Outside
Walking Is Making a Major Comeback
Outside
~15 min read · From 2020 · Many of us have long dismissed this gentle, approachable activity for more adrenaline-pumping forms of exercise. We've been missing out—big-time.
Reader View · Shared by 116, including Daniel Pink, Christian Surchi, Martina Pugliese, Jane, Steve Case
The Observer Effect.
The Observer Effect
The Observer Effect.
20+ min read · From 2020 · Marc Andreessen on how he spends his time, learns, the 'build' essay and much more.
Reader View · Shared by 345, including Martina Pugliese, Kevin_Indig, Niklaus Gerber, kees, Alain, 🇺🇦 Alex Iskold | 1kproject.org, Mathias Böhm, Howard Getson, John Tan⚡️, Sachin Rekhi, Anand Sanwal, Chris Messina, Vikram Dutt, Mark Kaigwa, Bill Johnston, Sunnie J. Groeneveld, Bri Kimmel, René Pfitzner, Christian Surchi, Pascal Sulser
Salon
We’re losing the war against surveillance capitalism because we let Big Tech frame the debate
Salon
9 min read · From 2020 · It’s too late to "conserve" our digital privacy — but to preserve what's left, we must stop defining people as commodities
Reader View · Shared by 112, including Faik Ersoy, Jochen Burkhard, Gerd Leonhard, Ethan Zeigler, James Gingerich, @Expeflow #WorkEasier #RPA, Josep M. Ganyet, Christian Surchi, Katja Evertz
Guardian Tech
What's wrong with WhatsApp
Guardian Tech
~18 min read · From 2020 · The long read: As social media has become more inhospitable, the appeal of private online groups has grown. But they hold their own dangers – to those both inside and out
Reader View · Shared by 296, including Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Howard Getson, Matt Navarra, Konrad Lischka, Michael Seemann, Gregor Aisch #NotMyTaxonomy, Neil Hart 💙, Merkstatt, Jane, Cameron Yick, Klaus Eck, Lara Burriesci, Dirk von Gehlen, Claudia Sommer, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Johannes Lenz, luis antónio santos, Christian Surchi, Philippe Surber, Chris Bertram
Timothy McSweeney
Lest We Forget the Horrors: A Catalog of Trump’s Worst Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes: The Complete…
Timothy McSweeney
From 2020 · To be read before the 2020 Presidential Election.
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Shared by 85, including Pam Selle, Steve Portigal 🇨🇦🇺🇸, Eric Vitiello, Mathew Ingram, Christian Surchi, Data Pointed, Andy Kirk, Charlie O'Keefe, Lynn Cherny, Christopher Knight, Adrian Roselli 🗯, Dan Gillmor, Delip Rao, Elizabeth Picciuto, Bryan William Jones, Cory Doctorow
Tablet Magazine
The Ontology of Pop Physics
Tablet Magazine
From 2020 · A slew of popularizing science books delve into the basic mismatch between being and human being
Shared by 13, including Christian Surchi, Howard Getson
Next City
The Story Behind the Minneapolis ‘Sanctuary Hotel’
Next City
5 min read · From 2020 · Among the outpourings of mutual aid since the coronavirus pandemic began, few are as impressive as the Sanctuary Hotel in Minneapolis.
Reader View · Shared by 6, including Christian Surchi
The Atlantic
Racism Is Terrible. Blackness Is Not.
The Atlantic
5 min read · From 2020 · So many people taught us to be more than the hatred heaped upon us.
Reader View · Shared by 119, including Ed Yong, Christian Surchi, Marc Lamont Hill, Minda Harts, Mark Kaigwa, Neil Hart 💙, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Kate Manne
The New York Times
Tulsa and the Many Sins of Racism
The New York Times
4 min read · From 2020 · The ugly story didn’t end with the abolition of slavery.
Reader View · Shared by 39, including zeldman, Jen Simmons, Christian Surchi
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
What moves people?
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
5 min read · From 2020 · Associate Professor Jinhua Zhao, who will direct the new MIT Mobility Initiative, brings behavioral science to urban transportation.
Reader View · Shared by 30, including MIT SA+P, Christian Surchi