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Kookery isn’t the solution—it’s the problem.

Is this the trailer for 2021?

This is insane. All the talk about data sharing and countries and their interests but not a single comment about giving the user a say... it’s my data to share. Gets me worked up every time

Wow... I’m shocked and speechless... This has certainly been an eye opening read.

And sadly this is too true:

and they’re still going to transmit the data (encrypted) to Apple in realtime, on by default every single mac, but at least the 0.01% of mac users who know about it now can turn it off, so Apple will only get a realtime log of what apps you open, when, and where for the other 99.99% of mac users.

Absolutely beautiful! 😍

Our feed-based information architecture is obsessed with the present.

Not an issue on ReadUp ;)

Super insightful and inspiring.

Because there’s really only two kinds of days — ones when your team gets better and ones when your team gets worse. And if you just spend time getting better, then over a prolonged period of time you become essentially unbeatable.

Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.

Lol, yes, 100%

Highly recommend. I had multiple penny drop moments while reading this

What a time to be alive

This is super fascinating. I love learning about cryptography.

Trump’s trade policies have created a lobbying boom as companies have sought to tax their competitors and win exemptions for themselves

Hopefully this will stop soon

True story :)

What an amazing technique.

And I love this:

I am bringing back the silence.

Thanks so much for sharing this, Jeff! I admire the level of transparency and honesty in the way you two run ReadUp. It’s such an important foundation for long term success. Keep them blog posts coming 💪

Very interesting insights and good tips for parents who have kids with TikTok

Some of these are still very much work in progress for me

I absolutely love love loooove(!!) thought experiments about us being in a simulation. I had no idea there is so much actual research being done about this. I feel super inspired after reading this.

if humans were to ever develop the ability to simulate conscious beings, the chances would overwhelmingly tilt in favor of us, too, being virtual denizens inside someone else’s computer

I completely agree with this and it also applies to having apps available on your phone’s Home Screen

I’m not sure how I feel about this. And wouldn’t good old CCTVs do the trick?

Economic growth theory is super interesting. This has inspired me to spend more time looking at growth theories again

Wow, this is interesting. I like the idea of xAI

Wow. This reads like a movie plot. It’s terrifying and frustrating to imagine that this played out in real life.

Educational but probably also over analysing it a bit

The vast digital data sets held by Uber and other car apps have enabled him to identify certain quirks in human behaviour that armchair economists might not have uncovered

Super interesting insights!

Am I the only one who is extremely concerned about this company calling themselves Gilead? (if you don't know why I'm concerned, watch The Handmaids Tale

Very interesting stats. So the question is, how do you reach those who are not interested...

This is quite chilling ... seeing it all spelled out in one article.

This stood out to me:

Instagram turned our phones into adult pacifiers. At first, this was a tranquillising reel of pretty pictures, pumped in a steady stream with each thumb-swipe.

Now TikTok is doing the same but on steroids

They thought that the bombastic showman they saw on the campaign trail in 2016 was an act and that Trump would rise to the dignity of the presidency

I’d expect that quite a few people will resonate with this statement

This is going to be epic

Sounds like they made good decision with hiring Renate. Reading her post actually makes me want to join them and be part of that journey.

The original Greek word for apocalypse – apokalypsis – does not mean “end times”. It means “to unveil”. This is the apocalypse we are living through: a process of unveiling and revealing. Patriarchy is not inevitable. It is not sustainable. If we are to survive and thrive as a species, we must first reveal it, and then undo it: in our systems, and in ourselves.

Powerful stuff

Small decisions with a huge impact. I feel like a lot of people out there need to read this. But then again... the people I’m thinking about probably don’t read to begin with. sigh

I largely agree with that. I’d even go further and say that some companies have positions just for the sake of positions and that you could easily reduce the workforce and these companies can still operate just as well.

platforms have a clear role to play in protecting the health of our information ecosystem

Except there is no regulation as to how they should be doing that...

This is hilarious. I'm not on tinder (got married before it was a thing) and it amazes me how the dynamics of dating have shifted

I'm so worried about governments who claim to make decisions based on "morality".

This is quite thought provoking

This is super fascinating. I think part of society becoming a mature user of social media is understanding the dynamics described in this article

That’s pretty impressive. Let’s hope it works out