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September 1 · Issue #23 · View online
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Welcome back. I’m getting ready for another week off at the Baltic Sea. So expect more book reviews, once I’m back. In the meantime, a couple of reading recommendations from the last weeks. Take care, Johannes
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The Worry Piece
Jenny Davis counters all those hot takes on digital overload with insights from actual user research.
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An Open Letter on Diversity to Event & Conference Organisers
I highly support this letter by Natalie
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Black Health Matters
A number of police killings prompted Jenna Wortham to seek relief in yoga, meditation and other holistic strategies carried out in a black radical tradition.
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Welcome to AirSpace
In case you’ve missed this piece on the consolidation of interior style: it quotes Igor extensively – we – his (former) friends – started describing those typical cafes, he mentions, as “Schwarzmann-style”.
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Making Sense
How the crisis in Greece is prompting young Athens-based artists to find new spaces for communal reflection – James Bridle on the Greek art collective Depression Era
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The cyberpunk dystopia we were warned about is already here
“Our real life news stories are beginning to describe the divide between the IoT’s utopian designs, in which all of our data is useful all the time, and the dystopian scenario in which an incredibly powerful and unelected group of elites circumvents policies designed to develop and protect local businesses and regulate access to and capitalization of public wealth.”
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How Hyperloop One Went Off the Rails
This is such a good example of what hampers innovation. It’s not technoloy or regulation, it’s (male) egos.
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A List of Female Technology Policy Experts
A bit US-centric but very helpful, anyway.
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The War on Cash
Banks, governments, credit card companies and fintech evangelists all want us to believe a cashless future is inevitable and good. But this isn’t a frictionless utopia says Brett Scott, and it’s time to fight back
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Why it pays to be grumpy and bad-tempered
Being bad-tempered and pessimistic helps you to earn more, live longer and enjoy a healthier marriage. It’s almost enough to put a smile on the dourest of faces.
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