1. Damaged newspapers, damaged civic life: How the gutting of local newsrooms has led to a less-informed public (media, Nieman Lab) 2. Stop the Ethanol Madness (energy, The Atlantic) 3.There’s only one way to take on big tech: by reining in big money and big state by Evgeny Morozov (society, The Guardian) 4. Dead Whale, 220 Pounds of Debris Inside, Is a ‘Grim Reminder’ of Ocean Trash (environment, NYT) 5. The “labour illusion”: Why progress […]
1. The Big Business of Unconscious Bias. Companies want to avoid racism, sexism and misgendering. Consultants are standing by. (society, NYT) 2. Women are increasingly unhappy. This comic explains why. (society, Vox) 3. What If Porn Had No Pictures? Female-run businesses want to bring audio pornography to the imaginative, ethically conscious masses. (society, NYT) 4. Dealing With Bias in Artificial Intelligence. Three women with extensive experience in A.I. spoke on the topic and how to […]
1. A natural biomolecule has been measured acting like a quantum wave for the first time (science, MIT Technology Review) 2. Can laboratories curb their addiction to plastic? (sustainability, The Guardian) 3. Saffron is the world’s most expensive spice. Why don’t we grow it ourselves? (food, The New Food Economy) 4. The Origins of the Police (society, JSTOR)
1. A startup just announced the world’s first fake-meat “steaks” made from fungi. Are we ready? (new-food, The New Food Economy) 2. Tales From the Teenage Cancel Culture (new-culture, NYT) 3. Economic Incentives Don’t Always Do What We Want Them To (economics, NYT) 4. The Happy, Healthy Capitalists of Switzerland (society, NYT) 5. Environmental Challenges Ahead for Coffee Beans (climate, JSTOR)
1. The year of the NBA unicorn (NBA, Axios) 2. Automating humans with AI (AI, Axios) 3. Mammon. Far from representing rationality and logic, capitalism is modernity’s most beguiling and dangerous form of enchantment by Eugene McCarraher (society, aeon) 4. The city trying to make urban living good for your health (cities, BBC) 5. The World Can Make More Water From the Sea, but at What Cost? (technology, NYT)
1. Do Octopi Dream? An Astonishing Nature Documentary Suggests They Do (science) 2. The Patron Saint of Bookstores. 100 years ago, Sylvia Beach, the first publisher of James Joyce’s Ulysses, opened the doors to her legendary bookstore, Shakespeare & Co. (publishing history, JSTOR) 3. GDP Is Not a Measure of Human Well-Being (society, Harvard Business Review) 4. Another Week, Another Nutrition Axiom Upended: Is Eating Meat Unhealthy? (food, Undark)and Is meat really that bad for […]
1. Why I Called It ‘Quantum Supremacy’ (technology, Quanta Magazine) 2. The Cult of Rich-Kid Sports (society, The Atlantic) 3. The Saddest Leafy Green (food, The Atlantic) 4. Would You Survive a Merger with AI? by Susan Schneider (AI, Nautilus)
1. Dark crystals: the brutal reality behind a booming wellness craze (society, The Guardian) 2. Brands asked to pay premium for using new plastic (recycling, The Guardian)
1. Health 4.0: Challenges for an Orderly and Inclusive Innovation (innovation, Technology and Society) 2. How Bicycles Can Revolutionize Our Lives: Case Studies from the United States, Netherlands, China & Britain (society, Open Culture) 3. The Lemonade Ultimatum: Game Theory in a Gift Economy by Kelly Peters (game theory, Behavioral Scientist) 4. The girl in the box: the mysterious crime that shocked Germany by Xan Rice (crime, The Guardian) 5. A German Court Defines Hangovers […]
1. M.I.T. Media Lab, Already Rattled by the Epstein Scandal, Has a New Worry (society, NYT) 2. A Pastafarian hilariously trolled a town council meeting. The stakes are profoundly serious (society, Vox) 3. To Feed a Hot Planet, They’re Making More Efficient Plants (climate, NYT) 4. Is the New Meat Any Better Than the Old Meat? (food, NYT)
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