir Eyal, Simon Fossom, zoeamar, Richard Deitsch, Dambisa Moyo, Kyle Bunch, Anita Leirfall, Esther Schindler, Emmy van Deurzen☀️🌍 🌻🌹🌳🇪🇺🇫🇷🇳🇱🇬🇧🇺🇸⭐️, Andy Budd, Jonathan Haidt, Michael Clemens
The Guardian
What will the next decade bring? Here are 20 predictions from trend forecasters
5 min · · Like all predictions, these should be taken with a grain of salt ... · Shared by 470, including Malik El Bay 🕊🔰🇲🇦, Kevin Roberts, Amicitia, Steve Faulkner SteveFaulkner@mastodon.social, Johannes Dornisch, Neil Hart 💙, Pascal Sulser, Blake Morgan, Ines Bieler, Alyssa C, Kyle Bunch, Lee Keyes
Stratechery
Mistakes and Memes
15+ min · · Information on the Internet is conveyed by memes, which can be anything and everything. The real world impacts are only now being understood. · Shared by 293, including Neil Hart 💙, Ceferino Díaz, Faik Ersoy, Scott Monty, Stephanie A Kowalski, Tom Connor, Ben Thompson, Luminous Kaleidoscope, scott belsky
TED Talks
The lost art of listening
4 min · · The story of how this politician won over a warlord contains a lesson that we could all learn from, says organizational psychologist Adam Grant. · Shared by 380, including Kevin Roberts, Adam Grant, Stephanie A Kowalski, Beate Jordaan, Neil Hart 💙, Luminous Kaleidoscope
The Atlantic
The Remote-Work Revolution Will Be Bigger Than We Think
8 min · · The past year has offered a glimpse of the nowhere-everywhere future of work. · Shared by 457, including Christian Surchi, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Steve Case, Luminous Kaleidoscope, Mathew Ingram, Jessica Lessin, Katja Evertz, Chadwick Hagan, Amicitia, Matthias Lampe, Stowe Boyd, Neil Hart 💙, Alex Rainert 🤦🏻♂️, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Chris Dancy 🌈🧠🧙🏼♂️🤖
Fast Company
Why remote work may render the 5-day workweek obsolete
4 min · · During the conventional 5-day week, most workers’ productivity levels gradually drop off as they move closer to the weekend, signaling the format may be outdated. · Shared by 174, including Frank Hamm, Cyril Coste #DigitalTransformation, Evan (he/him), Martina Pugliese, Nicolas Babin, Marsha Collier, Tauno, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Katja Evertz, Stephanie A Kowalski, Neil Hart 💙, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Bertrand Duperrin
The Guardian
Episode 1: Hong Kong's accidental pop star
· How an English musician became an overnight pop star in Hong Kong – only to discover he was the face of a huge new protest movement against China · Shared by 35, including Neil Hart 💙
The New York Times
Opinion | Three Weeks Inside a Pro-Trump QAnon Chat Room
12+ min · · Here’s what it sounded like. · Shared by 140, including Richard Dawkins, Diane Ravitch 🇺🇸🇺🇦🌈🗽🌹, Paul Kedrosky, Yaryna Serkez 🇺🇦, Barry Ritholtz, Brendan Nyhan (@Brendan.J.Nyhan on 🧵🧵🧵), Richard Deitsch, Stuart A. Thompson, Amicitia, Noely ⚡️🏐, Neil Hart 💙, Kevin M. Kruse, Ken Schwencke, Xeorge Xonway, Luminous Kaleidoscope, August is National Water Quality Month
gold.ac.uk
New Crass Massahkah: Remembering the fire at 439 New Cross Road
3 min · · In the early hours of Sunday 18 January, 1981, a devastating fire engulfed party-goers at a birthday celebration being held at 439 New Cross Road for Yvonne Ruddock and Angela Jackson. · Shared by 6, including Neil Hart 💙
TIME
Amsterdam Is Embracing a New Economic Theory to Help Save the Environment. Could It Replace Capitalism?
Summary · 10 min · · It’s the first time a major city has attempted to put doughnut theory into action on a local level · Shared by 685, including Marius Bleuer, Bryan Onel, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Rick Powell, Tom Connor, Mark Little, Neil Hart 💙, Stephanie A Kowalski, getAbstract, Damir Kusar, Michael Sumner, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, James Anderson, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Christopher Mims 🤌, Ian M Calvert, Brooks Rainwater, Gerd Leonhard, John Maeda
nma.vc
Clubhouse is taking social audio to the next level
3 min · · Lately, many people are hanging out in a Clubhouse. But what makes this new social audio app so irresistible? It may come back to a worldwide pandemic, something called “ephemeral audio”, and a FOMO –… · Shared by 13, including Katja Evertz, Neil Hart 💙, Nico Lumma
The New York Times
He Created the Web. Now He’s Out to Remake the Digital World.
7 min · · Tim Berners-Lee wants to put people in control of their personal data. He has technology and a start-up pursuing that goal. Can he succeed? · Shared by 447, including Tom Pick | #B2Bmarketing guy, Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao, Michael (मुकेश), Edward Tufte, Forbes India, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen (offline, on parental leave), Chris Gledhill, Gerd Leonhard, Steve Faktor, MIT CSAIL, Oren Etzioni, Nige Roberts-Willson, John Battelle, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Carissa Véliz, Sam Maule, AXSChat, Antonio Vieira Santos, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Craig Brown, PhD
Evening Standard
The need to understand our shared history has never been so important
2 min · · In light of the recent Black Lives Matter demonstrations, the need to understand our shared histories has never been more important - to help shape our shared futures. The CBE given to trailblazing… · Shared by 7, including Neil Hart 💙
Aeon+Psyche
What is a minimally good life and are you prepared to live it?
4 min · · Would you be willing to swap your life with that of the least fortunate person in your society? A philosophical test for justice · Shared by 240, including Anita Leirfall, rohit, Jason Silva, Alyssa C, Katja Evertz, Marylin Delgado (@marylindelgado@zirk.us), Neil Hart 💙
GEN
‘Am I the Asshole?’ Reveals America’s Sexist Underbelly
4 min · · One of the most thorough looks at gender inequality can be found on a Reddit forum · Shared by 133, including Neil Hart 💙, Jamil Smith جميل كريم