TIME
'Without Empathy, Nothing Works.' Chef José Andrés Wants to Feed the World Through the Pandemic
18+ min · · Andrés is focused on feeding Americans affected by the coronavirus pandemic · Shared by 78, including Elena Neira, Steve Case, Jennifer Hurst, W. David Stephenson, Thomas Power, Kate Nasser
The Atlantic
A Failure of Systemic Thinking
9 min · · America’s coronavirus response could have played out another way, if only we’d understood the complexity of the problem. · Shared by 119, including Marie-José Kolly, Clemens M. Schuster, Tim O'Reilly, Christina Farr, Martin Recke, John Nosta, Elad Gil, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, zeynep tufekci, Ed Yong has left The Atlantic, Balaji, Jay Rosen, Niklaus Gerber, adrianoesch, Mathew Ingram
The Guardian
Why can’t we agree on what’s true anymore?
17+ min · · The long read: It’s not about foreign trolls, filter bubbles or fake news. Technology encourages us to believe we can all have first-hand access to the ‘real’ facts – and now we can’t stop fighting… · Shared by 413, including Luis Roig | @darum@indieweb.social, Mathew Ingram, Lluís Codina, Bernhard Huessy, Daniel Nova, Jane, Brad Brooks, Johannes Dornisch, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Jeff Atwood, Howard Getson, Microphilosophy | Philosopher 🧠, Michael Grupe, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Mark Kaigwa, Glyn Britton, Katja Evertz, luis antónio santos
POLITICO
Coronavirus Will Change the World Permanently. Here’s How.
Summary · 20+ min · · The September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and the 2008 financial crisis changed how Americans perceive their country and the world. The coronavirus pandemic has quarantined people in their homes, and altered their relationships and how they view the institutions that govern them. As with earlier crises, the coronavirus crisis may change people and US society as a whole in fundamental and lasting ways. No one can predict how this will play out. Politico Magazine asked experts and thinkers for their visions of the future. · Shared by 1348, including Jamie Burke ⛺️, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Ward Plunet, Richard Joerges, Gerd Leonhard, Kate Nasser, Susannah Fox, Mark Kaigwa, Neil Lewis, Jr., PhD, Stowe Boyd, Nilofer Merchant, William Gibson, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson 🐙, Sherry Turkle, Alexandra Lange, hardmaru, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Damien de France 🌍 🕊️🇺🇦, Oliver Bussmann
New Scientist
Your decision-making ability is a superpower physics can't explain
1 min · · In a universe that unthinkingly follows the rules, human agency is an anomaly. Can physics ever make sense of our power to change the physical world at will? · Shared by 69, including Jonathan Kogan, Niklaus Gerber
Marker by Medium
How a Hot $100 Million Home Design Startup Collapsed Overnight
20+ min · · The untold story of how Homepolish’s extremely Instagrammable house of cards came tumbling down · Shared by 132, including Stephanie A Kowalski, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Matthew Toren, 瑞拿頭, Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao, Jonathan Kogan
WIRED
Silicon Valley Ruined Work Culture Everywhere
6 min · · Why does every damn place—even old-school corporate offices—have to be fun and full of foosball? · Shared by 140, including Jonathan Kogan, Backchannel, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Katja Evertz, John Nosta, Danie, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Guy Kawasaki, Lelio Simi, Marsha Collier, Thomas Power
The New York Times
What Happens When QAnon Seeps From the Web to the Offline World
9 min · · It began online as an intricate, if baseless, pro-Trump conspiracy theory. Now it has surfaced in political campaigns, criminal cases and a college classroom. · Shared by 45, including Tristan Harris, Alfie Kohn, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯
The Guardian
Has Tinder lost its spark?
5 min · · Dating apps are a huge success – but people are looking elsewhere for the perfect match · Shared by 45, including Dean Anthony Gratton, Jo Hemmings 🇺🇦, Gerrit Eicker
The New York Times
The 1619 Project
1 min · · American slavery began 400 years ago this month. This is referred to as the country’s original sin, but it is more than that: It is the country’s true origin. · Shared by 231, including Phin Barnes, Monica Burns #EdTech #Education, Jane, Berrak Sarikaya, Minda Harts, Amy Cuddy, PhD, joe mcnally, ACLU, Katie Benner, Ida Bae Wells, Stewart Alsop, Matt Brennan, Brian Stelter, Amy Jo Kim, Rep. Suzan DelBene, Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis, Sam Sifton, Mathew Ingram, Alice Wong 王美華, Aníbal M. Astobiza
WIRED
Actually, Gender-Neutral Pronouns Can Change a Culture
6 min · · In 2012 a non-gendered pronoun dropped into Swedish discourse. Today it's widely used—and it's nudging people to see the world a little differently. · Shared by 202, including Luca Like, Tom Connor, Dr. Janet D. Stemwedel, PhD 🏳️🌈, Bernhard Huessy, Liliane Ferrari ™, Katja Evertz, Sweden.se, zeldman, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Dominik Grolimund, Ed Yong has left The Atlantic, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻
The Guardian
Teen's tweets from her smart fridge go viral after mother confiscates phone
2 min · · Fifteen-year-old resorts to drastic measures after mom takes action ‘so I’d pay more attention to my surroundings’ · Shared by 102, including Luca Hammer, @grzewap@mastodon.social, Mark Kaigwa, Lukas Stickelberger, Gerrit Eicker, John Koetsier, Jessica Gioglio, Dean Anthony Gratton, Bernhard Huessy, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Wesley Fryer, Ph.D. 🌎🎙🚀 wesfryer.com/after, Sarah-Jayne Gratton, Andy Sporring - 5️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ Essays
The Guardian
Innocence lost: What did you do before the internet?
10 min · · People born in the late 1970s are the last to have grown up without the internet. Social scientists call them the Last of the Innocents. Leah McLaren ponders a time when our attention was allowed to… · Shared by 87, including Matthias «Delay» Göbel, Ines Bieler, Fern, Ste Davies, Sarah-Jayne Gratton, Mike Davidson, Gerrit Eicker, Mark Kaigwa
The New York Times
Jia Tolentino on the ‘Unlivable Hell’ of the Web and Other Millennial Conundrums
6 min · · In “Trick Mirror,” the New Yorker staff writer delivers essays on everything from online self-exposure to drug-induced euphoria and the scam economy. · Shared by 9
The New York Times
How Phones Made the World Your Office, Like It or Not
5 min · · From desk to car to pocket. · Shared by 27, including Thomas Power, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Craig Brown, PhD, Harpreet Singh, Steve Case
The New York Times
Jeffrey Epstein, Surrounded by Scientific Luminaries, Hoped to Seed Human Race With His DNA
8 min · · Mr. Epstein, the accused sex trafficker, was fascinated by eugenics. He told scientists and others of his vision of using his New Mexico ranch to impregnate women. · Shared by 78, including Jonathan Eisen, Ahmad Ragab, Mathew Ingram, The Indian Express, Charles Baldwin, Bjorn Larsen, Claudia Sommer, ❤️ Umair, Carly, Vishal Gulati (I back scientists), Hugh Howey