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Kratom is helping wean thousands of Americans off illegal drugs and prescription pain pills, without creating long term dependency. It shouldn’t be illegal. Source: WIRED Opinion: The DEA is Wrong to Ban a Cure for Opioid Addiction | WIRED
Turns out, bootcamps really can boost incomes. Source: How Much English Majors Earn After Coding Bootcamps – ReadWrite
Harvard degrees matter less in tech today. Source: Why Google Doesn’t Hire Based On Ivy League Credentials – ReadWrite
Reconsider who you’re hiring- an integrative approach is best! Source: The Limitations of Big Data | Inc.com
Under pressure to perform, Silicon Valley champions are taking tiny hits of LSD before heading to work. Are they risking their health or optimising it? Source: What is microdosing? Buying and taking LSD to boost performance | WIRED UK
Even in a densely populated region like New England, there are still places where it’s perfectly legal to pitch a tent for free, if you’re willing to put up with a total lack of civiliz… Source: Free Camping | Atlas of New England
Digital ethnography is a relatively new field of study which promises, when done well, to deepen the relationship between communicators and their audiences by developing and understanding context. In this series, we’ll examine digital ethnography – a field of study pioneered by our colleagues at NATIONAL Public Relations. We’ll explore why it’s important, what it…Read…
Source: Video ethnography – Icon Magazine
Could it actually turn out that air conditioning does our brains more harm than good? Source: How All That Air Conditioning Is Messing With Your Mind | Inc.com
Urban areas are usually celebrated for their energy efficiency and low per capita carbon dioxide emissions, but such accounting ignores how and where they acquire their resources Source: The Myth of the Sustainable City – Scientific American
Blameless employees respond to bad apples by buckling down, suggests a business school study Source: Research round-up: how misconduct makes colleagues work harder — FT.com
Hand curated list of the best Airbnbs in the best locations with the best design. Source: Dwell – Great Airbnbs
What happens when the legendary German director is hired to make a promotional film about the Internet? You get a true document of the modern age. Source: Inside the Mind of Werner Herzog, Luddite Master of the Internet | WIRED
Merino wool and synthetic nylon are being blended in new ways to create technical tees that block BO and keep you cool. Source: These Wool-Blend Tees Will Keep Your Outdoorsing Stink-Free | WIRED
Here are some pieces of advice for new college students. Source: College Won’t Train You for a Job, and That’s Just Fine | WIRED
Migrations in Motion predicts a new kind of migration—one forced by climate change. Source: Here’s Where Species Will Flee Because of Global Warming | WIRED
In the growing age of wearables, the increased exposure to electromagnetic radiation has begun to be a topic of concern among health professionals. Source: Are wearables exposing us to unwanted health risks?
The old metaphor—vegetative, slothful, inert—is increasingly at odds with the jitteriness of digital life. Source: What Ever Happened to the Couch Potato? – The New Yorker
If everyone from Tokyo and New York—the world’s two largest cities—attended a single festival, it would still be smaller than an event that took place in India in 2013. Source: Mobile Phone Records Reveal Largest Gathering in the History of Humanity
Scientists at the Computational Story Laboratory have analyzed novels to identify the building blocks of all stories. Source: Data Mining Reveals the Six Basic Emotional Arcs of Storytelling
The first study of swiping strategies on Tinder shows just how different male and female mating behavior can be. Source: How Tinder “Feedback Loop” Forces Men and Women into Extreme Strategies http://www.thejournal.ie/tinder-dating-app-explained-biological-anthropologist-2166743-Jun2015/
Source: Enrol and enjoy: Which universities deliver the best “feelgood” experience? | The Economist
An overview and breakdown of the hidden wealth exposed in “The Panama Papers” Source: Daily chart: Panama tax papers: the taxonomy of the leak | The Economist
A BCG report shows how quality of life varies in different countries Source: Daily chart: Measuring well-being | The Economist
The absence of page numbers and other clues on the web isn’t doing your memory any favors. Source: Why It’s So Hard to Remember What You Read on the Internet | Inc.com
If art has become more academic, might it also be able to refresh other disciplines? Source: Science ‘could learn more creativity’ from art colleges | THE News
Asking research participants to record their behaviour in a natural context helps researchers uncover compelling insights Source: Five Ways to Conduct Better Auto-Ethnography Research – Liveminds
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