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 Verge
The Trauma Floor
20+ min · · Shared by 716, including Cat Zakrzewski, Mark Little, Alexia Bonatsos, Matt Navarra, Oliver Reichenstein, Frank Luntz, Jane, Gerd Leonhard, zeynep tufekci, Will Critchlow, Anita Zielina, Casey Newton, Marsha Collier, Adam Singer, Caterina Fake, Azeem Azhar, OM, Amber Mac, Aleyda Solis 🇺🇦, Liliane Ferrari ™
Financial Times
Yuval Noah Harari: the world after coronavirus
11+ min · · This storm will pass. But the choices we make now could change our lives for years to come · Shared by 684, including Tim O'Reilly, Sir Ken Robinson, 艾未未 Ai Weiwei, Chris Skinner, Damien de France 🌍 🕊️🇺🇦, Antonio Vieira Santos, Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis, Marc R Gagné MAPP, Pippa Malmgren, Yuval Noah Harari, Klaus Eck, Aleyda Solis 🇺🇦, Robb Wolf, Emmy van Deurzen☀️🌍 🌻🌹🌳🇪🇺🇫🇷🇳🇱🇬🇧🇺🇸⭐️, Chris Kresser, Muge Cevik, Dr. Jeffrey Guterman, Bill Gross, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Chris Gledhill
VICE
I Accidentally Uncovered a Nationwide Scam on Airbnb
20+ min · · How easy is it to exploit Airbnb? While searching for my grifter, I found out. · Shared by 663, including Chris Skinner, Bethany Brookshire, Scott Monty, BrendanEich, Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe, Mathew Ingram, Karl Groves (he/him), Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, felix salmon, Peter Steinberger, Kyle Chayka, Ser Jeff Garzik, Carolina A. Miranda, Stephanie Moulton Sarkis PhD, Jake Jackson, mrbrown, Erika Heald | Content Marketer | Writer, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Peter Merholz, Antonio Vieira Santos
The Atlantic
We Need a New Science of Progress
8 min · · Humanity needs to get better at knowing how to get better. · Shared by 641, including Jason Crawford, Ward Plunet, John Hagel, Bill Johnston, Balaji, Martina Pugliese, tylercowen, Tim O'Reilly, Howard Getson, Nir Eyal, Nathan Baschez 📧, Mark Kaigwa, vitalik.eth, sircharlsxavier, Nico Luchsinger, Max Roser, Yvette Dubel, Patrick Collison, Thomas Pleil, Andreas Staub
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
TIME
Exclusive: The $2 Per Hour Workers Who Made ChatGPT Safer
11+ min · · A TIME investigation reveals the difficult conditions faced by the workers who made ChatGPT possible · Shared by 566, including Stef Walter, TaylorLorenz.Substack.com, Mathew Ingram, Antonio Vieira Santos, Sarah Frier, AlgorithmWatch, Britney Muller 🇺🇦, Lily Ray 😏, Alf Rehn, emily bell, Joshua Benton, Gerd Leonhard, Rebecca Enonchong, Aaron Gustafson, Dr. Marigo Raftopoulos, Thomas Power, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr, Marsha Collier, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Jennifer Stirrup #MBA Topics: #AI #Data #Strategy
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
WIRED UK
Big data meets Big Brother as China moves to rate its citizens
Summary · 20+ min · · On June 14, 2014, the State Council of China published an ominous-sounding document called "Planning Outline for the Construction of a Social Credit System". In the way of Chinese policy documents, it… · Shared by 549, including Dana DiTomaso, 📁𝐦𝐫𝐯𝐧, Ron McIntyre, Oliver Gassner https://mastodon.social/@oliverg, Klaus Eck, Nir Eyal, Matthias «Delay» Göbel, Nils Hitze, Martin Hoffmann, Parin Vachhani, Nico Lumma, Mathew Ingram, Mara Averick, getAbstract, Mark Kaigwa, Ward Plunet, Leo Polovets, Erik H. (@ring2@norden.social), Dan Ariely, Thomas Power
The Atlantic
New Zealand’s Prime Minister May Be the Most Effective Leader on the Planet
15+ min · · 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 470, including Audrey Watters, Steve Faktor, Ed Yong has left The Atlantic, Brooks Rainwater, 💥 Katie Martell, Peter Steinberger, Frank Gruber, Liv 😷, Guy Kawasaki, Denise Silber - BasilStrategies - 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
My Restaurant Was My Life for 20 Years. Does the World Need It Anymore?
20+ min · · Forced to shutter Prune, I’ve been revisiting my original dreams for it — and wondering if there will still be a place for it in the New York of the future. · Shared by 428, including Margaret Sullivan, Melissa Perri, felix salmon, Shervin 🚀 ∞ 🚄, Steve Silberman, Shelly Kramer, David Epstein, Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson 🐙, Mathew Ingram, Carolina A. Miranda, Nilofer Merchant, Brent Beshore, Karen McGrane, Scott Berkun, Scott Galloway, Andy Greenwald, Sam Sifton, Virginia Hughes, Jason Stanley, Kevin Roose
Gates Foundation
Artificial intelligence and our future
3 min · · Bill Gates explains why AI is as revolutionary as personal computers, mobile phones, and the Internet, and he gives three principles for how to think about it. · Shared by 390, including AGI.Eth | MTL.Eth, Nige Roberts-Willson, Nathan Benaich, Mike Tamir, PhD, Dr. Marigo Raftopoulos, Yves Mulkers, Sam Altman, Cristina Tardáguila, Scott Santens, Danielle Fong 🙋🏻♀️, Chris Messina, Joanna (J.F.) Penn, Luke Wroblewski, Tom Vander Ark, Klaus Eck, Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, Dr. Marie Haynes🌱, Nicolas Babin, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, James Wise
The Atlantic
Why You Never See Your Friends Anymore
9 min · · Our unpredictable and overburdened schedules are taking a dire toll on American society. · Shared by 361, including DHH, Meghan M. Biro ⚡️, Marc Garriga, Mark Kaigwa, Jeff Atwood, Brian Solis, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Ward Plunet, Nilofer Merchant, Lee Keyes, Stew Friedman, Esther Schindler, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Thomas Power, Gabriele, Martina Pugliese, Mathew Ingram, Berrak Sarikaya, Sachin Rekhi, Dan Gillmor is at mastodon.social/@dangillmor
The Guardian
The stupidity of AI
18+ min · · The long read: Artificial intelligence in its current form is based on the wholesale appropriation of existing culture, and the notion that it is actually intelligent could be actively dangerous · Shared by 338, including Amber Mac, Gerd Leonhard, Martina Pugliese, zeldman, Carissa Véliz, Andrzej Jóźwik, Bob E. Hayes, Robert Lepenies, @grzewap@mastodon.social, Josep M. Ganyet
The New York Times
How Long Will a Vaccine Really Take?
12+ min · · Experts say at least 18 months. Here’s how to shorten the timeline. · Shared by 327, 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
Fast Company
Exclusive: Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard talks about the sustainability myth, the problem with Amazon—and why it’s not too late to…
11+ min · · Patagonia’s Yvon Chouinard set the standard for how a business can mitigate the ravages of capitalism on earth’s environment. At 81 years old, he’s just getting started. · Shared by 284, including Christina, Rachel Miller | #InfluencerMarketing, DHH, Guy Kawasaki, Brian Halligan, LARRY ELKAN, Tendayi Viki, Peter Steinberger, martha lane fox, Justin Jackson, Martina Pugliese, Bill Johnston, Hampus Jakobsson, Bertrand Maltaverne, Jonathan Kogan, laugri, Alexandra Wong, Chris DeVore, Philanthropy News Digest, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA
The Verge
Emotional baggage: inside the toxic work environment at Away
20+ min · · Away promised a company culture of travel and inclusion, but former employees say CEO Steph Korey uses the company values to get people to work harder and longer. · Shared by 282, including fantastic ms., Kelsey D. Atherton, now available on Bluesky, DHH, Eithiriel DeMeré 🏴🥀🏳️🌈, Goldie Chan 💚, Nilofer Merchant, Bob Sutton, Shelly Kramer, Kyle Chayka, Andy Budd, Jeff Nolan 🇺🇸🚀, Khoi Vinh, Kathy Klotz-Guest, 7/27 Comedy @ SF Marina Theater, Chris DiBona, Cameron Sinclair, AisleOne, Mathew Ingram, Marcin Wichary, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Safia