9 Best Articles in 2021
Quartz
The World in 50 Years
Quartz
20+ min read · 184 saves · 2019-10-16 · We asked some of the boldest thinkers what the world will be like in 50 years. Here’s what their answers tell us about the future.
Visual Capitalist
50 Cognitive Biases in the Modern World
Visual Capitalist
~16 min read · 1632 saves · 2020-02-01 · Marcus Lu · Our rapidly evolving world forces us to adopt distinct patterns of behavior, and in the process, paves the way for new cognitive biases to emerge.
Visual Capitalist
The $86 Trillion World Economy in One Chart
Visual Capitalist
9 min read · 117 saves · 2019-09-05 · Jeff Desjardins · According to the latest World Bank data, the global economy is now $85.8 trillion in nominal terms. Here's how it breaks down.
World Economic Forum
These are the top 10 emerging technologies of 2020
World Economic Forum
6 min read · 587 saves · 2020-11-11 · Want to know about the tech set to change the world in the near future? This list is a good place to start.
Visual Capitalist
Ranking the Top 100 Websites in the World
Visual Capitalist
~14 min read · 240 saves · 2019-08-07 · Nick Routley · View the full-resolution version of this visualization
New York Magazine
The Leader of the Free World Gives a Speech, and She Nails It
New York Magazine
1 min read · 411 saves · 2020-03-18 · A speech with compassion and forthrightness — imagine that.
TIME
TIME’s 100 Most Influential Images of All Time
TIME
2 min read · 162 saves · From 2016 · See the stories behind 100 photos that changed the world
freeCodeCamp.org
Here are 250 Ivy League courses you can take online right now for free
freeCodeCamp.org
~11 min read · 1060 saves · 2019-12-03 · The 8 Ivy League schools are among the most prestigious colleges in the world. They include Brown, Harvard, Cornell, Princeton, Dartmouth, Yale, and Columbia universities, and the University of…
The Guardian
World Cup 2018: complete guide to all 736 players
The Guardian
10 min read · 99 saves · From 2018 · Profiles of all 736 players at the World Cup in Russia, including caps, goals, nicknames, hobbies and, once the tournament starts, ratings for every performance
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Fast Company
The 10 most exciting world-changing ideas of 2020
Fast Company
7 min read · 285 saves · 2020-12-28 · Morgan Clendaniel · From new masks to four-day workweeks to cancelling rent to genetically engineered mosquitoes, here are the ideas that blew our minds this year.
Aeon+Psyche
What can we learn from the secret habits of genius?
Aeon+Psyche
~12 min read · 346 saves · Jan 26th · I travelled the world and trawled the archive to unearth the hidden lessons from history’s most brilliant people
The New York Times
He Created the Web. Now He’s Out to Remake the Digital World.
The New York Times
6 min read · 433 saves · Jan 10th · Steve Lohr · Tim Berners-Lee wants to put people in control of their personal data. He has technology and a start-up pursuing that goal. Can he succeed?
New Statesman
Ten crucial questions about the world in 2021
New Statesman
10 min read · 76 saves · Jan 15th · Last January I published ten questions about the world in 2020 and made predictions for each. On 29 December I returned to those predictions, marking their accuracy on a scale of zero to three and…
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The Guardian
World Cup 2018: complete guide to all 736 players
The Guardian
10 min read · 99 saves · From 2018 · Profiles of all 736 players at the World Cup in Russia, including caps, goals, nicknames, hobbies and, once the tournament starts, ratings for every performance
ScienceAlert
WHO Now Officially Recommends to Avoid Taking Ibuprofen For COVID-19 Symptoms
ScienceAlert
1 min read · 136 saves · 2020-03-17 · The World Health Organization recommended Tuesday that people suffering COVID-19 symptoms avoid taking ibuprofen, after French officials warned that anti-inflammatory drugs could worsen effects of the…
Our World in Data
Our World in Data — Visualising the Empirical Evidence on how the World is Changing
Our World in Data
3 min read · 157 saves · From 2015 · Living conditions around the world are changing rapidly. Explore how and why.
World Economic Forum
These are the world's 10 most innovative economies
World Economic Forum
1 min read · 107 saves · 2019-10-18 · The capacity of economies to innovate will be key as the Fourth Industrial Revolution advances and the fight against climate change ramps up. These are the global leaders...
OneZero
How Google Earth Mapped 98% of the World
OneZero
8 min read · 177 saves · 2020-01-30 · Sarvesh Mathi · And how it overcame device constraints to bring it to your device
Tim Urban
Elon Musk: The World's Raddest Man
Tim Urban
20+ min read · 215 saves · From 2015 · A post about how Elon Musk became the real world Iron Man.
teachyourselfcs.com
Teach Yourself Computer Science
teachyourselfcs.com
~12 min read · 4129 saves · From 2017 · All the resources you need to give yourself a world class computer science education
VentureBeat
12 changes that could shake up the blockchain world in 2018
VentureBeat
6 min read · 331 saves · From 2018 · If there is one thing I have learned in the last two years in the cryptocurrency world, it’s that things change so quickly in this sector, it can humble anybody. Anyone who says he knows what he is…
The New Yorker
The astonishing rise of Angela Merkel, the most powerful woman in the world.
The New Yorker
225 saves · From 2017 · George Packer profiles the most powerful woman in the world.
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