An Online Education Breakthrough? A Master's Degree for a Mere $7,000 - The New York Times - 0 views
Israel Proves the Desalination Era Is Here - Scientific American - 0 views
The United States of Solar - 0 views
Investment Implications of the Rise of the New Lumpenproletariat and Political Shocks |... - 0 views
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"Yves here. It's gratifying to see an article that uses as a central observation something we've pointed out: the first two generations of the Industrial Revolution led to a decline in living standards of most laborers, particularly in England. This piece looks at the parallels between the past industrial revolutions and the post-industrial revolution now underway, and anticipates that the results will include deglobalzation and more political shocks."
There is no difference between computer art and human art | Aeon Ideas - 0 views
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In industry, there is blunt-force algorithmic tension – ‘Efficiency, capitalism, commerce!’ versus ‘Robots are stealing our jobs!’ But for algorithmic art, the tension is subtler. Only 4 per cent of the work done in the United States economy requires ‘creativity at a median human level’, according to the consulting firm McKinsey and Company. So for computer art – which tries explicitly to zoom into this small piece of that vocational pie – it’s a question not of efficiency or equity, but of trust. Art requires emotional and phrenic investments, with the promised return of a shared slice of the human experience. When we view computer art, the pestering, creepy worry is: who’s on the other end of the line? Is it human? We might, then, worry that it’s not art at all.
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But the honest-to-God truth, at the end of all of this, is that this whole notion is in some way a put-on: a distinction without a difference. ‘Computer art’ doesn’t really exist in an any more provocative sense than ‘paint art’ or ‘piano art’ does. The algorithmic software was written by a human, after all, using theories thought up by a human, using a computer built by a human, using specs written by a human, using materials gathered by a human, at a company staffed by humans, using tools built by a human, and so on. Computer art is human art – a subset rather than a distinction. It’s safe to release the tension.
As Republicans Deny Climate Change, the UN Says it Could Cost the World $2 Trillion - 0 views
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The research indicates worldwide losses in productivity could be as high as 40% by 2050 if climate change is not stymied.
Social Network Algorithms Are Distorting Reality By Boosting Conspiracy Theories | Co.E... - 0 views
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Social platforms—in their effort to keep users continually engaged (and targeted with relevant ads)—are designed to surface what’s popular and trending, whether it’s true or not. Since nearly half of web-using adults now get their news from Facebook in any given week, what counts as "truth" on our social platforms matters. When nonsense stories gain traction, they’re extremely difficult to correct. And stories jump from platform to platform, reaching new audiences and "going viral" in ways and at speeds that were previously impossible.
How open source can accelerate the circular economy shift - Circulate - 1 views
Invasion of the hedge fund almonds - 0 views
20 Slack Apps You'll Love - 0 views
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Slack is taking the business world by storm. More and more companies are using this communication tool-and it's becoming an increasingly robust platform due to all of the integrations being built on top of it. Now, you can do pretty much everything in Slack-from tracking how your customers use your app, to keeping tabs on company finances at a glance, to getting a daily digest of top news from around the web. Here are 20 of the Product Hunt community's most-loved Slack integrations. Trust us-once you give some of these a try, you'll wonder how you ever made it through the day without them.
Brilliant new report on the future of work/jobs and the impact of technology/automation... - 0 views
Redefining the relationship of man and machine: narrated chapter from the 'The Future o... - 0 views
Global trade should be remade from the bottom up - FT.com - 0 views
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"The core of the revolt against global integration, though, is not ignorance. It is a sense, not wholly unwarranted, that it is a project carried out by elites for elites with little consideration for the interests of ordinary people - who see the globalisation agenda as being set by big companies playing off one country against another. They read the revelations in the Panama Papers and conclude that globalisation offers a fortunate few the opportunities to avoid taxes and regulations that are not available to the rest. And they see the disintegration that accompanies global integration, as communities suffer when big employers lose to foreign competitors."
The Elevation Economy - Medium - 0 views
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