Gesellschaft der Zukunft
Welche Gesellschaft wollen wir? Was sind die Utopien, welches die Dystopien? Vor allem: Welche Ansätze sollten wir diskutieren? Eine subjektive Sammlung.
Collection by Thomas Pleil
The Atlantic
Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid
Summary · 20+ min · · It’s not just a phase. · Shared by 5811, including Daniel Pink, Jeff Atwood, Peter McCormack🏴☠️, zeldman, John Battelle, Richard Dawkins, Jonathan Haidt, William Gibson, Paul Kedrosky, Scott Galloway, Paul Graham, Noah Smith, Marsha Collier, John Burn-Murdoch, Anne Applebaum, Niall Ferguson, Yann LeCun, Bill Gross, Brian Solis, Brian Stelter
a16z
It's time to build
7 min · · Every Western institution was unprepared for the coronavirus pandemic, despite many prior warnings. This monumental failure of institutional effectiveness will reverberate for the rest of the decade,… · Shared by 1919, including Michael Arrington 🏴☠️ 🛡️, benahorowitz.eth, Erik Voorhees, Marc Andreessen -- e/acc, cdixon.eth, Barry Silbert, Balaji, Noah Smith, Vala Afshar, John Carmack, Paul Graham, OM, Christina Hoff Sommers, The Crypto Dog🫐, Naval, Jonathan Haidt, Brian Armstrong 🛡️, Niall Ferguson, Tim Ferriss, Ryan Selkis 🪳
MIT Technology Review
Social media is polluting society. Moderation alone won’t fix the problem
3 min · · Companies already have the systems in place that are needed to evaluate their deeper impacts on the social fabric. · Shared by 1586, including Thomas Pleil, Katja Evertz, Jennifer Ouellette, Tactical Tech, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer
Aeon+Psyche
What public philosophy is, and why we need it more than ever
7 min · · Public philosophy aims to improve critical thinking so that we gain a better understanding of the world and of ourselves · Shared by 811, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Ron McIntyre, Miguel Angel Escotet, Gerd Leonhard, Anita Leirfall, Thomas Pleil
Rest of World
Singapore’s tech-utopia dream is turning into a surveillance state nightmare
20+ min · · In the “smart nation,” robot dogs enforce social distancing and an app can claim to neutralize racism. The reality is very different. · Shared by 811, including Michael Donohoe, Neeraj K Agrawal, Gerd Leonhard, Cătălina Movileanu, Brian Roemmele, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Thomas Pleil, Fabio Chiusi, sircharlsxavier, John Hagel, Gabriele, Thomas Power, @nonprofitorgs / Nonprofit Tech for Good, Tactical Tech, Tim
The New York Times
The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It
15+ min · · A little-known start-up helps law enforcement match photos of unknown people to their online images — and “might lead to a dystopian future or something,” a backer says. · Shared by 590, including Sebastian Raschka, Mathew Ingram, Dr. Alec Couros, DHH, Carl Zimmer, Brian Solis, Chris Messina, zooko❤ⓩ🛡🦓🦓🦓, Nigel Warburton 🇺🇦 #FreeUkraine, kate wagner (rilke era), Alexia Bonatsos, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr, Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe, Marc R Gagné MAPP, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Klaus Eck, Benedict Evans, Troy Hunt, Antonio Vieira Santos, Marsha Collier
The New York Times
Opinion | Twelve Million Phones, One Dataset, Zero Privacy
20+ min · · What we learned from the spy in your pocket. · Shared by 576, including Mathew Ingram, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr, Khoi Vinh, Alex Tabarrok 🛡️, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Robert Scoble, George J Huba PhD, Antonio Vieira Santos, Marc R Gagné MAPP, Rami Ismail (رامي), Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson 🐙, Randy Olson, felix salmon, John Battelle, zeldman, Rene Ritchie, Hilary Mason, Jeff Atwood, Gerry Moran, Chris Messina
The Guardian
Digital dystopia: how algorithms punish the poor
5 min · · In an exclusive global series, the Guardian lays bare the revolution and the wreckage that is engulfing the welfare state worldwide · Shared by 560, including Matt Navarra, Vishal Gulati (I back scientists), Claudia Sommer, Liv 😷, Eric Topol, Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Thomas Power, jean marc manach @manhack@social.tcit.fr, Chris Messina, Katja Evertz, Mark Coeckelbergh, Thomas Pleil, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Fern, ExApologist, Steve Faulkner SteveFaulkner@mastodon.social, Dr. Marigo Raftopoulos, Sergio Caredda, Mark Little, AlgorithmWatch
jonathanhaidt.substack.com
The Mental Illness Crisis Has Hit Millennials
16+ min · · Why It Happened and Why It’s Bad For Democracy · Shared by 558, including Thomas Pleil, Paul Graham, Jonathan Haidt, Draven
The New Yorker
Can We Have Prosperity Without Growth?
Summary · 9 min · · The critique of economic growth, once a fringe position, is gaining widespread attention in the face of the climate crisis. · Shared by 441, including Philippe, W. David Stephenson, Adam Posen, Matthias Lampe, Gerd Leonhard, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, sircharlsxavier, getAbstract, l. ones, Jansnet, douglass CLT (cross-laminated timber), Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Dan Hill, Gutly Myrat, MIT Press, Thomas Pleil, Trey Tweets Into the Void, Andres Saldarriaga, Hendrik Dietrich, Korben
Vox
What happens when Americans stay in the same house forever?
9 min · · Americans used to move a lot; now they don’t. It could be causing a social crisis. · Shared by 401, including Jamil Smith جميل كريم, Thomas Pleil
The Guardian
Fresh Cambridge Analytica leak ‘shows global manipulation is out of control’
4 min · · Company’s work in 68 countries laid bare with release of more than 100,000 documents · Shared by 341, including Carl Zimmer, Chris Heilmann codepo8@toot.cafe, Scott Galloway, A C Grayling #FBPE #Reform #Rejoin #FBPR, Joy Harjo, Axel Rauschmayer (INACTIVE), Aleyda Solis 🇺🇦, Shoshana Zuboff, Guy Kawasaki, Susan Krauss Whitbourne PhD, ABPP, Pippa Malmgren, Gregg Caruso, Chris Isak, Carla Gentry 🎶, Cory Doctorow @pluralistic@mamot.fr, Emmy van Deurzen☀️🌍 🌻🌹🌳🇪🇺🇫🇷🇳🇱🇬🇧🇺🇸⭐️, John Battelle, Steve Silberman, Chris Messina, 艾未未 Ai Weiwei
World Economic Forum
The Future of Jobs Report 2020
5 min · · After years of growing income inequality, concerns about technology-driven displacement of jobs, and rising societal discord globally, the combined health and economic shocks of 2020 have put… · Shared by 338, including John Danaher, Scott McLeod, Gerd Leonhard, Terence Mills, Niddal, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Glen Gilmore #MWC23, Antonio Vieira Santos, Sandy.Polygon, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Damien de France 🌍 🕊️🇺🇦, Andreas Staub, Jim Marous 💯, AXSChat, AI, Peter Lavers, Meghan M. Biro ⚡️, W. David Stephenson, Vala Afshar, Ian Knowlson 📈
Foreign Affairs
How to Save Democracy From Technology
15+ min · · Big Tech threatens democracy. Few have considered a practical solution: taking away the platforms’ role as gatekeepers of content. · Shared by 336, including Ben Lorica 罗瑞卡, Chris Messina, @ShannaPeeples@mastodon.nl, Thomas Pleil, Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH, Gerd Leonhard, Nir Eyal, Matthias Lampe, Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯
McKinsey & Company
Defining the skills citizens will need in the future world of work
7 min · · Which skills will citizens need in the future? We surveyed 18,000 people in 15 countries to learn more. · Shared by 324, including Tom Vander Ark, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Howard Getson, Thomas Power, Terence Mills, Shelly Kramer, Damien de France 🌍 🕊️🇺🇦, Dr. Marcell Vollmer 🇺🇦 #StaySafe #VivaTech, Glen Gilmore #MWC23, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, Harold Sinnott, #WinnieSun ☀️, Prof. Sally Eaves, Andreas Staub, Sergio Caredda, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻, Peter van Sabben.eth, Florian Graillot, ⭐️Danielle Guzman ⭐️, Helen Yu
BBC News (World)
Why the next stage of capitalism is coming
10 min · · It's done so much for human well-being, but it's far from perfect. Will capitalism as we know it evolve into something new? · Shared by 304, including Merkstatt@troet.cafe 📯, Thomas Pleil, Gerd Leonhard, Theodora (Theo) Lau - 劉䂀曼 🌻