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
The Nation
Can Capitalism Be Fixed?
20+ min · · In his new book, Branko Milanovic charts what has gone wrong with contemporary capitalism while also insisting we must reconcile ourselves to its contradictions. · Shared by 17, including Martina Pugliese, Carly, ExApologist
The New Yorker
Thinking Outside the Home
6 min · · We need to separate remote work from where we live. · Shared by 138, including Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Tiffany Shlain, Gabriele, Neil Lee, Martina Pugliese, Guy Kawasaki, swissmiss, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Tobias Kopka
The New York Times
‘Master,’ ‘Slave’ and the Fight Over Offensive Terms in Computing
6 min · · Nearly a year after the Internet Engineering Task Force took up a plan to replace words that could be considered racist, the debate is still raging. · Shared by 76, including Martina Pugliese, Scott Berkun, Craig Brown, PhD, Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Steve Portigal 🇨🇦🇺🇸, CNCF, Cade Metz, Easy Chirp, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
The New Yorker
How a Young Activist Is Helping Pope Francis Battle Climate Change
9 min · · Molly Burhans wants the Catholic Church to put its assets—which include farms, forests, oil wells, and millions of acres of land—to better use. But, first, she has to map them. · Shared by 129, including Jane, Martina Pugliese, Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis, RJ Andrews, James Fallows, Anthony Leiserowitz, Anna Jane Joyner
Fast Company
Why remote work may render the 5-day workweek obsolete
4 min · · During the conventional 5-day week, most workers’ productivity levels gradually drop off as they move closer to the weekend, signaling the format may be outdated. · Shared by 174, including Frank Hamm, Cyril Coste #DigitalTransformation, Evan (he/him), Martina Pugliese, Nicolas Babin, Marsha Collier, Tauno, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Katja Evertz, Stephanie A Kowalski, Neil Hart 💙, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Bertrand Duperrin
MIT Press
Data Science in Times of Pan(dem)ic
· What are the priorities for data science in tackling COVID-19, and in which ways can big data analysis inform and support responses to the outbreak? It is imperative for data scientists to spend time… · Shared by 5, including Martina Pugliese
The Guardian
Jane Goodall: 'Change is happening. There are many ways to start moving in the right way'
6 min · · The primatologist and ecological activist on why population isn’t the cause of climate change, and why she’s encouraging optimism · Shared by 33, including Guy Kawasaki, Martina Pugliese
MIT Technology Review
We read the paper that forced Timnit Gebru out of Google. Here’s what it says
8 min · · The company's star ethics researcher highlighted the risks of large language models, which are key to Google's business. · Shared by 576, including Mike Monteiro, cisgendered male, Mic King, Gerd Leonhard, your #1 source for absurdist true crime 🐀 🐍👑 🌷, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr, Amy Webb 🤷🏻♀️, Safiya Umoja Noble, Jennifer Ouellette, Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis, Klaus Eck, Data Science Renee, John Tasioulas, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Kent Bye (Voices of VR), Jamie Indigo 👾 100% Human Technical SEO, Britney Muller 🇺🇦, Jennifer Stirrup #MBA Topics: #AI #Data #Strategy, Carla Gentry 🎶, Chris Isak, Ben Goldacre
Vox
How social justice slideshows took over Instagram
9 min · · 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, TaylorLorenz.Substack.com, Mathias Möller, Martina Pugliese, Prof. Sally Eaves
Atlas Obscura
The Italian Village of La California Hosted Its Own American Elections
5 min · · 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 · · 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 · · 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 131, including Martina Pugliese, Amanda Shendruk, Katja Evertz, Tim McDonnell
The New York Times
Racism’s Hidden Toll
8 min · · In America, how long you live depends on the color of your skin. · Shared by 123, 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 · · 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, Tim O'Reilly, 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 · · 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 75, including Guy Kawasaki, Felix M, Neil Hart 💙, Martina Pugliese
The New York Times
The Great Climate Migration Has Begun
20+ min · · 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 560, including Antonio Vieira Santos, Ines Bieler, Natacha Quester-Séméon Salomon, Eghosa Omoigui, luis antónio santos, Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson 🐙, James Gingerich #B2B #Technology #Influencer, Anna Jane Joyner, 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