[nonostantement #65] - the end of the instagram aesthetic / internet art communities / blood and organs delivering drones
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The Instagram Aesthetic Is Over
"Fast-rising young influencers such as Emma Chamberlain, Jazzy Anne, and Joanna Ceddia all reject the notion of a curated feed in favor of a messier and more unfiltered vibe. While Millennial influencers hauled DSLR cameras to the beach and mastered photo editing to get the perfect shot, the generation younger than they are largely post directly from their mobile phones."Why Budapest, Warsaw, and Lithuania split themselves in two
"To understand why regions changed their borders, we first need to walk through how the European Union calculates wealth distribution."The Rise and Fall of Internet Art Communities
"As the internet moved toward homogeneity and passivity, once-vibrant art communities became casualties in social media’s rapid, obliterative rise."Who Created Maslow’s Iconic Pyramid?
"[...] it's difficult to find any evidence that he ever actually represented his theory as a pyramid. On the contrary, it's clear from his writings that he did not view his hierarchy of needs like a video game-- as though you reach one level and then unlock the next level, never again returning to the "lower" levels. He made it quite clear that we are always going back and forth in the hierarchy, and we can target multiple needs at the same time."Running Out of Children, a South Korea School Enrolls Illiterate Grandmothers
"As the birthrate plummets in South Korea, rural schools are emptying. To fill its classrooms, one school opened its doors to women who have for decades dreamed of learning to read."[Video] - Noodle School
"Welcome to Lanzhou, a city in northwest China that’s famous for its beef noodle soup. In this short documentary, we meet some of the students who flock there to learn the secrets of hand-pulling Lanzhou lamian."Automated techno: Eternal Flow generates dance music for you
"Techno, without all those pesky human producers? Petr Serkin’s Eternal Flow is a generative radio station – and even a portable device – able to make endless techno variations automatically."[Video] - The Super-Fast Logistics of Delivering Blood By Drone
A kidney for transplant was delivered by drone for the first time ever
"A kidney scheduled for transplant was delivered by a drone for the first time ever, said the University of Maryland Medical Center, in a move they say could make organ delivery safer and more affordable."Think Different
"Apple—now worth a trillion dollars—redistributes more wealth upward than any country or corporation on the planet."[In Italian] - Contare, celati dietro le quinte, di Giovanna Zoboli
"Janina Turek, fino al momento della morte sconosciuta casalinga, ha lasciato 748 diari, in cui dal 1943 ha registrato dettagliatamente i fatti intercorsi in ogni giornata della sua vita. Fatti allo stato puro, non commentati: colazioni, pranzi, cene, telefonate ricevute e fatte (38.196), visite non annunciate, regali (5.817), programmi tv visti (71.042) [...] Più che fatti, numeri: aveva stabilito 33 categorie in cui archiviare i diversi accadimenti. Quando suo marito tornò da Auschwitz, nel 1945, finì appunto fra i visitatori inattesi."The age of the Influencer has peaked. It’s time for the slacker to rise again
"Where once the social network was basically lunch and sunsets, it’s now a parade of strategically-crafted life updates, career achievements, and public vows to spend less time online (usually made by people who earn money from social media)—all framed with the carefully selected language of a press release. Everyone is striving, so very hard."Think You’re Discreet Online? Think Again
"Thanks to “data inference” technology, companies know more about you than you disclose."A History of the Influencer, from Shakespeare to Instagram
"For centuries, influencers have been forcing us to admit an uncomfortable truth: we are neither entirely self-determining nor self-contained."
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