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Two Decades of the Web: A Utopia No Longer (Two Decades of the Web: A Utopia No Longer)
"Wikipedia is a painful reminder of what the web could have been had the early vision of the internet as a shared, communal space not been co-opted by big business."
Wikipedia  society  venturecapital  from instapaper
august 2011 by andrewspittle
The Menace Within
Interesting interviews with participants of the Stanford prison study.
research  prison  society  from instapaper
july 2011 by andrewspittle
Human Hierarchy—Creating Space for a Face
"But when people turn into just information, we lose something important. We lose the rules of engagement, we lose our etiquette. And even though we may be part of a social network, manners don’t matter much when you’re alone."
writing  society  FrankChimero  from instapaper
may 2011 by andrewspittle
Your Gifted Child Isn't Getting More Gifted, Ctd
Andrew Sullivan surveys reader opinions about the dearth of gifted programs in public schools.
AndrewSullivan  education  school  society 
may 2011 by andrewspittle
Living It Up: Why We Play The Spend Nothing Game
"We can afford to go on this vacation because we make choices about how we spend our money day-to-day. I pack a lunch for my wife every single day. I work from home and very rarely eat lunch out. And we try to keep eating out to a minimum in general. I cook most of our meals and plan for leftovers. We eat very well, but we don’t spend a lot at restaurants. Except when we travel and we dine in style."
lifestyle  society 
may 2011 by andrewspittle
FOMO and Social Media
"It’s an age-old problem, exacerbated by technology. To be always filled with craving and desire (also called defilement, affliction) is one of the Three Poisons of Buddhism, called kilesa, and it makes you a slave."
Twitter  social  CaterinaFake  society 
april 2011 by andrewspittle
Recession and homelessness: Et in Arcadia ego
Unemployment and poverty rates are rising the fastest in some unlikely places. It’s no longer cities like Detroit that are facing the largest jumps in unemployment.
TheEconomist  economy  finance  society 
february 2011 by andrewspittle
The Glory of the Rails
"More than any other technical design or social institution, the railway stands for modernity. No competing form of transport, no subsequent technological innovation, no other industry has wrought or facilitated change on the scale that has been brought about by the invention and adoption of the railway."
history  lifestyle  society  innovation 
january 2011 by andrewspittle
The Internet Changes Nothing
Not sure I buy the argument but here's one case for why the internet does not change anything.
inspiration  society 
january 2011 by andrewspittle
The Fall of Niagara Falls
"Decades of decay, corruption, and failed get-rich-quick schemes have made the city one of the most intractable disasters in the U.S."
society  economy  business  NiagaraFalls  BusinessWeek 
december 2010 by andrewspittle
Internet and Income
Stowe Boyd summarizes a Pew study that correlates internet usage with income level.
StoweBoyd  society  lifestyle  economy 
december 2010 by andrewspittle
Soaring Above India’s Poverty, a 27-Story Home
The disparity between wealth and poor in India can be seen in the largest home in Mumbai.
India  NYTimes  wealth  society  housing  economy 
december 2010 by andrewspittle
The Zuckerberg Revolution
Interesting but off base article about Facebook and the change in culture it has/is creating.
LATimes  MarkZuckerberg  Facebook  software  society 
december 2010 by andrewspittle
Going Dutch
"Women in the Netherlands work less, have lesser titles and a big gender pay gap, and they love it."
world  society  gender  Slate 
december 2010 by andrewspittle
Our Banana Republic
Wealth disparity is now worse in America than many countries generally thought of as far less developed and egalitarian.
economy  politics  NicholasKristof  society 
december 2010 by andrewspittle
2010 is the year of participatory platforms
""If 2009 was about the data platform, Data.gov, I would argue that 2010 is about thinking through the participatory platforms," said Chopra."
oreilly  dataintegrity  society  politics 
november 2010 by andrewspittle
Is Social Networking Useless for Social Change? A Response to The New Yorker's Malcolm Gladwell
A critique of Malcolm Gladwell's negative view of social networks as a medium for change.
MalcomGladwell  twitter  society 
november 2010 by andrewspittle
America: Land of Loners?
"Americans, plugged in and on the move, are confiding in their pets, their computers, and their spouses. What they need is to rediscover the value of friendship."
lifestyle  society  friendship 
october 2010 by andrewspittle
The Gentle Art of Poverty
Living in a San Diego on poverty wages.
lifestyle  society  finance 
october 2010 by andrewspittle
Sir, Can You Help Me With This?
"I can’t deny that testosterone has changed my behavior. I used to cry to let my rage out. Now, the tears rarely come, even when I’m sad. I am more assertive, but in control. I channel my anger and aggression into running and weight lifting, into creative projects that set me free from pain. I go for long drives and take more risks on the road. I’m less likely to ask for directions."
gender  lifestyle  society 
october 2010 by andrewspittle
The benefits of publicness
"Here I’m interested in hearing why you are public when you are and what you get out of it. I’d like to hear what else you would like people, companies, and governments to make public and how that would bring benefit."
jeffjarvis  buzzmachine  public  society 
october 2010 by andrewspittle
Three Really Annoying Questions
Ben Brooks' pet peeves about conversations.
society 
october 2010 by andrewspittle
Review of The Social Network
Dave Winer's review of "The Social Network"
davewiner  scriptingnews  facebook  video  society  reviews 
october 2010 by andrewspittle
Why I Stopped Working With Busy People
"It took me a while to realize that there’s a big difference between someone who feels busy and someone who has a lot going on in their business."
business  lifestyle  society 
september 2010 by andrewspittle
Scientists find evidence discrediting theory Amazon was virtually unlivable
"Archaeologists, many of them Americans, say the opposite is true: This patch of forest, and many others across the Amazon, was instead home to an advanced, even spectacular civilization that managed the forest and enriched infertile soil to feed thousands."
science  environment  society 
september 2010 by andrewspittle
The Rapist Says He's Sorry
"This is Mitchell Gaff. Mitch lives in a special place. A facility the state of Washington created for sexual predators. Mitch’s therapists think there’s a chance that Mitch won’t go raping again next time he has the opportunity. Which is a good thing. Because, soon, Mitch and the thirty men who live with him are getting out."
crime  society 
september 2010 by andrewspittle
How Censoring Craigslist Helps Pimps, Child Traffickers and Other Abusive Scumbags
Danah Boyd on the reasons why censoring the adult services portion of Craigslist is a bad idea.
DanahBoyd  Craigslist  society  crime 
september 2010 by andrewspittle
Make War, then Love
An essay on love, war, and the connected nature of human relations.
markpesce  society  lifestyle  science 
september 2010 by andrewspittle
Christien Meindertsma: How pig parts make the world turn
Where the various parts of a pig end up in products.
ted  video  society 
september 2010 by andrewspittle
Down With Social
Spencer Fry's hesitation with social media gurus.
business  spencerfry  society  Twitter  Facebook 
august 2010 by andrewspittle
What Is It About 20-Somethings?
The New York Times looks at the differences in the lifestyles of 20-somethings.
nytimes  lifestyle  society 
august 2010 by andrewspittle
Ten Tips on How To Be A Driver in San Francisco
Derek Powazek's tips on how to be a good driver in San Francisco.
derekpowazek  society  lifestyle 
august 2010 by andrewspittle
Studying the Brain Off the Grid, Professors Find Clarity
"The quest to understand the impact on the brain of heavy technology use — at a time when such use is exploding — is still in its early stages."
nytimes  thinking  lifestyle  society  science 
august 2010 by andrewspittle
The Acceleration of Addictiveness
Paul Graham on the acceleration of addictiveness in our society.
paulgraham  business  society  lifestyle 
august 2010 by andrewspittle
Helicopter Lessons
"Leah’s child will grow up in a world which has begun to fetishize human connection."
markpesce  writing  society  inspiration 
july 2010 by andrewspittle
Plexus
An effort to create a post-once-share-everywhere social network/service.
social  society  privacy  MarkPesce 
july 2010 by andrewspittle
Discovering the Virtues of a Wandering Mind
Sounds like a wandering mind is actually worth more than has been though in the past.
society  nytimes 
july 2010 by andrewspittle
Press the Magic Button
"Block is a necessary tool, but it’s like setting the dinner table with only chainsaws. Communities need more nuanced tools to enable members to really manage their attention streams. What else can we build to help people manage these weird virtual connections we make in humanistic ways?"
twitter  society  DerekPowazek  software 
july 2010 by andrewspittle
New York seems to work
Dave Winer observes that New York is a city too big to work but, yet, somehow is running smoothly.
NewYork  davewiner  scriptingnews  society 
june 2010 by andrewspittle
A Promising Land
Some small towns in the American South are offering incentives for Jewish families to move and resettle.
religion  housing  theatlantic  society  lifestyle 
june 2010 by andrewspittle
The End of Men
"What if modern, postindustrial society is simply better suited to women? A report on the unprecedented role reversal now under way— and its vast cultural consequences."
business  education  society  gender  theatlantic 
june 2010 by andrewspittle
Here Comes the Neighborhood
"Conventional suburbs are overbuilt and out of favor. In cities and suburbs alike, walkable neighborhoods linked by train are the future."
theatlantic  business  society  travel  trains 
june 2010 by andrewspittle
The Wrong Man
"This is the story of how federal authorities blew the biggest anti-terror investigation of the past decade—and nearly destroyed an innocent man. Here, for the first time, the falsely accused, Dr. Steven J. Hatfill, speaks out about his ordeal."
theatlantic  society  crime  FBI 
june 2010 by andrewspittle
Your Brain on Computers - Attached to Technology and Paying a Price
Computers are having various effects on our brains and neurological activity. It's still early, but watching how these effects strengthen (or not) will be interesting.
health  software  lifestyle  society  NYTimes  information 
june 2010 by andrewspittle
Goodbye to the office
If we were inventing a workplace in today's age the office would seem like an antiquated relic.
SethGodin  business  lifestyle  society 
june 2010 by andrewspittle
The Female Factor - In Sweden, Men Can Have It All
Interesting details about social policies in Sweden.
NYTimes  society  Sweden  lifestyle  gender 
june 2010 by andrewspittle
Vital River Is Withering, and Iraq Has No Answer
Partly due to isolationist policies under Saddam the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates in Iraq is withering.
environment  science  world  society  NYTimes 
june 2010 by andrewspittle
Is Population a Problem?
"Three experts discuss the Gordian Knot of wealth, fertility, and environmental impact – and why making do with less stuff matters so much."
environment  science  SeedMagazine  society 
june 2010 by andrewspittle
Americans: Let’s stop investing in our kids
Perhaps there's better things we can be doing with our investments than funding children. h/t @danielbachhuber
lifestyle  society  business  economy 
june 2010 by andrewspittle
minimalism isn’t just for the affluent
"Minimalism is simply eliminating the unnecessary. And while the poor (anyone who’s not in the middle class or above) might not have the ridiculously unnecessary things that the affluent have, there are usually things that can be eliminated."
minimalism  lifestyle  society 
june 2010 by andrewspittle
Hyperconnected Health
The immense potential of a hyper-connected health system.
inspiration  health  lifestyle  society 
june 2010 by andrewspittle
All you need to know...
"One of the under-reported stories of the internet is this: it constantly reports on what's possible. Somewhere in the world, someone is doing something that you decided couldn't be done."
SethGodin  business  lifestyle  society 
june 2010 by andrewspittle
Are you an elite?
"The challenge of our time may be to build organizations and platforms that  engage and coordinate the elites, wherever they are. After all, this is where change and productivity come from."
society  SethGodin  business 
june 2010 by andrewspittle
Why Betterness Is Good Business
"Welcome to 21st century business. It's a movement to do meaningful stuff that matters the most — and if you're not part of it, well, the hard-nosed chance is: you're kissing your future goodbye."
business  UmairHaque  lifestyle  society 
june 2010 by andrewspittle
Surely not everyone
Everyone can be a linchpin and Seth Godin argues those who think otherwise are just wrong.
SethGodin  business  society 
june 2010 by andrewspittle
The Betterness Manifesto
"In the 20th century, never-ending mass-marketing, monopoly, and mega-politics came together to convince us, each and every one, that we're not really free: just free enough to choose between different flavors of the same old toxic junk. It was a trick, a ploy, a television hallucination. We're the freest people in history. It's time to use it like we meant it."
business  UmairHaque  economy  society 
may 2010 by andrewspittle
Dear Class of 2010, The Newspaper is Dying. This is Great.
Cody Brown's proposed commencement speech for NYU.
CodyBrown  journalism  society  knowledgesystems 
may 2010 by andrewspittle
Facebook and “radical transparency” (a rant)
"What pisses me off the most are the numbers of people who feel trapped. Not because they don’t have another choice. (Technically, they do.) But because they feel like they don’t. They have invested time, energy, resources, into building Facebook what it is. They don’t trust the service, are concerned about it, and are just hoping the problems will go away."
privacy  Facebook  dataintegrity  society 
may 2010 by andrewspittle
Full Interview: Clay Shirky
Interview between Nora Young and Clay Shirky about many aspects of the web and information.
ClayShirky  knowledgesystems  society 
may 2010 by andrewspittle
Seeding a Start-up Culture
"Because by the time these talented students get seduced by the fancy conference rooms and the cash, it is difficult to bring them back. And each year a talented student gives to old-line money businesses is a year taken away from building something truly great and seeding the start-up culture."
startups  business  society 
may 2010 by andrewspittle
Pulling the strings together
Talking points from a speech given by John Hagel about a pull society.
society  business  knowledgesystems 
may 2010 by andrewspittle
If Libraries Remove Computers, Will Anyone Come?
Poses an interesting question but lacks any form of data to make this claim and question valid.
society  learning 
may 2010 by andrewspittle
The Data-Driven Life
Interesting feature on the various ways people are tracking the data of their personal lives. Could provide for a very efficient future.
data  knowledgesystems  NYTimes  society 
may 2010 by andrewspittle
manufacturing content
"Many of the problems we’re experiencing as a society come from manufactured desire. Obesity, debt, financial crises, an overabundance of stuff, consumerism, global warming, and so on … they happen because we are never content, always wanting more, and can’t control our desires."
minimalism  lifestyle  society 
may 2010 by andrewspittle
society, reimagined: how to make it reality
"And so, to live in a world reimagined, we only need to use our imaginations. We have that power already."
minimalism  society  lifestyle 
may 2010 by andrewspittle
society, reimagined
"It’s a road I’d love to walk down myself. But don’t let me tell you what to do: reimagine the future yourself, and join the conversation."
minimalism  society  lifestyle 
may 2010 by andrewspittle
The Efficient Community Hypothesis - Umair Haque - Harvard Business Review
"I'd like to advance a hypothesis. Call it the Efficient Community Hypothesis. It says: where efficient markets incorporate 'all known information,' efficient communities incorporate 'the best known information.'"
UmairHaque  economy  society  business 
may 2010 by andrewspittle
Mario Kart Socialism
"To put it simply, the all-powerful Mario Kart Administrator provisions resources to each player according to her needs. It’s socialism, plain and simple."
videogames  society  politics 
may 2010 by andrewspittle
Shadows of knowledge management
"Another thread that didn't get picked up was the idea that KM should become invisible - just part of the fabric of the business.  This idea has been around a while, and is probably part of any transformative discipline: Once the business has been transformed, where do the change agents go?"
knowledgesystems  society  business 
april 2010 by andrewspittle
Drinking in Europe: Rolling away the barrel
"Alcohol consumption is falling in most big European countries."
TheEconomist  Europe  world  society  lifestyle 
april 2010 by andrewspittle
Lexington: Sex and the single black woman
"How the mass incarceration of black men hurts black women."
TheEconomist  society  lifestyle 
april 2010 by andrewspittle
What Ever Happened to the Book?
A worthy read exploring the current position and future growth of the book.
reading  society  publishing 
april 2010 by andrewspittle
Better Metrics for Education
"That said, there are two particular skills alluded to above that I would hope to see quickly worked in to some of the competing metrics – collaboration and long-term time management. I’ve never seen a standardized test that probed either skill and yet, I can’t think of any two more important to my daily success."
education  society  hackedu 
april 2010 by andrewspittle
It’s Not Your Tools, Blame Shifter
"Blameshifting masks our own shortcomings. It’s the only logical place for insecurity to go. Shift, shift, shift, like a game of hot potato—do anything to make sure the blame potato doesn’t land in your lap."
software  lifestyle  society 
april 2010 by andrewspittle
The inefficiency of the all call
"Marketers love the all call, as long as it's cheap to interrupt everyone. And we waste all that attention, every single day. As long the game theory rewards the waster, the one who corrupts the system and hurts everyone else, it'll continue."
SethGodin  business  advertising  society 
april 2010 by andrewspittle
Disabled Explorers In the World's Most Badass Short Bus
Joel Johnson chronicles the efforts of Lance Blair to build confidence in amputees through intense off-road adventures.
JoelJohnson  Gizmodo  military  society 
april 2010 by andrewspittle
On libertarianism and different generations
Patrick Thorton details his views on the definition of libertarianism and the way it shifts through generations.
politics  PatrickThorton  society 
april 2010 by andrewspittle
possessions != security
"Consider the worst possible case, and ask youself: 1) what you might do in that case without the possession; 2) how likely this worst case is; and 3) how bad it really would be if the worst case happened."
minimalism  lifestyle  society 
april 2010 by andrewspittle
Unrest in China's cities: Minor explosions
China's civil unrest is growing and some officials are giving warnings that there's worse to come.
China  society  politics  TheEconomist  world 
april 2010 by andrewspittle
Waiting for Tiger
Tiger Woods is back at Augusta National. Wright Thompson chronicles the atmosphere around the event and Tiger's return to golf.
TigerWoods  ESPN  golf  society 
april 2010 by andrewspittle
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