Here's the third part of my reading (MP3) of Petard (part one, part two), a story from MIT Tech Review's Twelve Tomorrows, edited by Bruce Sterling; a story inspired by, and dedicated to, Aaron Swartz -- about elves, Net Neutrality, dorms and the collective action problem.
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1:50 pm Wed
May 30, 2018
Podcast: Petard, Part 03
Watch: Social psychology for kids
I’ve been enjoying this new YouTube series that Dan Shapiro (Glowforge founder) and Ari Shapiro (NPR) have created to help kids learn at home. In this episode, we hear from Dr. Philip Costanzo, Duke Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, who teaches Dan’s twins “about social psychology, peer pressure, how kids’ attitudes develop, and psychology experiments […]
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Tonight is a supermoon, the largest full Moon this year
Tonight’s full moon is a “Pink Moon” aka “Passover Moon” aka “Paschal Moon” aka “Hanuman Jayanti” aka supermoon, the largest full moon of 2020. From NASA: The term “supermoon” was coined by the astrologer Richard Nolle in 1979 and refers to either a new or full Moon that occurs within 90% of perigee, its closest […]
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More reporting links Clearview AI to Trump-aligned racists, neo-Nazis, and alt-right trolls
“Big Brother, it turned out, was wearing a MAGA cap”
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Get all the Photoshop and Lightroom training you need to create glorious images
Have you ever had more time to hone in on fine details than right now? Sure, at first glance, this might not seem like the time to get tripped up on the nitty-gritty of minutia. But how often are you ever going to have this much time to really stop and think about hows and […]
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Babbel's deal on a lifetime of language training is back, just in time for your quarantine
There are plenty of productive ways to spend time while stuck indoors. While it’s undoubtedly fun to binge all 15 seasons of Supernatural or sink days of playtime into an Overwatch campaign, learning something new is definitely a more meaningful and long-term beneficial use of open hours. And if you’re going to invest time in […]
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YogaDownload brings your yoga studio to your home instantly
Yoga studios are closed nationwide. The irony is that between the anxieties of the outside world and those popping up inside your very own home with everyone trapped indoors, there’s probably never been a time where yoga’s calming zen was more vital and needed. Rather than just throwing in the yoga mat and subjecting family […]
