âť¶ The antidote to digital disconnectivity
There are some cracking quotes in this article, my favourite being “when everything is short-term, life loses all stability”. It’s a point about the fragmented and addictive nature of our online lives now. Everything becomes faster, shorter, and more disjointed, to the point where we struggle to gain any sort of consistency in our lives. Eeeeesh.
âť· Money is about to enter a new era of competition
They don’t mess around when they call this a deep dive. It’s part history lesson, and part future lesson (is that a thing?) explaining what we now know as money, its origins, and what we’re looking at in the near future. What they mean by “competition” here is who owns our cash. Well, our digital dollars. For a start, it looks like we’re entering a frontier where money across international borders is going to get easier 🎊
❸ Algorithms, lies, and social media
This one is part education and part manifesto on what is both wrong and needs to be changed with algorithms to ensure our safety online. They jump into the minefield that is surveillance capitalism (when our data is the product), the fact that data mining through algorithms is hilariously unregulated. It’s so easy for someone to set up a business which is free but has hidden terms that state your data can be sold.
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Bonus round
- A long read on why you should ditch your to do lists
- Do you live in Paris or Berlin? I’ll be there in June, let’s hang out!