9 Best Articles in 2020
The New York Times
Stop Trying to Be Productive
The New York Times
6 min read · 1124 saves · Apr 1st · Taylor Lorenz · The internet wants you to believe you aren’t doing enough with all that “extra time” you have now. But staying inside and attending to basic needs is plenty.
medium.com
How Technology Hijacks People’s Minds — from a Magician and Google’s Design Ethicist — Medium
medium.com
~16 min read · 1084 saves · From 2016 · When using technology, we often focus optimistically on all the things it does for us. But I want you to show you where it might do the opposite.
Guardian Tech
'Our minds can be hijacked': the tech insiders who fear a smartphone dystopia
Guardian Tech
988 saves · From 2017 · The Google, Apple and Facebook workers who helped make technology so addictive are disconnecting themselves from the internet. Paul Lewis reports on the Silicon Valley refuseniks who worry the race…
Ness Labs
From FOMO to JOMO: the joy of missing out September 6, 2019 In Mental Health
Ness Labs
5 min read · 672 saves · 2019-09-06 · JOMO—the joy of missing out—is a way to live an intentional life. It’s realising that FOMO is distracting you from your life’s purpose.
MIT Technology Review
Our weird behavior during the pandemic is screwing with AI models
MIT Technology Review
6 min read · 592 saves · May 11th · Anyone looking for an illustration of how rapidly shopping habits changed when covid-19 hit needed only to glance at the top 10 search terms on Amazon in the week of April 12 to 18. In place of former…
WIRED
Wikipedia Is the Last Best Place on the Internet
WIRED
3 min read · 586 saves · Feb 17th · In this article for?Wired, cultural correspondent Richard Clarke tracks the origins, the day-to-day functioning and the likely future of Wikipedia. He discusses how its founders first regarded it as an adjunct to another site; how “Wikignomes” keep the site up and running; how Alexa and Siri depend on Wikipedia for answers and will depend on it even more in the future; and why?everyone who uses Wikipedia still remains slightly reluctant to cite it as a source. Clarke’s lively writing and lucid insights will?captivate anyone who uses Wikipedia –?that is,?pretty much everyone.
CNBC
Stanford psychology expert: This is the No. 1 work skill of the future—but most fail to realize…
CNBC
5 min read · 505 saves · 2019-10-09 · The skill you most need at work is one that also helps you at home, says psychology expert and best-selling author Nir Eyal.
Entrepreneur
6 Smart Home Gadgets That Are Actually Worth Owning
Entrepreneur
3 min read · 480 saves · Mar 9th · Like any tech product, some smart home devices are better than others.
OpenAI
Jukebox
OpenAI
7 min read · 464 saves · Apr 30th · We’re introducing Jukebox, a neural net that generates music, including rudimentary singing, as raw audio in a variety of genres and artist styles. We’re releasing the model weights and code, along…
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2 min read · 124 saves · Dec 6th · In 2010, Mark Zuckerberg famously said that privacy was no longer a "social norm." New research this month showed that 94% of consumers are uncomfortable with how their personal data is shared online.
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The Currency Of Time
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6 Privacy-Focused Alternatives to the Apps You Use Every Day
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1 min read · 103 saves · Dec 13th · David Nield · From messaging to maps, many popular apps slurp up your data to sell you ads. There’s a better way.
BuzzFeed News
Our List Of The Top 2020 Memes
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20+ min read · 98 saves · Dec 11th · I am once again asking you to read about these memes.
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2021 Will Launch the Platinum Age of Piracy
WIRED
2 min read · 77 saves · Dec 12th · And Disney, with its rich in-person experience offerings, is poised to be the biggest winner of all.
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The Future of Social Media Is All Talk
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2 min read · 76 saves · Dec 16th · Arielle Pardes · From Clubhouse to Discord to Twitter, 2020 was all about giving people a voice online. Literally.
