Yes, the American Economy Is in a Funk — But Not for the Reasons You Think - Freakonomics
As sexy as the digital revolution may be, it can’t compare to the Second Industrial Revolution (electricity! the gas engine! antibiotics!), which created the biggest standard-of-living boost in U.S. history. The only problem, argues the economist Robert Gordon, is that the Second Industrial Revoluti…
Hasnain says:
"And it may be that once so many of these external, concrete needs have been met, what’s left is the really hard stuff: the internal needs. Things like psychological and cognitive gains. Learning to find true happiness. Or, perhaps better yet, to be satisfied with what we have. If you could achieve that, then yes, it might make even electricity and clean water and antibiotics seem like pretty basic stuff."
Posted on 2016-03-21T04:07:04+0000
Redox - Your Next(Gen) OS
The Redox official website
BinDiff now available for free
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I Love the U.N., but It Is Failing
I joined to protect the helpless from rape and murder. I never dreamed our own forces would be the rapists and murderers.
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Posted on 2016-03-19T08:14:34+0000
San Francisco’s transit system stopped being polite and got real about complaints on Twitter
What an honest response to mass transit delays looks like.
Hasnain says:
"We have to fix what we have first - our system was built to last about 45 years and we've reached that limit"
Posted on 2016-03-17T20:18:57+0000
Crowdsourced research: Many hands make tight work
Crowdsourcing research can balance discussions, validate findings and better inform policy, say Raphael Silberzahn and Eric L. Uhlmann.
Hasnain says:
"Most researchers would find this broad range of effect sizes disturbing. It means that taking any single analysis too seriously could be a mistake, yet this is encouraged by our current system of scientific publishing and media coverage."
Posted on 2016-03-16T01:23:53+0000
Silicon Valley writer: The show’s lack of diversity is accurate
Alec Berg minces no words: "The world we’re depicting is fucked up."
Hasnain says:
"We shot some crowd footage at Disrupt," the real TechCrunch conference that fictional Pied Piper competes in, he said. "I have a friend in tech who called me, and she said, 'Those crowd shots are absurd, you didn't put any women in there at all.' I had to tell her—those were real shots. The world we're depicting is fucked up. Do we have a responsibility to make the genders on our show more balanced, when this is the world we're depicting?"
Posted on 2016-03-15T07:44:06+0000
Microsoft Wants PS4 and Xbox One to Connect Online
Rocket League announced as first game to support Xbox Live's new Cross-Platform functionality; Microsoft extends invite to "other platforms"
Caffeine use disorder: It's real, and it warrants more attention
There are potentially serious side effects of caffeine overuse, withdrawal, experts say
Hasnain says:
""Because caffeine is socially acceptable in most cultures, and because it is the most widely consumed drug in the world, it is easy to forget that it is a psychoactive stimulant," Meredith says. "There are several clinically meaningful disorders related to caffeine use. However, the widespread availability and acceptability of caffeine can make it difficult to recognize or diagnose these disorders when they occur."
Posted on 2016-03-15T06:31:22+0000
Why Enrollment Is Surging in Machine Learning Classes
Machine learning is sweeping through industries, transforming scientific research and already changing aspects of everyday life, making the impossible possible. No wonder university students are flocking to it. Enrollment in machine learning classes is soaring, and universities are scrambling to add…