'Filterworld' explores how social media algorithms 'flatten' our culture
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https://www.npr.org/2024/01/17/1224955473/social-media-algorithm-filterworld
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How social media algorithms 'flatten' our culture by making decisions for us
Filterworld author Kyle Chayka examines the algorithms that dictate what we watch, read and listen to. He argues that machine-guided curation makes us docile consumers.
A look at dragon’s beard candy, a staple of Chinese and Lunar New Year.
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https://www.eater.com/24054505/dragons-beard-candy-chinese-lunar-new-year-tradition
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https://www.eater.com/24054505/dragons-beard-candy-chinese-lunar-new-year-tradition
Eater
Welcome the Year of the Dragon With Dragon’s Beard Candy — If You Can Find It
Dragon’s beard candy is a staple of Chinese and Lunar New Year celebrations, but in the U.S. and Canada, a generation of candymakers are determining the best way to pass the difficult art to a new generation.
Who created the alphabet? A historian describes the millennia-long story of the ABCs
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https://theconversation.com/who-created-the-alphabet-a-historian-describes-the-millennia-long-story-of-the-abcs-217185
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The Conversation
Who created the alphabet? A historian describes the millennia-long story of the ABCs
Turns out ‘A’ didn’t have to be the first letter in the alphabet, nor ‘Z’ the last.
How to Become Younger, According to a Biohacking Expert
https://robbreport.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/how-to-become-younger-biohacking-dave-asprey-1235540819/
https://robbreport.com/lifestyle/health-wellness/how-to-become-younger-biohacking-dave-asprey-1235540819/
Robb Report
How to Become Younger, According to a Biohacking Expert
Dave Asprey spoke with Robb Report's editor-in-chief Paul Croughton at House of Robb during South by Southwest about how we can change our age with biohacking.
How to Tell if a Conspiracy Theory Is Probably False - The Good Men Project
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The Good Men Project
How to Tell if a Conspiracy Theory Is Probably False
The extreme consequences of unfounded conspiratorial beliefs could be seen on the staircases of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and in the self-immolation of a protestor outside the courthouse holding the latest Trump trial.
How scammers from Bernie Madoff to SBF use our fantasies to manipulate our brains
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https://fortune.com/2024/07/11/scammers-bernie-madoff-sbf-fantasies-manipulate-brains/
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When did the Olympics start? Inside the ancient ritual that lives on.
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2024/05/11/when-did-the-olympics-start/73498623007/
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USA TODAY
When did the Olympics start? How the modern Summer and Winter Games came to be.
Compete naked and covered in oil? Not quite. The modern-day Olympic Games are quite different from the ancient ones. Here's when they first started.
Why Earth's oceans aren't all equally salty
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https://bigthink.com/strange-maps/salinity-of-seas-and-oceans/
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Big Think
Why Earth's oceans aren't all equally salty
The global average salt level in surface seawater is about 35 grams (seven teaspoons, give or take) per 1,000 grams of water (about a quart).
Touch Screens Are Over. Even Apple Is Bringing Back Buttons.
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https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/touch-screens-are-over-even-apple-is-bringing-back-buttons-86fb9ea8
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https://www.wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/touch-screens-are-over-even-apple-is-bringing-back-buttons-86fb9ea8
The Wall Street Journal
Touch Screens Are Over. Even Apple Is Bringing Back Buttons.
Product designers are embracing how users actually feel after years of pushing flat and sleek
What do we mean by “luck”? We might say that someone has been lucky, or unlucky, if they have benefited or been harmed by something that was unpredictable and beyond their control. Luck has been called “the operation of chance, taken personally”.
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https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/oct/07/the-big-idea-should-we-be-thinking-about-luck-differently/
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the Guardian
The big idea: should we be thinking about luck differently?
We tend to focus on good or bad fortune, successes and failures. But what about the fact you’re here at all?
How the Rubik’s Cube has lived to 50 years—and continues to find fans among Gen Z
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https://fortune.com/europe/article/rubiks-cube-selling-millions-50-years-gen-z-digital-shift/?
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Fortune Europe
How the Rubik’s Cube has lived to 50 years—and continues to be a rage among Gen Z and beyond
For 79-year-old Erno Rubik who founded mind-bending puzzle in Hungary, there's more to the Cube than what meets the eye.
This Was the Year of the Influencer Political Takeover
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https://www.wired.com/story/this-was-the-year-of-the-influencer-political-takeover/
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WIRED
This Was the Year of the Influencer Political Takeover
Politicians fully embraced the creator economy in 2024, blurring the lines between punditry and journalism. By 2028, the lawmakers could become creators themselves.
Satire | How to overcome brain rot - The Hindu
Anyway, if we can make a brain-shaped thingie that combines the latest ChatGPT engine with Elon Musk’s Neuralink and a miniature CCTV camera, we should be able to do away with the brain while retaining its core functionalities — interfacing with screens and generating an endless stream of data. With the latest advances in AI-enabled neurosurgery, the procedure should be a cakewalk. Either way, with a brain or without one, I wish you a brain-rot-free New Year.
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Anyway, if we can make a brain-shaped thingie that combines the latest ChatGPT engine with Elon Musk’s Neuralink and a miniature CCTV camera, we should be able to do away with the brain while retaining its core functionalities — interfacing with screens and generating an endless stream of data. With the latest advances in AI-enabled neurosurgery, the procedure should be a cakewalk. Either way, with a brain or without one, I wish you a brain-rot-free New Year.
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https://www.thehindu.com/society/satire-column-allegedly-brain-rot-oxford-university-press-word-of-the-year-2024/article68995255.ece
The Hindu
Satire | How to overcome brain rot
Discover the concept of 'brain rot' in a humorous yet thought-provoking satire by The Hindu's Social Affairs Editor.
Hunters, Dancers, and Busybodies: New Study Examines the Three Main Internet Research Styles
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https://www.mentalfloss.com/internet-research-styles-study
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Mental Floss
Hunters, Dancers, and Busybodies: New Study Examines the Three Main Internet Research Styles
Your online research method may say something about you.
Bill Gates: How Paul Allen and I landed on the idea for Microsoft
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https://fortune.com/2025/02/04/bill-gates-source-code-software-microsoft-origins/
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Fortune
How Paul Allen and Bill Gates landed on the idea for Microsoft after cycling through many other startup ideas | Fortune
Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates recalls his early thinking on hardware vs. software in an excerpt from his latest book.
Walt Whitman’s Advice on Living a Vibrant and Rewarding Life – The Marginalian
https://www.themarginalian.org/2016/05/31/walt-whitman-leaves-of-grass-preface/
https://www.themarginalian.org/2016/05/31/walt-whitman-leaves-of-grass-preface/
The Marginalian
Walt Whitman’s Advice on Living a Vibrant and Rewarding Life
“Love the earth and sun and the animals… re-examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your own soul…”