WHO to recognize gaming disorder as mental health condition
In 2018, the World Health Organization will include "gaming disorder" in a list of mental health conditions in the 11th International Classification of Diseases.
Hasnain says:
Why is it always gaming and not, say, TV? Because TV has been around longer / is more socially acceptable?
Posted on 2017-12-28T20:49:30+0000
From inboxing to thought showers: how business bullshit took over
The long read: Vacuous management-speak is easily laughed off – but is there a real cost to talking rubbish?
Hasnain says:
This was a very engrossing read, and no I'm not just saying it because I used it as a distraction from writing reviews.
"Still, these explanations did not seem to fully account for the conquest of bullshit. I came across one further explanation in a short article by the anthropologist David Graeber. As factories producing goods in the west have been dismantled, and their work outsourced or replaced with automation, large parts of western economies have been left with little to do. In the 1970s, some sociologists worried that this would lead to a world in which people would need to find new ways to fill their time. The great tragedy for many is that just the opposite seems to have happened."
Posted on 2017-12-27T23:22:34+0000
The World Might Be Better Off Without College for Everyone
Students don't seem to be getting much out of higher education.
A Tech Pioneer’s Final, Unexpected Act
Upon receiving a diagnosis of brain cancer, Eric Sun set out to achieve some lifelong musical goals.
Hasnain says:
A sad but very worth reading human interest story.
I only got to meet Eric once, and his advice and humbleness stands out to this day.
Posted on 2017-12-26T20:30:55+0000
Battle Scars
Amir Rajan tells the success story of his mobile game called "A Dark Room", which hit #1 on the App Store and grossed over $800,000.
Nicky Case
Who are you. What are you doing on my website.
Hasnain says:
This was a great short story about today's fast paced lives
Posted on 2017-12-26T04:51:08+0000
How NOT following my dreams enabled me to build a startup with 3.2 million users
Follow your dreams and the money will follow
Leaping into the future: Red goes blockchain!
Here we are, ready to leap into the future. This is a new page opening in the Red history book. It is a great day for us to finally be able ...
Hasnain says:
I saw Red the other day and liked their approach to simple GUIs; but I don't know how I feel about a programming language having an ICO
Posted on 2017-12-25T17:58:39+0000
‘I hope I can quit working in a few years’: A preview of the US without pensions
The way major U.S. companies provide for retiring workers has been shifting for about three decades, with more dropping traditional pensions every year.
AP FACT CHECK: Tax plan shows 2 things can be true at once
Two things can be true at once. President Donald Trump's tax overhaul is slanted to the rich, as Democrats say and Republicans like to ignore. It also comes with tax cuts for average people, which Democrats bypass in slamming Trump's "betrayal" of the middle class. Trump's signing of the...
Hasnain says:
I learnt a bunch about the tax plan after reading this
Posted on 2017-12-24T00:48:51+0000