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DEF CON 31 - An Audacious Plan to Halt the Internet's Ensh*ttification - Cory Doctorow
The enshittification of the internet follows a predictable trajectory: first, platforms are good to …
DEFCONConference
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New research flatly rejects a long-standing myth that men hunt, women gather, and that this division runs deep in human history. The researchers found that women hunted in nearly 80% of surveyed forager societies.
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Robot Passes Turing Test for Polyculture Gardening
I love plants. I am not great with plants. I have accepted this fact and have therefore entrusted …
Evan Ackerman
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Just Calm Down About GPT-4 Already
Rapid and pivotal advances in technology have a way of unsettling people, because they can …
Glenn Zorpette
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Precisamos de um Spotify socialista
Os serviços de streaming como o Spotify exploram desavergonhadamente os músicos. Mas há uma …
esquerda.net
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O ChatGPT é uma máquina de ideologia
Os debates sobre a nova IA centram-se na "inteligência". Mas há algo mais interessante a acontecer: …
esquerda.net
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ChatGPT and the AI Apocalypse
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The Drone Abides: Bagpipes in Experimental Music
From the great Highland bagpipe to the Italian zampogna, bagpipes have particular timbral qualities …
Stewart Smith
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Is Old Music Killing New Music?
Old songs now represent 70 percent of the U.S. music market, according to the latest numbers from …
Ted Gioia
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Ancient Australian Aboriginal Memory Tool Superior to "Memory Palace" Learning Technique
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In the 1950s, writers began to formulate a critique of technology. Since then we've rushed into an uncritical embrace. What now?
In the 1950s, writers began to formulate a critique of technology. Since then we've rushed into an …
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Cassandra of the internet age: As far back as the mid-'80s, Michael Goldhaber was worried about the attention economy.
Cassandra of the internet age: As far back as the mid-'80s, Michael Goldhaber was worried about the …
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Silicon Valley is a strange place, and Jaron Lanier occupies an even stranger place within it
Silicon Valley is a strange place, and Jaron Lanier occupies an even stranger place within it
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Mummies among us
Before death became a source of disgust and denial, Europeans cheerfully painted with – and …
Michael Press
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Visualizing Sex as a Spectrum
Infographic reveals the startling complexity of sex determination
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Amanda Montañez
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Carl Friedrich Gauss (repeat)
In a programme first broadcast in 2017, Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Gauss (1777-1855), widely …
BBC Radio 4
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As the bubonic plague ravaged Florence, Boccaccio observed the putrid crisis at ground level. What did social distancing look like in 1347?
As the bubonic plague ravaged Florence, Boccaccio observed the putrid crisis at ground level. What …
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Beyond Recognition: Cyberspace’s Past, Present, and Future
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Cave art has been found on nearly every continent. What does it mean? That our Paleolithic ancestors knew something we still strain to imagine
Cave art has been found on nearly every continent. What does it mean? That our Paleolithic ancestors …
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Douglas Rushkoff: Most VR Is Total Bullshit - How tech companies turned an instrument of human potential into one of exploitation
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