The most obvious pitfall of contrarianism is that, just like following the crowd, it outsources your judgement to others, albeit in rejection rather than acceptance. It’s also impractical. - The Critic
Charity content on YouTube and most recently TikTok has always been a formulaic and nearly surefire way to gain likes and views. While these videos are praised for their clear attempts at making the world a better place, none are without disapproval. Critics have called this “philanthro-tainment” uncomfortable, ungenuine and even sinister. - USCAnnenberg Media
At its simplest, technology can be understood as a tool which enables us to reach a particular end; a chimp using a stick to extract honey from a tree trunk, for example, a means to an end. That approach is crucial to our perception of the place of technology in the modern world. - 3 Quarks Daily
"The most curious part of this is how people working inside the macroculture are the only folks who don’t understand what’s going on." - The Honest Broker
Then they made their own wiki. "Behind this seemingly amusing clash of nerds is a far more pressing issue: how to reconcile 20 years of Wikipedia’s core principles and values with the practical demands of present circumstances." - Slate
There is an expression often used to capture the power of the press: never pick a fight with someone who buys ink by the barrel. Today the ink is barrelled inside algorithms we don’t own. - The Walrus
Being alone is bad for you—and it’s not all about close family and friends. “Talking to strangers,” says Robert Waldinger, who leads the longest-running study on human happiness, at Harvard, “actually makes us happier. - The Walrus
“Modern” is certainly a fluid term, and to flatly state that any one era permanently defines the term is, I suppose, arrogant. But Paris in the early part of last century, and in particular the 1920s was, indeed, a remarkable era of Modernism in which literature, visual arts, music. - The Millions
The articles journalists write will become source material to be remixed and delivered in hyper-personalized presentations. (One easy example is that most people likely prefer to read the news in their native language). - NiemanLab
There may not appear to be a reason behind it. “You’re just sort of ‘meh,’” Dr. Shanbhag said. “And you get used to being that way.” - The New York Times
Specifically, musical elements like pitch and timbre emerged as crucial predictors for values of Care and Fairness, while sentiments and emotions expressed in lyrics were more effective in predicting traits of Loyalty, Authority, and Purity. - Phys.org
The infamous Chuck E. Cheese animatronic performers were for kids, kind of. "Those were also for the adults. The robotic characters originally spoke in double entendres." - NPR
But this year, it's possible that the guy who has spawned churches, offshoots, and - of course - spendy video courses about "Apocalypse-proofing your family" finally found out. - Slate
Lately, however, the social-science world has become mired in controversy. Researchers themselves have started to note that many famous experiments have been debunked—such as, indeed, the Stanford prison experiment—or simply can’t be replicated. - The Atlantic
