The New York Times
The Billionaire Election
8 min · · Does the world belong to them or to us? · Shared by 44, including Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Trey Tweets Into the Void, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Stowe Boyd, M.J. Crockett
The New York Times
The Great Google Revolt
20+ min · · Some of its employees tried to stop their company from doing work they saw as unethical. It blew up in their faces. · Shared by 120, including Simeon | @dotproto@toot.cafe, luis antónio santos, Gerd Leonhard, Christopher Mims 🤌, Marc R Gagné MAPP, CORRECTIV, J. P. Gownder (கவுண்டர்), Katja Evertz, Tiffany Shlain, Esther Schindler, Aleyda Solis 🇺🇦, Philippe Surber, Vikram Dutt, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN
NPR
Who Should Decide What Books Are Allowed In Prison?
4 min · · The Color Purple, The Hate U Give and American Sign Language textbooks have all been censored in U.S. prisons. A recent report describes the restrictions as "arbitrary" and "opaque." · Shared by 66, including ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Liliane Ferrari ™, Philanthropy News Digest, Jane, justin, Larry Ferlazzo, Lenore Skenazy
Jezebel
The Spooky, Loosely Regulated World of Online Therapy
9 min · · Starting treatment with Better Help, one of the most prominent “therapy-on-demand” apps to launch over the last few years, is easy, which is more or less the point. Like many of the businesses… · Shared by 141, including Roger Ehrenberg, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Eric Bailey
BBC News (World)
Why so many of the world’s oldest companies are in Japan
7 min · · The country has 33,000 businesses at least a century old. How have so many survived – and what does it mean for Japan’s future? · Shared by 218, including ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Mark Tabladillo PhD, Luca Like, Stephanie A Kowalski, Matthias Lampe, 瑞拿頭, Dan Martell, hardmaru, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer
inrupt.com
A Small Step for the Web: Part Two
1 min · · When John and I launched Inrupt to the public in late September 2018, our mission was hugely ambitious: to usher in a completely new era of the web. We thought of it as a fundamental “mid-course… · Shared by 11, including ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Tim Berners-Lee, Esther Schindler
The New Yorker
The Case for Open Borders
5 min · · In a new graphic-nonfiction book, a libertarian economist conjures an alternative reality in which immigration is unlimited all over the world. · Shared by 57, including Erik Voorhees, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Michael Clemens, Guy Kawasaki, Jochen Burkhard, Zach Weinersmith, Tom Connor, Econlib, tylercowen
Pew Research Internet
Many Tech Experts Say Digital Disruption Will Hurt Democracy
10 min · · About half the experts we canvassed predict technology will weaken democracy by 2030, while a third expect technology to strengthen it. · Shared by 85, including ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, luis antónio santos, Behavioral Design Academy of AlterSpark, Thomas Pleil, Gerd Leonhard, Thomas Power, Terence Mills, Richard Joerges, Katja Evertz, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Claudia Sommer
BuzzFeed News
How Saudi Arabia Infiltrated Twitter
10 min · · “Proactive and reactively we will delete evil my brother.” · Shared by 258, including ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Thomas Pleil, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Loubna Rais, Korben, Tara Imani, AIA, John Koetsier, Virginia Hughes, arabist, Katja Evertz, Johannes Lenz, luis antónio santos, Neeraj K Agrawal, Mark Kaigwa, Mathew Ingram, Umar Tedman
The New York Times
He Combs the Web for Russian Bots. That Makes Him a Target.
6 min · · Ben Nimmo helped pioneer disinformation investigations. His work is now more urgent as misleading internet tactics spread. · Shared by 55, including Craig Brown, PhD, Thomas Power, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, luis antónio santos, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN
Input
Teens are hacking Instagram into a modern-day eBay
6 min · · Entrepreneurial kids have figured out the future of the thrift shop: Instagram comments. · Shared by 118, including 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Scott Monty, Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe, Jonathan Kogan, Matt Navarra, Katja Evertz, Mark Kaigwa, Jon Keegan 🇺🇦, Chris Messina, Oliver Reichenstein, Remo Uherek
MIT Technology Review
The messy, secretive reality behind OpenAI’s bid to save the world
20+ min · · Every year, OpenAI’s employees vote on when they believe artificial general intelligence, or AGI, will finally arrive. It’s mostly seen as a fun way to bond, and their estimates differ widely. But in… · Shared by 377, including Dr Catherine Breslin, tante, Brian Roemmele, John Nosta, Josep M. Ganyet, Thomas Power, Kathleen Walch, Mary Jo Foley, Yann “不停” Heurtaux ⏚ @shalf@mastodon.social, Carla Gentry 🎶, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Mike Tamir, PhD, Bob E. Hayes, Esther Schindler, Rick King, Ronald Schmelzer, Gengo 🦁, Ian M Calvert, Gerd Leonhard, Antonio Vieira Santos
MIT Technology Review
What AI still can’t do
9 min · · Artificial intelligence won’t be very smart if computers don’t grasp cause and effect. That’s something even humans have trouble with. · Shared by 318, including Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Jonathan Kogan, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Katja Evertz, Stephanie A Kowalski, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Evan Selinger, Thomas Power, Gerd Leonhard, Rick King, Bob E. Hayes, Martin Ford, John Nosta, Nige Roberts-Willson, Damir Kusar, sircharlsxavier, Greg Satell, Oliver Ewinger
Scott Galloway
LAnd of the Undead | No Mercy / No Malice
· 5-min read Jack Warner, co-founder of Warner Brothers, built an empire that birthed films including ... · Shared by 34, including Bri Kimmel, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Matthias Lampe, LARRY ELKAN
New York Magazine
Lambda School’s Misleading Promises
10 min · · Coding boot-camp start-up Lambda School has been valued by investors at $150 million — but its job placement rate is much lower than it claims. · Shared by 81, including #MuskOut (not parody), DHH, Nick Finck, Steve Faktor, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Ben Sandofsky, David Cochrane
Fast Company
Can AI ever rival human creativity? Here’s what the science says
4 min · · AI probably won’t invent the next Post-it note or snowboard. But check back again in 50 years. · Shared by 70, including Jonathan Kogan, Bob E. Hayes, Thomas Power, Howard Getson, Nige Roberts-Willson, Katja Evertz, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN