The United States of Apathy
https://politicalwire.com/2018/04/30/the-united-states-of-apathy/
Author: tinapple
Ezra Klein explains why men are “so shit at friendship”
https://quartzy.qz.com/1265765/ezra-klein-explains-why-men-are-so-bad-at-friendship/
Whether America Can Afford a Job Guarantee Program Is Not Up for Debate
https://theintercept.com/2018/04/30/federal-job-guarantee-program-cost/
AIs, predictions and judgment
https://kottke.org/18/04/ais-predictions-and-judgment
“The Biology of Disinformation,” a paper by Rushkoff, Pescovitz, and Dunagan
https://boingboing.net/2018/04/30/the-biology-of-disinformatio.html
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Did Harvard Scientists Predict The End of the Universe?
The universe will end with a bang — and not a whimper — reports The New York Post, citing a new study by Harvard Researchers predicting exactly when (and how) the universe will end. But Gizmodo’s science writer takes issue with the media coverage: That paper predicts that the universe’s lifetime would be between 10**88 and 10**241 years, but probably probably around 10**139 years. “I think people don’t have a sense as to how big […]
EdTech and “The Innovation Illusion”
“We seem to all be suffering from something of a low-grade MOOC hangover. Even though those of us who actually work on open online courses never believed the MOOC hype – we knew that they would not change the system of higher education – we did enjoy the brief attention from our (then) provosts. The best thing about MOOC mania was that it got folks around campus who have not thought too much about the […]