[nonostantement #288] - opinion fatigue / humans vs robotaxi / fortnite & the holocaust
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Hi, I am Joele, a consultant for something like online advertising. I am Italian, I live in Spain, but I spend my time mostly on the internet, where I find a lot of interesting things. The best ones are in this e-mail you are reading, which I have been sending every Sunday for more than five years.
A couple of nice tracks for your summer days: Jaimie Branch - Birds of paradise and Lucrecia Dalt - They Shoot Horses
#PEOPLE
Modern Tourism Makes It Difficult to Truly Appreciate the Sistine Chapel
"There are too many of us there on holiday, all at once, all of us wanting to see the same thing."Modernity Has Made Us Allergic
Our very old immune systems can’t keep up with modern lifestyles and diets, leading to increases in all sorts of chronic health problems like allergies and obesity.Is It Time To Embrace “Opinion Fatigue”?
After years of battling bad-faith critics online, some people are keeping their takes to themselves.The Protests Inside Iran’s Girls’ Schools
From the start, women were at the center of the demonstrations that swept Iran last year. Schoolgirls emerged as an unexpected source of defiant energy.[Video] - The process of making Japanese fake food.
A 71-year-old craftsman who has been making fake food for 53 years.[Video] - Where's the dude singing "Hey There Delilah"?
Can you geolocate a song?The Fight Against Robotaxis in San Francisco
A century ago, cities surrendered to the gasoline-powered car. Will they do the same for autonomous vehicles?Fortnite Has A Museum Dedicated To Teaching About The Holocaust
The UEFN creation comes from the team behind Holocaust education game The Light and the DarknessWhat’s Causing the Rise of Hoarding Disorder?
Now that the DSM lists severe hoarding as a disorder apart from OCD, psychologists are asking what explains its prevalence.A growing number of people avoid the news, partly because it's so depressing
A new survey shows that 38 percent of Americans “often or sometimes” avoid the news altogether.How does it feel to live without a smartphone? ‘Almost spiritual’
For most, giving up a smartphone in 2023 would be an almost inconceivable inconvenience. But those who’ve done it say they found delight with dumber devices
#TECH
If it can be designed on a computer, it can be built by robots
Powerful new software rewrites the rule of mass production | Science & technologyGoogle Maps is an eyesore. 5 examples of how the app has lost its way
Google Maps has become an eyesore. Here are 5 examples of how the app has lost its way, and why Apple Maps has one clear advantage.We visited three Worldcoin orb locations since its July launch
Worldcoin launched July 24, 2023. Some customers got a “quickstart 25 WLD” for scanning their eyes at the orb — a small price for $50.
#SOCIALMEDIA
How cooking videos took over the world
TikTok may be the look of today, but cooking videos have captured our attention for decades, shaping how we eat along the way.
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Supermarket AI meal planner app suggests recipe that would create chlorine gas
Pak ‘n’ Save’s Savey Meal-bot cheerfully created unappealing recipes when customers experimented with non-grocery household itemsTikTok Has Pushed Chinese Propaganda Ads To Millions Across Europe
According to TikTok's newly public advertising library, ads from China’s largest state media outlets touting everything from China Covid lockdowns to tourism in the troubled Xinjiang region have been broadcast to millions of the platform's European users.
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