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The most wonderful and most terrible things about new technologies are their emergent properties. The latest example is, of course, Fake News On Facebook; who would have thought that connecting… Source: Self-driving cars and shipping containers | TechCrunch
“We want to change behavior around ownership on the planet,” says Omni co-founder Thomas McLeod. First, it built an on-demand storage business, where you can get things picked up from your… Source: Omni storage now earns you money by renting out your stuff | TechCrunch
The new video for rock band Spoon’s “Do I Have to Talk You Into It” consists of lead singer Britt Daniel being rapidly morphed, deformed, beautified, clone-stamped, liquified, and peeled apart in Photoshop. At one point, Daniel is transformed into a coyote, the Photoshop interface drops away for a split second, and we just see…
Every generation has had its breakthrough that promised to, at long last, finally cure cancer, but this time around the chances of actually pulling it off are looking pretty good. Rapid advancement in fields like genetics have led to incredible success using immunotherapies to turn patients’ own bodies into cancer-fighting machines. Pharmaceutical companies, philanthropic billionaires…
How a tiny country with high government spending bred a large number of vibrant young businesses Source: Why Does Sweden Have So Many Start-Ups? – The Atlantic
In his 2-million-word journal, the transcendentalist discovered how to balance poetic wonder and scientific rigor as he explored the natural world. Source: What’s Inside Henry Thoreau’s Journal – The Atlantic
On the mystery and wonder of extended cognition Source: You Think With the World, Not Just Your Brain – The Atlantic
Source: New World Notes: “Trump Won Because He Understood the Digital is Real” – Top Anthropologist on How to Study the President-Elect’s Online Followin
The country’s elites are desperate to figure out what they got wrong in 2016. But can they handle the truth? Source:
Find the right environment, and very little effort is necessary. Source: A Guide to Finding Happiness: Dan Buettner’s ‘Blue Zones’ – The Atlantic
To get the broad and deep innovation in law that we need, we have to fix legal education. Source: Law schools are letting down their students and society—here are three steps they can take to fix things — Quartz
Retouched images are getting a disclaimer. Source: A new French law targets ads with Photoshopped models — Quartz
The cockroach has lasted 200 million years without a upgrade. Let’s see how long the SE lasts. Source: Apple (AAPL) may have perfected smartphone design with the iPhone SE even as it launches the iPhone 8 and iPhone X — Quartz
Swedes enjoy an interesting “close-to-nature” lifestyle — this informal study shows how it might help visitors from other countries. Source: TreeHugger
Environmental pollution — from filthy air to contaminated water — is killing more people every year than all war and violence in the world, a new study says. Source: Pollution killing more people every year than wars, disasters and hunger, study says – Chicago Tribune
Related:+ Tumbleweed Houses… Source: Savvy seniors are buying tiny homes to enjoy their golden years in off-grid style | Inhabitat – Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building
The city has to shore up its seawalls and modify its sewer systems to fight back rising tides. And it’s suing Big Petroleum over the bill. Source: Could San Francisco Get the Oil Industry to Pay for Climate Change? | WIRED
Want to be happier and better able to cope with stress? New research says living near a forest, even if you’re in the city makes a positive impact. Source: Living Near A Forest Will Make You Happier, Study Finds
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 for human attention has created a world of perpetual distraction that could ultimately end in disaster Source: ‘Our minds can be hijacked’: the tech insiders…
Tristan Harris thinks big tech is taking advantage of us all. Can its power be used for good? Source: Smartphones Are Weapons of Mass Manipulation, and This Guy Is Declaring War on Them – MIT Technology Review
Harvard Innovation Lab startup Getaway builds collections of tiny houses on wooded plots of land just outside the city where you can go to recharge in nature. Their rentable tiny houses can be… Source: Getaway is launching new tiny house rentals in Washington DC and Boston | Inhabitat – Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building
Google now has not one but two new entrants to its smart home speaker family: the larger, music-centric Google Home Max and pint-size Google Home Mini. Source: Introducing the Google Home Max and Google Home Mini
French startup OpenClassrooms is partnering with IT service company Capgemini to find and hire new people off the beaten path. This is something new for OpenClassrooms and could turn into a… Source: OpenClassrooms and Capgemini team up and launch an online apprenticeship program | TechCrunch
It’s the first camera powered by Google’s AI. Source: The Google Clips camera puts AI behind the lens – The Verge
Very rarely, an app comes along that changes your life. I want to tell you about such an app, and how it changed mine. I had nothing to do with its making; I have never installed or opened it on my… Source: Curing the incurable | TechCrunch
The nature of work is changing on a global level at a rapid pace. Sure, it’s not the first time work has been dramatically impacted by technology, but the growth of automation, robotics, AI… Source: Google commits $1 billion in grants to train U.S. workers for high-tech jobs | TechCrunch
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