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The Guardian
'They wanted me gone': Edward Snowden tells of whistleblowing, his AI fears and six years in Russia
9 min · · 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 334, including Jochen Burkhard, Vincenzo Tremonte, Matthias Lampe, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, zooko❤ⓩ🛡🦓🦓🦓, Charlie O'Keefe @charlieok@hachyderm.io, Katja Evertz, Thomas Power, Howard Getson, Charles Baldwin, Desmond Williams, 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 · · 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 81, including 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, John Nosta, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, 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 · · Online social interactions are no substitute for the real thing. · Shared by 268, including Ian Lurie 🇺🇦 @ianlurie@mastodon.social, Bjorn Larsen, Harpreet Singh, JP Nicols 🇺🇸🇺🇦, Sérgio Vieira, Robin Krieglstein, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr, gabriel rath, Daniel Newman, Mark Tabladillo PhD, Elinor Stutz, Stephanie A Kowalski, Stephan Spencer, hiten.eth, Oren Etzioni, Robin Good, Klaus Eck, @ShannaPeeples@mastodon.nl, Chris Messina, Jo Alchin
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
Longreads
In the Age of the Psychonauts
20+ min · · 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 114, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Tauno, MIT Press, fnord, Charles Baldwin, Gabriele
TechCrunch
A huge database of Facebook users’ phone numbers found online
2 min · · 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 219, including Richard Gutjahr, Jonathan Kogan, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, MΛRC VIDΛL, Brian Solis, Bjorn Larsen, Privacy Matters, Katja Evertz, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Thomas Fuchs , John Nosta, Charles Baldwin, DHH, Mark Tabladillo PhD, Matt Navarra, Troy Hunt, Builtvisible
The Atlantic
The Amazon Is Not Earth’s Lungs
2 min · · 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@troet.cafe 📯, Warren Whitlock, Thomas Power, Tom Connor, Charles Baldwin, Kevin Marks 🏠kevinmarks.com xoxo.zone/@KevinMarks
The New York Times
How an Online Mob Created a Playbook for a Culture War
3 min · · The powerful lesson of a 5-year-old harassment campaign: How to wage a post-truth information war. · Shared by 199, including 🌏🔎Leigh Alexander 🐬💿✨, Charlie O'Keefe @charlieok@hachyderm.io, 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 · · The future of software is about "no-code" platforms · Shared by 453, including ipfconline in vacation mode :) will be back Sept.4, Christian Hartmann, Nige Roberts-Willson, Remy Bataille, Mark Hasebroock, Jonathan Kogan, AI, Prof. Sally Eaves, Scott Brinker, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Florian Graillot, Sebastien Meunier, Elena Neira, @AlgoCompSynth@ravenation.club by znmeb, Veronika Lampion, Real Marsha Wright®, Matthias Lampe, Ronald van Loon, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Nicolas Babin
Phys.org
Complex quantum teleportation achieved for the first time
2 min · · 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 116, 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 · · 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 216, including Dave Nussbaum, David Nagel, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Antonio Vieira Santos, Christina Hoff Sommers, Matthias Lampe, Bradley Metrock, Dr Jordan B Peterson, Tim Müller, Gregory B. Sadler 🦉 (no blue check, just owl), Dr. Marigo Raftopoulos, John Tasioulas, Charles Baldwin, Scott Galloway, Stowe Boyd, Rick Powell, Tara Imani, AIA, ...und meine Frau ist auch Elon Musk!, Anita Leirfall, Aimee Meifeu ✍️⚖️
getwaves.io
Get Waves – Generate SVG waves for your designs
· 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 186, including Mohamed Azazy, Veerle Pieters, L. Taylor Banks, Davy De Pauw, René Clausen Nielsen, Arti Villa, Jess 🇺🇦, Marius Bleuer, mitimiti, Fabricio Teixeira, Design Shack, Jacob du Toit, 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 · · “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 145, including Shawn Venasse, Morten Gade, Fabian Pfortmüller, ❤️ Umair, Michael (मुकेश), tcherno, Chris Fralic, Antonio Ramos, Thomas Power, Ian Lurie 🇺🇦 @ianlurie@mastodon.social, Christian P. Stobbe, Charles Baldwin, Noely ⚡️🏐, Tom Connor, Barbra Streisand, Antonio Vieira Santos
The Verge
WeWork isn’t a tech company; it’s a soap opera
10 min · · I dedicate this to the energy of We. · Shared by 327, including DHH, Jeff Nolan 🇺🇸🚀, Zain Fathoni, Michael (मुकेश), Brian Rinaldi, Fern, Liliane Ferrari ™, Tyler Tringas, Spencer Fry, Gerd Leonhard, Dan Gillmor is at mastodon.social/@dangillmor, Thomas Power, David Cochrane, Matthias Lampe, ɯoɔ ʇop pןɐʍuɐƃɐɹ uo ǝɯ puıɟ, Daniel Newman, Thomas Knüwer, Sebastien Meunier, Lauren Holliday, John Koetsier
The Atlantic
Trump’s El Paso Photo Is Obscene
2 min · · 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 is at mastodon.social/@dangillmor
The New York Times
A Common Trait Among Mass Killers: Hatred Toward Women
7 min · · Misogyny and mass shootings in the United States are closely intertwined. · Shared by 88, including Noely ⚡️🏐, Christopher Lauer™, Christiane Link, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Kate Manne, Florian Hanke 🍎, Guy Kawasaki, Fern, Christina, Charles Baldwin, Esther Schindler, Amy Cuddy, PhD