- Watch “why every social media site is a dumpster fire” as it’s the best concise analysis I’ve seen in awhile.
- When are you really Dutch?
- The WikiTribune (a crowd-sourced news website) is looking for water stories(and thus writers). At the moment, the proposed titles look more like opinion than journalism, but hopefully they will do an objective job.
- A fascinating history (one in a long series) on the rise of the telegraph.
- Cities are trying to get access to data on “scooter shares” because they don’t want to get “Uber’d” again. I don’t think they need the data, as much as a policy on parking/using common spaces.
- “YouTubers are not your friends” — they’re selling you stuff — or themselves.
- Want less frustration and more effectiveness? “Stick with first impressions. Don’t extrapolate.”
- The real potential of AI.
- The best (short) explanation of the financial crisis I’ve read.
- A Neanderthal warns Sapiens of our folly.
H/T to GC