The Washington Post
Review | Google Chrome has become surveillance software. It’s time to switch.
The Washington Post
6 min · · Our latest privacy experiment found Chrome ushered more than 11,000 tracker cookies into our browser — in a single week. · Shared by 183, including Yann “不停” Heurtaux ⏚ @shalf@mastodon.social, Marc R Gagné MAPP, Jane, Dan Gillmor is at mastodon.social/@dangillmor, Bjorn Larsen, Mathew Ingram, ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, BrendanEich, Raphael Bratschi, Mark Kaigwa, Korben, Steven Sinofsky, W. Blake Gray, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Gideonro, Thomas Byttebier, Grégoire Japiot 🌻, mrbrown, Vincenzo Tremonte, Tristan Nitot - nitot chez framapiaf point org
Ness Labs
30 mental models to add to your thinking toolbox July 25, 2019…
Ness Labs
7 min · · Mental models affect how we see problems and people. Depending on how you use them, mental models can be incredibly constructive or destructive. · Shared by 225, including Chris R Becker, Tom Connor, rudolph regter, Bryan Onel, Mario Clemente, designshard, Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙, Thomas Billeter, Gabriele, Fabrizio Bianchi, Jonathan Kogan, David Garner, Evan (he/him), Mauro Toselli
a16z
Hidden Networks: Network Effects That Don’t Look Like Network Effects
a16z
Summary · 12+ min · · Some network effects (when a network gains more value to its users as more people participate in its platform) don’t show up in the usual metrics. Their hidden nature makes them hard to measure – but they can confer significant long-term competitive advantages. In an insightful article for A16Z.com, D’Arcy Coolican – an Andreessen Horowitz partner and a co-founder of the peer-to-peer lending platform Frank – shines a light on hidden networks, giving useful guidelines for identifying when they’re at work. · Shared by 389, including getAbstract, rudolph regter, Chintan Shah, Tibor Martini 🇺🇦 @tibor@mastodon.social, Marvin “Polymath but really Just Generalist” Liao, Ricky Yean, Javi Cantón @javicanton@mas.to, Gabriele, Chris Schultz✌️ & ❤️, Claudia Sommer, Bernhard Huessy, Bill Johnston, Niklaus Gerber, Dominik Grolimund, almagentia369, Jonathan Kogan, Yvette Dubel, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Liliane Ferrari ™, kp
Inc.
Want to Improve Your Memory? A Decade-Long Stanford Study Suggests You Should…
Inc.
3 min · · Researchers find that spending less time multitasking may be the key to improving cognitive performance and memory. · Shared by 551, including Thomas Billeter, Tom, Gerrit Eicker, Real Marsha Wright®, Martin Soorjoo, Guy Kawasaki, Johannes Dornisch, Oliver Gassner https://mastodon.social/@oliverg, Jonathan Kogan, janfsauer, Liv 😷, Bernhard Huessy, Ste Davies, Ferit (at 🏠) 🌙, rudolph regter, Matthias Lampe, Lukas Stickelberger, ahg, Florian Hanke 🍎
Nautilus Magazine
To Understand Your Past, Look to Your Future
Nautilus Magazine
10 min · · You’re thinking about time all wrong, according to our best physical theories. In Einstein’s general theory of relativity, there’s… · Shared by 172, including Faik Ersoy, Jonathan Kogan, Nir Eyal, rudolph regter