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The Guardian
Werner Herzog: 'I'm fascinated by trash TV. The poet must not avert his eyes'
The Guardian
10 min · · At 77 and holed up in lockdown, the veteran director and latterday actor shows no signs of slowing down or accepting any limitations · Shared by 161, including Luzius Meisser, Neil Lee, Eugene Wei, Christian Surchi, Anne Thompson
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Aeon+Psyche
Privatisation is bad economics and worse politics
Aeon+Psyche
10 min · · Putting public services in private hands is bad economics. Worse, it undermines our bonds as a political community · Shared by 163, including Christian Surchi, Liv 😷, Rick Powell, Dr. Marigo Raftopoulos, Brad Brooks, 🧠 Larry G. Maguire, Jochen Burkhard
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The Atlantic
The Second Great Depression
The Atlantic
6 min · · At least four major factors are terrifying economists and weighing on the recovery. · Shared by 142, including Brian Stelter, Ezra Klein, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Annie Lowrey, 瑞拿頭, Tim, Howard Getson, Christian Surchi
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OneZero
Our Ability to Process Information Is Reaching a Critical Limit
OneZero
6 min · · The result feels like a mental DDoS attack · Shared by 147, including Gregor B. Rosenauer, Jameson Lopp, Danielle Fong 🙋🏻♀️, Christian Surchi, Jake Jackson, Jeff Atwood, Mark Little, Brian Solis, Howard Getson, Kelsey D. Atherton, now available on Bluesky
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The New Yorker
The Walkman, Forty Years On
The New Yorker
5 min · · The gadget that taught the world to socially distance. · Shared by 160, including Steve Case, Sam Proud, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Simon Carless, Gerd Leonhard, Esther Schindler, Jeff Atwood, Claudia Sommer, Christian Surchi, Craig Mod, Klaus Eck, Austin Kleon
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Vox
How technology literally changes our brains
Vox
8 min · · Nicholas Carr on deep reading and digital thinking. · Shared by 229, including Dez S. Papp, Doug Sundheim, Rich, Liv 😷, Klaus Eck, Christian Surchi, Ezra Klein, Stephanie A Kowalski, Katja Evertz
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The New Yorker
Trump, Twitter, Facebook, and the Future of Online Speech
The New Yorker
4 min · · The debate over censorship and Section 230 is thorny, contentious, and, above all, outdated. · Shared by 66, including Tris Hussey, Josh Bernoff, Christian Surchi, Liv 😷, Katja Evertz, Chris Messina, Mathew Ingram, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer
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The Ringer
The Best Albums Rick Rubin’s Discography, Ranked
The Ringer
20+ min · · From his early Def Jam work to his revival of Johnny Cash and all the odds and ends in between, we’ve ranked the best (and worst) of the legendary superproducer’s career · Shared by 60, including Sam Proud, Bill Johnston, Felix M, Christian Surchi, Marcos
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Il Tascabile
Come la Cina è diventata una superpotenza tecnologica
Il Tascabile
11+ min · · Virtù e aspetti problematici di un processo inarrestabile: un dialogo con Simone Pieranni a partire dal suo Red Mirror. · Shared by 4, including Christian Surchi
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The Atlantic
How I Became a Poker Champion in One Year
The Atlantic
20+ min · · One of the world’s best players taught me his unique psychological style of play—and it worked. · Shared by 59, including Craig Mod, elpocas, OM, Christian Surchi, Dr. A.S. Barwich