June 30, 2020
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What Newly Remote Teams Need, Right Now
“Our survey reveals that in the transition to remote working, the technology is fine but the organisation needs help. Most remote working prior to the COVID-19…”
June 29, 2020
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Four implications of disruption theory for the Passion Economy
“[Thanks to Cliff Maxwell , Clayton Christensen’s former Chief of Staff, for his help on this post!] In last week’s newsletter , I explored the intersection of…”
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How the Passion Economy will disrupt media, education, and countless other industries
“[Clayton Christensen’s writing has been hugely influential on my thinking. So when Cliff Maxwell , Christensen’s former Chief of Staff and student at HBS,…”
June 24, 2020
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What comes after Zoom? — Benedict Evans
“We had video calls in science fiction, and we had video conferencing in the 1990s, just as the web was taking off, as a very expensive and impractical tool for…”
June 21, 2020
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A Factory Space Turned Breezy Abode
“The original fireplace in the living room and solarium-like windows in the kitchen bookend the second floor. Butterfly chairs by Circa50, ottoman and sofa from…”
June 20, 2020
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The complexities of a universal basic income
““Universal basic income” was for a long time an obscure term bandied about in economics circles. That’s no longer the case. The idea, usually involving a…”
June 16, 2020
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Can Land Banks Get Us Out of This Mess?
“A vacant home in the Roseland neighborhood of Chicago. Land banks have been a common technique for helping cities address abandoned properties. Tim…”
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Solving online events — Benedict Evans
“Online events remind me a lot of ecommerce in about 1996. The software is raw and rough around the edges, and often doesn’t work very well, though that can get…”
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“Scott Heins / Getty What are the police for? Why are we paying for this? The death of George Floyd and the egregious, unprovoked acts of police violence at the…”
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Rewriting Country Music’s Racist History
“I’m never more black than when I talk about country music. By which I mean: I’m never more aware of my blackness than when I’m rambling on about my love of the…”
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Why Gravity Is Not Like the Other Forces
“Physicists have traced three of the four forces of nature — the electromagnetic force and the strong and weak nuclear forces — to their origins in quantum…”
June 14, 2020
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Ask Ethan: Why Doesn’t The Afterglow Of The Big Bang Eventually Fade Away?
“An illustration of the radiation background at various redshifts in the Universe. Note that the CMB … [+] isn’t just a surface that comes from one point, but…”
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Study finds our visual world of color is largely incorrect
“June 8, 2020 , Dartmouth College Gaze contingent rendering in immersive virtual reality. Observers wore a virtual reality headset equipped with real-time…”
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“You have almost certainly seen this chart about newspaper advertising revenue since World War II: The obvious takeaway is that the Internet killed what had been…”
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Could Abandoned Agricultural Lands Help Save the Planet?
“Agriculture’s global footprint is decreasing — more land globally is now being abandoned by farming than converted to it. This, some researchers contend,…”
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Half the Earth relatively intact from global human influence
“June 12, 2020 by Kat Kerlin, UC Davis The Brooks Range stretches across northern Alaska. Boreal forests in North America are among the largest areas…”
June 11, 2020
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When More Information Leads to More Uncertainty
“Michael Blann/Getty Images Leer en español We’ve made our coronavirus coverage free for all readers. To get all of HBR’s content delivered to your inbox, sign…”
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Which Experts Should You Listen to during the Pandemic?
“As COVID-19 cases and fatalities surge around the world, a parallel surge of predictions and recommendations are competing for our attention. Commentators race…”
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The Absolutist Case for Problematic Pop Culture
“As HBO Max temporarily removes Gone With the Wind, we should all cast a skeptical glance at gestures that cost nobody a dime and change nothing. Photo:…”
June 8, 2020
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When 511 Epidemiologists Expect to Fly, Hug and Do 18 Other Everyday Activities Again
“When will life return to normal? This is the answer of epidemiologists, as embroidered by one of them, Melissa Sharp. Eve Edelheit for The New York Times Many…”
June 6, 2020
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10 common phrases that are actually racist AF.
“Search modes Any country Any country Country: Canada Any time All results All results Verbatim Search Results https://www.upworthy.com › 10… Web results 10…”
June 5, 2020
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Prefab Sprout: I Trawl the Megahertz
“Deterioration inspires all of Prefab Sprout’s major works. The English pop group’s breakthrough single, the shimmery 1984 ballad “ When Love Breaks Down ,” was…”
June 1, 2020
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Inside “Devs,” a Dreamy Silicon Valley Quantum Thriller
“Alex Garland fused science and philosophy in Ex Machina and Annihilation . His new TV show tackles quantum computing—and Big Tech’s dark side. Residents of the…”
May 29, 2020
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30 Movies That Are Unlike Anything You’ve Seen Before
“New York Times Co. / Hulton Archive / Getty The word unique has to be one of the most overused descriptors in show business; if every movie that got touted as…”
May 26, 2020
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From Culinary Dud To Stud: How Dutch Plant Breeders Built Our Brussels Sprouts Boom
“Shannan Troncoso, co-owner of Brookland’s Finest Bar & Kitchen in Washington, D.C., has turned her customers into fans of Brussels sprouts. Catie Dull/NPR Foods…”
May 23, 2020
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The Story Behind Every Track on Fetch the Bolt Cutters
“Photo: Courtesy of Fiona Apple Fetch the Bolt Cutters is like nothing Fiona Apple has done before, but the album is still recognizable as something only she…”
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We Live in a Patchwork Pandemic Now
“Joan Wong Editor’s Note: The Atlantic is making vital coverage of the coronavirus available to all readers. Find the collection here . T here was supposed to be…”
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Why Do Food Delivery Companies Lose Money?
“Photo: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images Ranjan Roy has a great article on Substack about DoorDash and “pizza arbitrage”: Roy’s friend was first annoyed…”
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In Search of Time Lost and Newly Found
“Critic’s Notebook Roy Lichtenstein’s “Still Life with Clock and Roses,” 1975. Credit… Estate of Roy Lichtenstein Almost as soon as it appeared, Covid-19…”
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Alison Roman, Bon Appétit, and the ‘Global Pantry’ Problem
“A lison Alison Roman is the “ prom queen of the pandemic .” Or, at least, she was. The cookbook author and YouTube star, who rose to fame on the strength of her…”