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Guardian US
'They wanted me gone': Edward Snowden tells of whistleblowing, his AI fears and six years in Russia
9 min read · From 2019 · The man whose state surveillance revelations rocked the world speaks exclusively to the Guardian about his new life and concerns for the future · Shared by 331, including Desmond Williams, Vincenzo Tremonte, Matthias Lampe, Charlie O'Keefe, zooko❤ⓩ🛡🦓🦓🦓, Jochen Burkhard, Katja Evertz, Thomas Power, Howard Getson, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, Charles Baldwin, Neuropsychology, Ines Bieler, ❤️ Umair, Gil Press, Evan Selinger, Dr. Marigo Raftopoulos
The Guardian
The Epstein scandal at MIT shows the moral bankruptcy of techno elites
6 min read · From 2019 · The MIT-Epstein debacle shows ‘the prostitution of intellectual activity’. Time for a radical agenda: close the Media Lab, disband Ted Talks and refuse tech billionaires money · Shared by 80, including 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, John Nosta, Javi Cantón, Rajesh Kasturirangan, Audrey Watters, Dean Anthony Gratton, Jonathan Eisen, Christopher Lauer, Dr. Janet D. Stemwedel, PhD 🏳️🌈, Charles Baldwin
Harvard Business Review
A New, More Rigorous Study Confirms: The More You Use Facebook, the Worse You Feel
7 min read · From 2017 · Online social interactions are no substitute for the real thing. · Shared by 267, including Ian Lurie 🇺🇦, Bjorn Larsen, Harpreet Singh, JP Nicols 🇺🇸🇺🇦, Sérgio Vieira, Robin Krieglstein, Cory Doctorow, gabriel rath, Daniel Newman #SixFiveSummit #DF22, Mark Tabladillo PhD, Elinor Stutz, Stephanie A Kowalski, Stephan Spencer, hiten.eth, Oren Etzioni, Robin Good, Klaus Eck, Shanna Peeples she/her 🏳️🌈, Chris Messina, Jo Alchin
The New Yorker
How An Élite University Research Center Concealed Its Relationship with Jeffrey Epstein
10 min read · From 2019 · 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 240, including Caterina Fake, Kate Crawford, Josh Wolfe, Patricia Churchland, Mathew Ingram, Thomas “🐈🔭🕹” Fuchs, Dr Skye Cleary, Tara Imani, AIA NCIDQ ASID, Carl Zimmer, Martin Giles, Felix Salmon, Dr. Janet D. Stemwedel, PhD 🏳️🌈, jalak jobanputra, Audrey Watters, reshmasaujani, Deborah Blum, Steve Silberman, BethAnn, Greg Bettinelli, zeynep tufekci
Longreads
In the Age of the Psychonauts
20+ min read · From 2019 · Three psycho-spiritual “events” of the 1970s — involving Philip K. Dick, Robert Anton Wilson, and Terence and Dennis McKenna — had a strange synchronicity. · Shared by 115, including Merkstatt, Tauno, MIT Press, fnord, Charles Baldwin, Gabriele
TechCrunch
A huge database of Facebook users’ phone numbers found online
2 min read · From 2019 · Hundreds of millions of phone numbers linked to Facebook accounts have been found online. The exposed server contained more than 419 million records over several databases on users across geographies,… · Shared by 215, including MΛRC VIDΛL, Katja Evertz, Merkstatt, Matt Navarra, Brian Solis, Bjorn Larsen, Privacy Matters 🇬🇧🇮🇪🇪🇺🌻, Jonathan Kogan, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Thomas “🐈🔭🕹” Fuchs, John Nosta, Charles Baldwin, DHH, Mark Tabladillo PhD, Richard Gutjahr, Troy Hunt, Builtvisible
The Atlantic
The Amazon Is Not Earth’s Lungs
2 min read · From 2019 · Humans could burn every living thing on the planet and still not dent its oxygen supply. · Shared by 119, including Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Robin Sloan, Fern, Alexandra Wong, Katja Evertz, Matthias Lampe, Guy Kawasaki, Merkstatt, Warren Whitlock, Thomas Power, Tom Connor, Charles Baldwin, Kevin Marks
The New York Times
How an Online Mob Created a Playbook for a Culture War
3 min read · From 2019 · The powerful lesson of a 5-year-old harassment campaign: How to wage a post-truth information war. · Shared by 89, including 🌏🔎Leigh Alexander 🐬💿✨, Charlie O'Keefe, Stephanie A Kowalski, Paolo Pedercini, Charles Baldwin, Felix M, Aleksandra Wisniewska, Liz Lumley, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Jane
Inc.
Welcome to the No-Code Software Revolution
4 min read · From 2019 · The future of software is about "no-code" platforms · Shared by 439, including ipfconline, Merkstatt, Nige Willson, Remy Bataille, Mark Hasebroock, Vlad the Inhaler 😈 (AlgoCompSynth by znmeb), AI, Dr. Sally Eaves #InnoTrans2022 #GTC22, Scott Brinker, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Florian Graillot, Sebastien Meunier, Jonathan Kogan, Matthias Lampe, Gerrit Eicker, Real Marsha Wright®, Elena Neira, Ronald van Loon, Christian Hartmann, Nicolas Babin
Phys.org
Complex quantum teleportation achieved for the first time
2 min read · From 2019 · Austrian and Chinese scientists have succeeded in teleporting three-dimensional quantum states for the first time. High-dimensional teleportation could play an important role in future quantum… · Shared by 109, including Martina Grolimund, Charles Baldwin, Rick King, Thomas Power, SusanaDeLeón, MD, tcherno, 瑞拿頭, Jonathan Kogan
The Atlantic
Meritocracy’s Miserable Winners
10 min read · From 2019 · The system that’s widened the gap between the rich and everyone else has also turned elite life into an endless, terrible competition. Maybe there’s a way out. · Shared by 213, including Dave Nussbaum, Rick Powell, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, 🟣 Antonio Vieira Santos #FutureOfWork #InnoTrans2, Christina Sommers, Matthias Lampe, Bradley Metrock, Dr Jordan B Peterson, Tim Müller, Gregory B. Sadler - get your shots!, Dr. Marigo Raftopoulos, John Tasioulas, David Nagel, Scott Galloway, Stowe Boyd, Uwe Sinha, Tara Imani, AIA NCIDQ ASID, Debbie Meier ✍️⚖️, Anita Leirfall, Jochen Burkhard
getwaves.io
Get Waves – Generate SVG waves for your designs
From 2019 · Join over 300,000 others who enjoy Muzli for Chrome & Safari. Muzli is a goldmine of inspiring, beautiful & fresh content, stunningly delivered every time you open up a new tab. Learn more Stay… · Shared by 183, including Mohamed Azazy, Veerle Pieters, L. Taylor Banks, Arti Villa, René Clausen Nielsen, Davy De Pauw, Jess 🇺🇦, Marius Bleuer, mitimiti, Fabricio Teixeira, Design Shack, Michael Sumner, sascha aßbach, David Hellmann, Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙, Sachin Gawas, Nico Müller 🇺🇦, Boris Périsset, Charles Baldwin, Tomas Vestenicky
The New Yorker
Denmark Offers to Buy U.S.
1 min read · From 2019 · “We believe that by giving the U.S. an educational system and national health care, it could be transformed from a vast land mass into a great nation,” a spokesperson for Denmark said. · Shared by 142, including Shawn Venasse, Morten Gade, Fabian Pfortmüller, ❤️ Umair, Michael (मुकेश) 🇺🇦💪🏻, tcherno, Chris Fralic, Antonio Ramos, Thomas Power, Ian Lurie 🇺🇦, Christian P. Stobbe, Charles Baldwin, Noely ⚡️🏐, Tom Connor, Barbra Streisand, 🟣 Antonio Vieira Santos #FutureOfWork #InnoTrans2
The Verge
WeWork isn’t a tech company; it’s a soap opera
10 min read · From 2019 · I dedicate this to the energy of We. · Shared by 251, including DHH, Jeff Nolan 🇺🇸🚀, Zain Fathoni, Michael (मुकेश) 🇺🇦💪🏻, Brian Rinaldi, Fern, Liliane Ferrari ™, David Cochrane, Spencer Fry, Gerd Leonhard, Dan Gillmor, Thomas Power, Tyler Tringas, Matthias Lampe, pןɐʍuɐƃɐɹ, Daniel Newman #SixFiveSummit #DF22, Thomas Knüwer, Sebastien Meunier, Lauren Holliday, John Koetsier
The Atlantic
Trump’s El Paso Photo Is Obscene
2 min read · From 2019 · The president’s callousness has reached a new low: smiling, flashing a thumbs-up next to an orphaned infant. · Shared by 64, including Charles Baldwin, Rick Powell, Luisa Weiss, Trey Tweets Into the Void, Clemens M. Schuster, Jane, Scott McLeod, Dan Gillmor
The New York Times
A Common Trait Among Mass Killers: Hatred Toward Women
7 min read · From 2019 · Misogyny and mass shootings in the United States are closely intertwined. · Shared by 87, including Noely ⚡️🏐, Christopher Lauer, Christiane Link, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Kate Manne, Florian Hanke 🍎, Guy Kawasaki, Fern, christina r wodtke: the R is for radical focus, Charles Baldwin, Esther Schindler, Amy Cuddy, PhD
