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Executive Summary and Key Findings of the 2019 Report
20+ min · · This year's report reveals new insights about digital news consumption based on a YouGov survey of over 75,000 online news consumers in 38 countries including South Africa for the first time. The… · Shared by 7, including Josep M. Ganyet
The New York Times
Democracy Isn’t Dead; We’ve Barely Tried It
5 min · · The United States is more of an oligarchy than a democracy, and policy decisions don’t reflect what a majority of citizens want. · Shared by 28, including Stowe Boyd, Josep M. Ganyet, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr
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Wintergatan - Marble Machine (music instrument using 2000 marbles)
· Get the audio track "Marble Machine" by Wintergatan: https://wintergatan.bandcamp.com/track/marble-machine Marble Machine built and composed by Martin Molin ... · Shared by 111, including adrianleb.eth, Benoît Perrier, Korben, Fabrizio Bianchi, Daniel Jörg, Josep M. Ganyet, Galen King, Marco Unternaehrer, Maja Grolimund-Kurth, Stever Robbins @stever@newsie.social, Scott Berkun, Dominik Grolimund, Patrick OShaughnessy, ɯoɔ ʇop pןɐʍuɐƃɐɹ uo ǝɯ puıɟ, Martina Grolimund, Helmi, Philippe, Florian Hanke 🍎, Jens-Christian Fischer, Pixel
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Year 1999 A D
· A whimsical yet serious-minded look into the future sponsored by the appliance and radio manufacturer. In the "1999 House of Tomorrow," each family member's ... · Shared by 10, including Scott Monty, Josep M. Ganyet
Aeon+Psyche
Is ‘tech addiction’ really akin to drug addiction? Here’s what the research says
2 min · · Over the past two decades or so, industries have sprung up to treat ‘addictions’ to everything from excessive eating or sex to video games. And colloquially, use of the word ‘addictive’ seems to have… · Shared by 136, including Timothy Lomauro, Nir Eyal, Niklaus Gerber, 🧠 Larry G. Maguire, Thomas Power, Josep M. Ganyet, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D.
Elemental
Bring Back Handwriting: It’s Good for Your Brain
4 min · · People are losing the brain benefits of writing by hand as the practice becomes less common · Shared by 518, including shishir das, Liv 😷, Katja Evertz, Matthias Lampe, Gerrit Eicker, Rachel Miller | #InfluencerMarketing, Alexandra Wong, fnord, Dominik Grolimund, Niklaus Gerber, Meghan M. Biro ⚡️, Bernhard Huessy, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, Martin Soorjoo, Fabrizio Bianchi, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, HealthyWomen.org, Tac Anderson, Ines Bieler, Josep M. Ganyet
CCCB
Una història secreta: la informàtica femenina
11+ min · · No han estat poques les dones que han participat activament en el desenvolupament de la computació, per això mereixen ser recordades. · Shared by 8, including Josep M. Ganyet
MIT Technology Review
Network science reveals the secrets of the world’s best soccer team
5 min · · A new kind of analysis shows why the Barcelona team of 2009-10 stands head and shoulders above the rest. And the same approach could do the same for other sports. · Shared by 52, including Oliver Nabani, Josep M. Ganyet, Ramon Tremosa 🎗🌹, Cameron Yick ~ @hydrosquall@vis.social on mastodon, Jennifer Ouellette
delivery.acm.org
http://delivery.acm.org/10.1145/3310000/3300627/a3…
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WIRED
Remember The Dress? Here’s Why We All See Colors Differently
1 min · · Watch neuroscientist David Eagleman explain how that internet-shattering visual illusion—and others like it—mess with our perception of color. · Shared by 116, including Matthias Lampe, Josep M. Ganyet, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Martina Grolimund
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Johannes Gutenberg and the Printing Press
· Johannes Gensfleisch, genannt Gutenberg (* um 1400 in Mainz; † 3. Februar 1468 ebenda), gilt als Erfinder des Buchdrucks mit beweglichen Metalllettern (Mobil... · Shared by 7, including Andrea Desiato, Josep M. Ganyet
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Richard Dawkins demonstrates the evolution of the eye
· evolution, bill maher, atheist, dawkins, hitchens, neil degrasse tyson, christopher hitchens, dawkins richard, richard dawkins, carl sagan, sam harris, athei... · Shared by 8, including Mattia Fregola 🤔, Josep M. Ganyet
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How a TV Works in Slow Motion
· If you are reading this, you've seen a screen with your eyes. But have you REALLY seen it though? Like real proper seen it? Don't worry, Gav is here to help ... · Shared by 18, including Josep M. Ganyet