The New York Times
The Myth of the Criminal Immigrant
18+ min · · The link between immigration and crime exists in the imaginations of Americans, and nowhere else. · Shared by 52, including Josep M. Ganyet, Thomas Power, Joel Califa, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Esther Schindler
MIT Technology Review
If you’re so smart, why aren’t you rich? Turns out it’s just chance.
5 min · · The distribution of wealth follows a well-known pattern sometimes called an 80:20 rule: 80 percent of the wealth is owned by 20 percent of the people. Indeed, a report last year concluded that just… · Shared by 80, including Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr, justin caouette, Gutly Myrat, Adam Tinworth, Bryan Onel, Josep M. Ganyet, John Hagel
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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
EL MUNDO
Internet supera por primera vez a los bares como opción para encontrar pareja
2 min · · Si está buscando pareja es importante que sepa esto: es mucho más fácil que la encuentre en Internet que una noche de fiesta o a través de amigos o conocidos. Eso es, al menos, lo · Shared by 7, including Josep M. Ganyet
nature
Cooperation and the evolution of hunter-gatherer storytelling
20+ min · · Storytelling entails costs in terms of time and effort, yet it is a ubiquitous feature of human society. Here, Smith et al. show benefits of storytelling in Agta hunter-gatherer communities, as… · Shared by 8, including Josep M. Ganyet
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 517, 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
Nautilus Magazine
Homo Narrativus and the Trouble with Fame
9 min · · Our understanding of fame is critical to how we see each other and our society. But it is also badly wrong. Let me tell you why. We… · Shared by 65, including Josep M. Ganyet, Vaughan Bell, Anita Leirfall, Nir Eyal, Stever Robbins @stever@newsie.social
Ness Labs
From FOMO to JOMO: the joy of missing out
6 min · · JOMO—the joy of missing out—is a way to live an intentional life. It’s realising that FOMO is distracting you from your life’s purpose. · Shared by 760, including Tyler Tringas, Josep M. Ganyet, Tristán Elósegui, HeyDesigner, Cameron Yick ~ @hydrosquall@vis.social on mastodon, dunschtig, tcherno, Liv 😷, Patric Fornasier, Glyn Britton, Anne-Laure Le Cunff, André Borges, Mayhem, Just Mayhem., Beth Price Almeida, Thomas Power, Ines Bieler, Fabricio Teixeira, Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe, blinch, Vincenzo Tremonte
EL PAÍS
Análisis | Cómo los tertulianos suplantaron a los intelectuales
6 min · · En sus intervenciones había algo de provocación. Nos mostraban la realidad desde nuevas perspectivas. ¿Por qué han desaparecido las mentes más brillantes del debate público? · Shared by 17, including Josep M. Ganyet, Belén Kayser, AntonioMaestre
lav.io
White Collar Crime Risk Zones
1 min · · White Collar Crime Risk Zones uses machine learning to predict where financial crimes are mostly likely to occur across the US. The project is realized as a website, smartphone app and gallery… · Shared by 12, including Josep M. Ganyet, Hilary Mason
Nicky Case · 🐘 mas.to/@ncase
Parable of the Polygons - a playable post on the shape of society
11+ min · · A playable post on how harmless choices can make a harmful world. · Shared by 154, including Stever Robbins @stever@newsie.social, 瑞拿頭, @shirley@vis.social, Maarten Lambrechts @maarten@vis.social, Tom Connor, 🎆 🌸 Samuel Hulick 🌸 🌄, anildash.com, Ryan Carson, Martina Pugliese, Uta Frith, Josep M. Ganyet, luis antónio santos