The Guardian
US could have saved 338,000 lives from Covid with universal healthcare, study finds
2 min · · Report’s author says people died because US healthcare ‘leaves millions without adequate access to medical treatment’ · Shared by 19, including Josep M. Ganyet, Gregg Caruso
The Guardian
The dawn of tappigraphy: does your smartphone know how you feel before you do?
8 min · · Tech companies are seeking to analyse data on the way we tap, scroll, text and call to monitor our mental health · Shared by 191, including Tactical Tech, Josep M. Ganyet, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Xavier Trabado Farré, Pieter van Diggele
huffingtonpost.it
Luciano Floridi: "Apple punta al cuore della salute: la telemedicina" (di A. Sarno)
5 min · · Il filosofo: “È un’ecologia in cui tutto è Mela. I dati servono per farla girare” · Shared by 9, including Luciano Floridi @lucianofloridi@mastodon.world, Josep M. Ganyet
EL PAÍS
El caso de los 12 niños contagiados de covid por su profesora: lecciones para la vuelta al colegio
6 min · · El brote escolar mejor analizado de la pandemia, provocado por una maestra sin vacunar en EE UU, revela la vulnerabilidad de las aulas ante la explosiva variante delta del coronavirus · Shared by 19, including Josep M. Ganyet
VICE
Anti-Vaxxers Are Learning How To Game TikTok’s Algorithm
4 min · · A VICE World News investigation led to TikTok removing over 50 videos, many of which had been on the platform for weeks and been watched millions of times. · Shared by 27, including Matt Navarra, Josep M. Ganyet
MIT Technology Review
Hundreds of AI tools have been built to catch covid. None of them helped.
7 min · · Some have been used in hospitals, despite not being properly tested. But the pandemic could help make medical AI better. · Shared by 186, including Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr, Kate Crawford, John Nosta, J. P. Gownder (கவுண்டர்), Stanford NLP Group, Eric Topol, Terence Mills, Jer Thorp, Antonio Vieira Santos, Gabriel Leung, Jon Keegan 🇺🇦, Carissa Véliz, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Helen Yu, Berci Meskó, MD, PhD, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Gary Marcus, Edward Tufte, jean marc manach @manhack@social.tcit.fr, Chris Moran
The Guardian
Can a piece of software look after your elderly parent?
8 min · · Computers are increasingly guiding decisions about elder care – and tracking everything from toilet visits to whether someone has bathed · Shared by 551, including Carla Gentry 🎶, Prof. Sally Eaves, ipfconline in vacation mode :) will be back Sept.4, Harold Sinnott, Iain Brown, PhD, Albert Ràfols, AI, R.NFT R “Ray” Wang 王瑞光 #1A #AI, Marcus Borba, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Josep M. Ganyet, Brian Ahier, Ronald van Loon, StartUp Health, Nicolas Babin, Nige Roberts-Willson
The Guardian
The lost art of concentration: being distracted in a digital world
20+ min · · We check our phones every 12 minutes, often just after waking up. Always-on behaviour is harmful to long-term mental health, and we need to learn to the hit the pause button · Shared by 1635, including Gabriele, Andreas Heer, Leo Babauta, Rachel Miller | #InfluencerMarketing, Dominik Grolimund, Harpreet Singh, John Battelle, Thomas Power, fernand0, Stefan Niemeyer, Mark Kaigwa, Ines Bieler, @ShannaPeeples@mastodon.nl, Mark Little, Sachin Rekhi, Klaus Eck, Josep M. Ganyet, Katja Evertz, Jane, Liliane Ferrari ™
Fast Company
The coronavirus butterfly effect: Six predictions for a new world order
7 min · · The world may soon pass “peak virus.” But true recovery will take years—and the ripple effects will be seismic. Parag Khanna and Karan Khemka forecast the aftershocks. · Shared by 60, including Dorlee Michaeli, MBA, LCSW, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Kate Nasser, Howard Getson, Gerd Leonhard, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao, Josep M. Ganyet
diariARA
Pensant en el futur: claus per entendre el món que ve
7 min · · Filòsofs, activistes i escriptors reflexionen sobre el col·lapse del sistema, la pandèmia, els seus efectes i com sortir-ne · Shared by 8, including Josep M. Ganyet
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Franco "Bifo" Berardi: "Asistiremos al colapso final del orden económico global"
10 min · · El autor de Lá fábrica de la infelicidad cree que ese final de ciclo "podría abrir la puerta a un infierno político y militar esencialmente caótico. El caos es el verdadero dominador de la época… · Shared by 8, including Josep M. Ganyet
The New York Times
Retail Chains Abandon Manhattan: ‘It’s Unsustainable’
9 min · · Some national chains, both retail and restaurants, are closing outlets in New York City, which are struggling more than their branches elsewhere. · Shared by 88, including Mike Butcher, Strong Towns, Jason Stanley, felix salmon, Gerd Leonhard, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, William Gibson, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, your #1 source for absurdist true crime 🐀 🐍👑 🌷, Mathew Ingram, Josep M. Ganyet, Scott Galloway, Paola Antonelli, Marsha Collier, Thomas Power
El Periódico
La inteligencia artificial permite tratamientos que reducen el 50% la mortalidad por covid-19
· El Hospital Clínic desarrolla una aplicación que predice la evolución de los enfermos y posibilita actuar de forma precoz · Shared by 7, including Josep M. Ganyet
El Confidencial
Apps - Aplicaciones: El fiasco de España con la app de rastreo del covid nos deja tres amargas lecciones
9 min · · España ha aplazado una y otra vez su proyecto para probar una app de rastreo de contactos. De poder liderar en Europa hemos pasado a la cola. Esta es la intrahistoria de un fracaso · Shared by 14, including 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, Josep M. Ganyet, Teknautas
Financial Times
Tracking coronavirus: big data and the challenge to privacy
· European demands for information from smartphones are raising fears over the reach of state surveillance · Shared by 35, including Josep M. Ganyet, Florian Graillot, Marc R Gagné MAPP, Carla Gentry 🎶, Robin Wigglesworth, gumorenos
Al Jazeera English
Will coronavirus signal the end of capitalism?
· The peasants' revolt after the 14th-century plague saw off feudalism. After COVID-19, will it be the turn of capitalism? · Shared by 21, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Josep M. Ganyet, Gerd Leonhard