Are shows like Dexter to blame for inspiring violent crimes? | Steve Lillebuen | Opinio... - 0 views
-
serious crime has always been tied to pop culture.
-
The attempted assassination of US President Ronald Reagan was even linked to watching Taxi Driver.
-
But the scientific evidence backing up such a link has never been very clear, leading many to quite rightly discount the level of influence.
- ...6 more annotations...
Why Lack of Human Touch Can Be Difficult Amid Coronavirus | Time - 1 views
-
With people around the world practicing social distancing and self-isolation to curb the further spread of coronavirus, some are starting to feel the effects of a lack of human touch.
-
“Touch is the fundamental language of connection,” says Keltner. “When you think about a parent-child bond or two friends or romantic partners, a lot of the ways in which we connect and trust and collaborate are founded in touch.”
-
It’s not just about how we feel emotionally. Keltner adds that “touch deprivation” can impact people on a psychological and even physical level
- ...15 more annotations...
Tech Tent: The woes of the world wide web - BBC News - 0 views
-
Sir Tim Berners-Lee tells Tech Tent that he has become less optimistic about the beneficial effects of his creation - but the web's founder is up for a fight about what he regards as a vital principle, net neutrality.
-
Both he and other web pioneers were hugely optimistic about its potential to foster collaboration and an open exchange of views. "Humanity once connected by technology would do wonderful things," he says.
-
In the United States the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has moved to scrap the net neutrality regulation brought in by the Obama administration.
- ...3 more annotations...
Las Vegas shooting: NRA urges new rules for gun 'bump-stocks' - BBC News - 0 views
-
The National Rifle Association has called for "additional regulations" on bump-stocks, a rapid fire device used by the Las Vegas massacre gunman.
-
"I think we are on the verge of a breakthrough when it comes to sensible gun policy," he told reporters.
-
Republican congressional leadership may try to clamp down on the proceedings, but there's a chance other proposals -like limits on magazine capacity, military-style rifle features and new background check requirements - could come up for consideration.
- ...7 more annotations...
The Big Tech Trends to Follow at CES 2018 - The New York Times - 0 views
-
magine this: When you leave the house, your air conditioner and lights turn off automatically. Then when a motion sensor detects a person in the house, like your house cleaner, it sends an alert to your phone. When you arrive home, a camera recognizes who you are and the door automatically unlocks.
-
Automated technologies like these will be at the forefront of CES, one of the world’s largest tech conventions, next week in Las Vegas. They underline one major trend: Increasingly, the innovations that are making their way into your personal technology aren’t physical electronics or gadgets at all.
-
he culmination of software, algorithms and sensors working together to make your everyday appliances smarter and more automated. It is
- ...4 more annotations...
Markets and Governments: A Historical Perspective - The Globalist - 0 views
-
The idea that competitive markets are sufficient to ensure efficient outcomes and stable economies is under heavy intellectual fire
-
The crisis has prompted a fundamental re-think of the relationship between markets and governments
-
but between competing systems of political economy and models of governance.
- ...25 more annotations...
This Is Why You're Prone to Crying on Airplanes | Time - 1 views
-
For people who get anxious when there is a change in environment, just arriving at an airport can signal a perceived threat to the brain
-
And a mix of psychological factors related to the plane’s altitude and a perceived loss of control can cause a person to break down emotionally once in the air, DeLuca says.
-
“When you’re dehydrated, it’s not just the body that’s lacking in resources,” De Luca says. “Everything is affected”—including behavior and the brain. “Some people have difficulty self-regulating their emotions.”
- ...1 more annotation...
-
Whenever I fly I always see people getting freaked and I never knew why. For me, I really enjoy flying and it is fun for me. I found it very interesting that even arriving at an airport can be perceived as a threat to the brain. Also, I understand how people might get freaked out by not having control over the outcome of their flight. The article talks about how this lack of control can make people's brains go into overtime. This article helped explain to me how flying can mess with people's emotions which inturn disables their reasoning.
Trump tweets threat that 'looting' will lead to 'shooting.' Twitter put a warning label... - 0 views
-
Twitter says President Donald Trump has violated its rule against glorifying violence and has affixed a warning label to one of his tweets — the first time such action has been taken against the president's account.
-
This means the tweet will not be removed, but will be hidden behind a notice that says "this Tweet violated the Twitter Rules about glorifying violence. However, Twitter has determined that it may be in the public's interest for the Tweet to remain accessible." Users can view it if they click past the notice.
-
Later on Friday morning, Trump resumed his criticisms of Twitter and tweeted that "it will be regulated." The official White House Twitter account also posted the same tweet after it was flagged by Twitter in an apparent attempt from the Trump administration to further test the platform's rules.
- ...3 more annotations...
Five climate issues Canada will have to tackle in 2020 - 0 views
-
But even before those fires, international climate action had been growing. This past fall, hundreds of thousands of people across Canada took to the streets to demand climate action; millions did so worldwide.
-
Conversations around climate change in Canada tend to dwell on carbon taxes, and on battles over pipelines getting built or not. There are, however, other important actions and policy areas that get far less attention, and that have a far greater impact on Canada’s emissions footprint, which, though small on a global level, are some of the highest in the world on a per capita basis.
-
Decide the fate of the Frontier oil sands mine.
- ...3 more annotations...
Singapore introduces draconian social distancing laws, including 6 months in jail - CNN - 0 views
-
Singapore has introduced new laws governing social distancing during the coronavirus outbreak that could see offenders serve six months in jail.
-
Those who do not keep at least one meter (3.2 feet) apart, or who meet in groups of more than 10 people outside of work or school, could face a fine of up to 10,000 Singapore dollars ($7,000) and/or up to six months' imprisonment, according to a Ministry of Health statement posted Thursday.
How coronavirus hypocrisy is tarnishing Boris Johnson's government (opinion) - CNN - 0 views
-
Johnson has proved staunch in his defense of his close ally since the latter was accused of breaking the UK's strict lockdown by driving 260 miles with his wife, who he admits was displaying some symptoms of coronavirus, and young son to be near his extended family.
-
In quarantine-fatigued Britain, however, where many have agonized over the command to stay away from frightened, sick and dying relatives, the Prime Minister's words have not gone down well. Highly unusually, several of his own Conservative MPs are now calling for Cummings to be sacked, and even the government-friendly Daily Mail asked: "What Planet Are They On?" of his decision to stand by his man.
-
In one of the more moving responses, Helen Goodman, until December the Labour Party MP for Durham, the northern town Cummings visited to stay in a property belonging to his parents, said she was "appalled" by his behavior, given her own father had died alone from Covid-19 in a local care home after she obeyed the rules and did not visit.
- ...10 more annotations...
Being a Pilot is Even More Stressful Than Being a Passenger - VICE - 0 views
-
Pilot often tops the list of most stressful careers, both in the amount of perceived stress and on quantifiable metrics of stress, like rates of burnout and health issues
-
For pilots, the basic requirements of the job are a major source of stress. “Number one, it’s what we call a high-consequence industry,” Bowen says. “When pilots make mistakes, the consequences can be catastrophic.”
-
sychologists think about stress on a curve: At the bottom, without stress, it’s hard to perform with excellence. As stress and arousal start to creep up, performance does too.
- ...7 more annotations...
Lindsey Graham encourages senior judges to step aside ahead of election - CNNPolitics - 0 views
-
Senate Judiciary Chairman Lindsey Graham on Thursday encouraged senior federal judges to step aside so his committee can approve conservatives who President Donald Trump would nominate to replace them ahead of the November election.
-
"This is an historic opportunity," Graham said in an interview with conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt. "If (Trump) can get four more years, I mean, it would change the judiciary for several generations. So if you're a circuit judge in your mid-60s, late 60s, you can take senior status, now would be a good time to do that if you want to make sure the judiciary is right of center."
-
The unusual plea was prompted by Hewitt and reflects a recognition from Senate Republicans they may not control the chamber next session and therefore won't be in a position to push through confirmations of Trump's judges should he win reelection.
- ...4 more annotations...
Entrepreneurial Singularity: Marrying Technology and Human Virtues - 0 views
-
Mona Hamdy believes that technology married with pragmatic optimism can save the world. That’s what the entrepreneur and Harvard University Applied Ethics teaching fellow told me while we sat overlooking the Potomac River at her restaurant in Georgetown. We discussed impossible problems like plastics in the ocean, hostile AI, hypersonic missiles, the perils of cashless economies for the world’s poorest, socioeconomic challenges for women in the Middle East and North Africa, and cultural misunderstandings between the U.S. and Arab nations.
-
“The kind of technology we have created should give us pause. It means we are aware of its potential in our hands. We can regulate it and use it to help relieve human despair like no other time on earth. Conflict, famine, poverty, and ecological destruction can be mapped on top of each other. Let’s learn as much as we can, and create economies that address these problems as solvable opportunities.”
-
“The nature of our company combined this traditional wisdom with futuristic technology like cinematic worldbuilding, mixed reality and AR for education, digital twinning, and 3d printing as effective modes of information transfer. These things were not considered part of the poverty-eradication toolkit a decade ago, but the world is coming around to it. Tech and heritage-- it’s the 21st century version of what our ancestors would have done. ”
- ...1 more annotation...
How your phone affects your health - Insider - 0 views
-
When was the last time you disinfected your phone? According to a 2017 study, high levels of bacterial contamination can be found on the surface of cell phones.
-
Time magazine suggests that your phone could be 10 times dirtier than your toilet seat.
-
Frequently looking down at your phone for extended periods of time puts a strain on your neck
- ...4 more annotations...
Gavin Newsom takes new tone with Trump as he steers California during coronavirus crisi... - 0 views
-
For California Gov. Gavin Newsom, the call that triggered state's full crisis response came in the middle of the night on March 6, and he was waiting for it.
-
The state's lab had been working through the night, and one of his cabinet secretaries was on the line telling him 21 of the 42 crewmembers and passengers tested for coronavirus aboard the Grand Princess Cruise Ship, which was idling in international waters off California's coast, had tested positive.
-
Newsom hung up and immediately called Donald Trump, his frequent adversary, reaching the President around 4 a.m. PT to discuss the alarming results and their next steps, according to California aides involved in the response. By 6 a.m., Newsom had fully activated the Golden State's emergency operations center in the outskirts of Sacramento and begun orchestrating the unloading of more than 2,000 passengers -- diverting them to hospitals, into quarantine and back to their home countries.
- ...3 more annotations...
Why Amy Cooper's Use of 'African-American' Stung - The New York Times - 0 views
-
In November, the company held an event called the “Check Your Blind Spots” tour at its California headquarters, described in a news release as a “series of immersive and interactive elements including virtual reality, gaming technology and more, to take an introspective look at the unconscious biases people face on a daily basis.”
-
Implicit bias training begins with the premise that we are essentially benevolent in our intentions, but are all subject to maintaining conditioned prejudices, the acquisition of which is often beyond our control.
-
Embedded in this view is the assumption that within the contours of civil society, at least, we should be beyond explicit expressions of hostility of the kind Ms. Cooper displayed.
- ...7 more annotations...
This Time-Management Trick Changed My Whole Relationship With Time - The New York Times - 0 views
-
A couple of years ago I was told a rumor about a notable artist who would break up everything she did, from making films in the day to running her studio in the afternoon to reading books in the evening, into intervals of 25 minutes, with five-minute breaks in between — 25 minutes on, five minutes off, over and over again.
-
the Pomodoro technique. Invented by Francesco Cirillo, a student at Rome’s Luiss Business School in the late 1980s, it’s a time-management method that takes its name from the tomato-shaped kitchen timer he used to regulate its core process, breaking the day into brief intervals
-
A pomodoro, once started, must not be interrupted, otherwise it has to be abandoned
- ...13 more annotations...
Covid-19 pandemic and chaos theory: Why the future is impossible to precisely predict -... - 0 views
-
In Washington state, a person with the virus attended a choir practice, and more than half of the other singers subsequently got sick. In South Korea, a 29-year-old man went out to nightclubs; he was Covid-19 positive, and he has since been linked to at least 54 new cases. In China, nine people sitting in the path of an air conditioning vent in a restaurant all got sick, most likely from one person, as the duct blew viral particles across their faces.
-
Small things could have changed these outcomes. The clubber could have decided to watch TV instead of going out dancing. If the choir practice was rescheduled for the next day, maybe the person would have felt sick and stayed home. The air conditioner in the restaurant could have been turned off.
-
“Little shifts can have really disproportionately sized impacts” in a pandemic. And scientists have a name for systems that operate like this: chaos.
- ...16 more annotations...
« First
‹ Previous
181 - 200 of 217
Next ›
Showing 20▼ items per page