The world we build - stories & opinions
Stories that are news about what happens in the world, mostly in the form of opinion pieces around concepts. Features tech a lot.
Collection by Martina Pugliese
MIT Technology Review
We read the paper that forced Timnit Gebru out of Google. Here’s what it says
8 min read · · The company's star ethics researcher highlighted the risks of large language models, which are key to Google's business. · Shared by 565, including Data Science Renee, Jennifer Ouellette, Mic King, Jennifer Stirrup #MBA Topics: #AI #Data #Strategy, Ben Goldacre, Mike Monteiro🌹, Chris Isak 👩💻 #ISE2023, Kent Bye @kentbye@mastodon.social, Amy Webb 🤖, Carla Gentry, Safiya Umoja Noble PhD, John Tasioulas, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Britney Muller 🇺🇦, Andra Keay 🐳 @robotlaunch@mstdn.social, your #1 source for absurdist true crime 🐀 🐍👑 🌷, Jamie Indigo 👾 @jammer_volts@mastodon.social, Gerd Leonhard, Klaus Eck, Jeff Jarvis
Vox
How social justice slideshows took over Instagram
9 min read · · Social justice slideshows are everywhere on Instagram. Why do they look so familiar? · Shared by 181, including Ernie Smith is also @ernie@writing.exchange, Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe, Stephanie A Kowalski, Steven Sinofsky, Kainaz Amaria, luis antónio santos, Matt Navarra, Taylor Lorenz, Mathias Möller, Martina Pugliese, Prof. Sally Eaves #MWC23 #TechForGood
Atlas Obscura
The Italian Village of La California Hosted Its Own American Elections
5 min read · · It was a gag, but the community has long been tied to its namesake on the other side of the world. · Shared by 9, including Martina Pugliese
The New Yorker
Barack Obama Looks Back on His Toughest Fight
9 min read · · An excerpt from the President’s new memoir, “A Promised Land,” on what it took to make Obamacare a reality. · Shared by 78, including Martina Pugliese, Molly Ball, Bob Wachter, felix salmon, Joshua Benton, Avinash Kaushik
Quartz
Welcome to Leeside, the US’s first climate haven
1 min read · · Climate change threatens to displace millions worldwide. This is a museum exhibit of a fictional city, Leeside, that welcomes climate migrants in the US. · Shared by 71, including Martina Pugliese, Amanda Shendruk, Katja Evertz, Tim McDonnell
The New York Times
Racism’s Hidden Toll
8 min read · · In America, how long you live depends on the color of your skin. · Shared by 125, including Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Ida Bae Wells, Katja Evertz, Nathan Yau, Martina Pugliese, Mathew Ingram, Kara Swisher, Faik Ersoy, Kainaz Amaria, Jon Schwabish
The New York Times
Meet the Leftish Economist With a New Story About Capitalism
6 min read · · Mariana Mazzucato wants liberals to talk less about the redistribution of wealth and more about its creation. Politicians around the world are listening. · Shared by 59, including Rutger Bregman, Andreas Von Gunten, Martina Pugliese, Howard Getson, John O'Farrell, Mariana Mazzucato, timoreilly, Florian Jungnikl-Gossy 🤖, Nilofer Merchant, Cory Doctorow (@pluralistic@mamot.fr), @ShannaPeeples@mastodon.nl
The New York Times
A Teacher Held a Famous Racism Exercise in 1968. She’s Still at it.
7 min read · · The day after Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, Jane Elliott carried out the ‘Blue Eyes, Brown Eyes’ exercise in her classroom. Now, people are returning to her work. · Shared by 76, including Guy Kawasaki, Felix M, Neil Hart 💙, Martina Pugliese
The New York Times
The Great Climate Migration Has Begun
20+ min read · · New research suggests climate change will cause humans to move in unprecedented numbers. The Times Magazine partnered with ProPublica and data scientists to understand how. · Shared by 482, including Antonio Vieira Santos, Ines Bieler, Natacha Quester-Séméon Salomon, Anna Jane Joyner, luis antónio santos, Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson 🐙, James Gingerich @Expeflow #NRF2023 #CES2023 #RPA, Eghosa Omoigui, Philanthropy News Digest, PNASNews, Thomas Pleil, Cameron Sinclair, Katja Evertz, Randy Deutsch, Mark Little, Jennifer Stirrup #MBA Topics: #AI #Data #Strategy, Gabriele, Catherine De Vries, Kainaz Amaria, Matthew Conlen
The Atlantic
Virus Experts Aren’t Getting the Message Out
~12 min read · · If the authorities can’t satisfy the public’s desire to know more, others will fill the void with misinformation. · Shared by 183, including Renee DiResta, Martina Pugliese, Tom Connor, Rick Powell, Mathew Ingram, Antonio Vieira Santos, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Neil Hart 💙, Mark Little
TIME
'It’s Obvious There’s a Cultural Rot': Activists Collect Hundreds of Examples of Alleged Police Misconduct in One Public Spreadsheet
3 min read · · So far, it includes over 300 videos of alleged police misconduct, as well as a some incidents researchers found troubling · Shared by 7, including Martina Pugliese
The Guardian
Coronavirus shows us it’s time to rethink everything. Let's start with education
4 min read · · The pandemic is a tough lesson in the workings of the natural world – and proves how vital a knowledge of ecology really is, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot · Shared by 91, including Vladimer Botsvadze, Peter van Sabben.eth, Jansnet, Martina Pugliese, Graham Brown-Martin, George Monbiot
The New York Times
Restarting America Means People Will Die. So When Do We Do It?
Summary · 20+ min read · · Coronavirus mitigation exacts a high price. Businesses close. People self-isolate. Schools and churches shutter amid mass unemployment and an impending recession. At some point, kids must go back to school, businesses reopen and life begin again. Americans, like people in other affected countries, must find the difficult balance between preventing COVID-19 deaths and repairing damage to the economy and to daily life. In this ethics panel discussion from The New York Times Magazine, bioethicist Zeke Emanuel and other experts raise powerful and difficult moral questions. · Shared by 126, including Peter Singer, Manuel Reinhard, Randy Deutsch, Christian Hernandez, M.J. Crockett, Thomas Power, David V. Johnson, Making Sense Podcast, Martina Pugliese, Scott Monty, getAbstract, Nigel Warburton 🇺🇦 #FreeUkraine, Amesh Adalja, Scott Galloway, J. P. Gownder (கவுண்டர்), Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙, ♕Deborah Mayo♕
The Atlantic
New Zealand’s Prime Minister May Be the Most Effective Leader on the Planet
~15 min read · · Jacinda Ardern’s leadership style, focused on empathy, isn’t just resonating with her people; it’s putting the country on track for success against the coronavirus. · Shared by 458, including Audrey Watters, Steve Faktor, Ed Yong is on sabbatical, Brooks Rainwater, 💥 Katie Martell, Peter Steinberger, Frank Gruber, Liv 😷, Guy Kawasaki, Denise Silber - Doctors 2.0 - VRforHealth, Philanthropy News Digest, Merkstatt@troet.cafe, 🇺🇦 Eugene Borukhovich, Fern, Eric Topol, #DigitalHealth Futurist 👨💻, Mark Little, A C Grayling #FBPE #Reform #Rejoin #FBPR, Padmasree, Thomas Power
The New York Times
How Long Will a Vaccine Really Take?
~12 min read · · Experts say at least 18 months. Here’s how to shorten the timeline. · Shared by 267, including Ken Norton, Noah Toly, Abir Oreibi, Nico Luchsinger, Eric Topol, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Martina Pugliese, Thomas Power, Dr. Pete Meyers, John Keefe, Stefan Ottlitz @hierprivat@mastodon.social, Zach Weinersmith, Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦, Niko Kommenda, Alex Tabarrok, Maarten Lambrechts @maarten@vis.social, Scott Berkun, Smita Nair Jain, Niklaus Gerber, Stuart A. Thompson
The New York Times
Coronavirus Tests Science’s Need for Speed Limits
9 min read · · Preprint servers and peer-reviewed journals are seeing surging audiences, with many new readers not well versed in the limitations of the latest research findings. · Shared by 39, including Martina Pugliese, Joshua Benton, Timothy Caulfield, Amesh Adalja, Eric Topol, Carl Zimmer, Arin Basu, Alexandra Sifferlin
