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Guys on Reddit are very typically coming from STEM fields – a lot of engineers, a lot of programmers. I really think the complete lack of basic understanding of social justice on Reddit, the lack of understanding of how past oppression continues to exert force on the present, is reflective of a larger failure of…
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Izhar cardboard bike project (by Giora Kariv) (Source: https://player.vimeo.com/)
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becoming-wave: One of the most important ever life skills: learning how to strike a balance between being able to take criticism and being able to stand up for oneself, and in what cases which one is called for.
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jtotheizzoe: “Next week, while we’re all watching NBC, a nuclear-powered, MINI-Cooper-sized super rover will land on Mars. We accurately guided this monster from 200 million miles away (that’s 7.6 million marathons). It requires better accuracy than an Olympic golfer teeing off in London and hitting a hole-in-one in Auckland, New Zealand. It will use a…
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smarterplanet: Who invented the Internet?: The outrageous conservative claim that every tech innovation came from private enterprise. – Slate Magazine Earlier this month, President Obama argued that wealthy business people owe some of their success to the government’s investment in education and basic infrastructure. He cited roads, bridges, and schools. Then he singled out the…
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smarterplanet: Who invented the Internet?: The outrageous conservative claim that every tech innovation came from private enterprise. – Slate Magazine Earlier this month, President Obama argued that wealthy business people owe some of their success to the government’s investment in education and basic infrastructure. He cited roads, bridges, and schools. Then he singled out the…
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Olympic fencer Shin A Lam refuses to leave the floor after unfair ruling.
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Focus groups are designers and leadership abdicating responsibility. – Jonny Ive (h/t @thulme)
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jtotheizzoe: Jonah Lehrer Admits to Fabricating Quotes, Stonewalling, Resigns Jonah Lehrer has admitted to fabricating Bob Dylan quotes in his newest book Imagine. This comes just weeks after the famed neuroscience writer was caught “self-plagiarizing” his own content on his New Yorker blog. It has just been announced that he is resigning from The New Yorker, and his publisher…