Short Cuts
For that matter, to say that a Guardian reader consents to all the ways the Guardian uses their data (which they deposit every time they visit the website) is to misunderstand the essentially malleable nature of data itself. Its potential value and use emerges after one has collected it, not before. … It’s sometimes said that data is the ‘oil’ of the digital economy, the resource that fuels everything else. A more helpful analogy is between oil and privacy, a concealed natural resource that is progressively plundered for private profit, with increasingly harmful consequences for society at large.
April 5, 2018 cambridge analytica social media privacy internet
An interview with Bernie Madoff
One evening, my home phone rang. “You have a collect call from Bernard Madoff, an inmate at a federal prison,” a recording announced. And there he was.
The science behind looking like your name
New research suggests that the stereotype that a given society has of a first name can influence the way people look.
This one is for you, Emily!
To Combat Loneliness, Promote Social Health
Having social connections keeps you healthy.
Thanks, friends.
March 2, 2018 scientific american science health loneliness society
How Pop-Ups Took Over America’s Restaurants
Limited-edition restaurants, elite chef “residencies,” and other one-night-only dining experiences have become the fastest-moving craze in food.
Favorite lines from this article:
Follow five hot young chefs on Instagram and you’ll start to stumble upon pop-ups the way you do Bonobos ads.
You can sell a burger for $25 in New York and no one fucking bats an eye.
What they waited for was not so much a meal but the deliverance of content.
Full-sentence movie titles are increasingly common
The odd phenomenon was in full effect at Sundance this year.
Related, check out the podcast Film Snuff, where the hosts tear apart supposedly great movies that actually suck.
Oprah follows up with the partisan voters in Michigan about Donald Trump
Last fall, Oprah Winfrey spoke with 14 Michigan voters, seven of whom voted for Donald Trump. Winfrey sat down with the voters again to get their thoughts on Trump’s first year in office.
Why Paper Jams Persist
I didn’t know it was possible to write 4,000 words about paper jams and the people that work on them, but I’m so happy I do now. This is so geeky.
Jamming happens whenever something that’s supposed to flow through a space fails to do so, perhaps because of overcrowding, or bending, or because its constant movement degrades the space through which it travels.