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It’s often just a fancy name for a computer program. Source: ‘Artificial Intelligence’ Has Become Meaningless – The Atlantic
What you share online may help researchers understand and solve one of our most urgent public health epidemics: suicide. Source: Why scientists think your social media posts can help prevent suicide
In all sorts of industries, analogue products are making a comeback Source: Why the digital era is destined to fail us | Oliver Burkeman | Life and style | The Guardian
Increasingly today we are driven not by the pursuit of happiness properly understood but by the avoidance of risk & pain. Source: Tyler Cowen’s Book ‘The Complacent Class’ & the Pursuit of Happiness | National Review
And dying doctors are making it happen. Source: The Evolution of Death and Medicine in the Modern Age | Inverse
The company’s open-source Delaktig platform encourages people to hack away. Source: Ikea’s Hackable Sofa Is Coming To The U.S. | Co.Design | business + design
The billionaire investor predicts one crushing reality of automation. Source: Mark Cuban Says This Will Soon Be the Most Sought-After Job Skill | Inc.com
The Digital Ethnography Research Centre (DERC), part of RMIT University, focuses on understanding a contemporary world where digital and mobile technologie Source: Australia’s Digital Ethnography Research Centre on experiencing the digital in everyday life – Putting people first
The inside story of kompromat. Source: Russia Hackers to Blame for Wikileaks Emails – Proof Vladmir Putin Was Behind the Clinton Email Hack
Can Outdoor Apparel Manufacturers Save the American Wool Farmer? Source: Your Gear is Saving American Wool Ranchers | Outside Online
Normally, if the creators of an app claimed that it could look inside things and tell you their constituent parts, I would tell you to go peddle your snake oil elsewhere. But this app is from… Source: This app uses spectral analysis to analyze objects and their makeup | TechCrunch
The nonprofit behind Wikipedia is teaming up with Google to work on algorithmic discussion monitors. Source: Collection of 13,500 Nastygrams Could Advance War on Trolls
It’s an ancient solution to a modern problem. Source: Scientists Use Invasive Brazilian Peppertree to Treat MRSA | Inverse
What if we regarded code not as a high-stakes, sexy affair, but the equivalent of skilled work at a Chrysler plant? Source: The Next Big Blue-Collar Job Is Coding | WIRED
Over 280,000 U.S. campsites are listed on Hipcamp, many of which can be booked and reserved like an Airbnb. Source: Hipcamp Lets You Book Your Campsite Like an Airbnb • Gear Patrol
An American biotech CEO claims she is the first to undergo gene therapy to reverse aging. Judge for yourself. Source: A Tale of Do-It-Yourself Gene Therapy
Some of the wealthiest people in America—in Silicon Valley, New York, and beyond—are getting ready for the crackup of civilization. Source: Doomsday Prep for the Super-Rich – The New Yorker
Not since 1981 has a presidential cabinet shown so little diversity Source: Daily chart: The homogeneity of Donald Trump’s cabinet | The Economist
Study participants consistently ranked their trip as one of their most meaningful life experiences. Source: Why psychedelics like magic mushrooms kill the ego and fundamentally transform the brain
Thiel claims to prefer “Star Wars,” but his philosophy may be Trekkier than he’d like to admit. Source: Why Peter Thiel Fears “Star Trek” – The New Yorker
Heart disease is the leading cause of death for both men and women – in the U.S. alone, more than 610,000 people die from it annually. GrowBlox Life Sciences LLC announced that they plan to develop a drug that could prevent and treat cardiovascular disease using cannabis. Source: A Pharmaceutical Company is Officially Using Cannabis…
Want a more educated, less narrow-minded citizenry that can tell fake news from real? Make them take this class Source: The art of learning: Why art history might be the most important subject you could study today – Salon.com
We are now getting to see what American democracy looks like without any real buffers in the way of sheer populism and demagoguery. Source: America’s democracy has become illiberal – The Washington Post
Source: How Being a Diver Can Restore Your Life | LSD Scuba
Liviu Babitz is the co-founder of Cyborg Nest. Source: Bird-Like Biohacker Liviu Babitz Can Sense Which Way North Is | Inverse
Leaders need to use more vivid imagery to communicate their vision for the future. Source: People Remember What You Say When You Paint a Picture
Stop trying to dazzle us. Just give us old-school great design that works. Source: Dear Apple, Please Fix Boring Problems This Year | Co.Design | business + design
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