How a chimpanzee named Clint trained a psychologist to question human exceptionalism and reconsider the intelligence of apes.
The grape was out of his reach, and he pointed to it, making loud raspberry sounds (like a Bronx cheer), looking back-and-forth between me and the fruit. Now, you don’t need a PhD in experimental psychology to be able to interpret this signalling behaviour, right? However, without significant indoctrination into late 20th-century intellectual fashions you might not realise that Clint’s pointing was, at the time, theoretically impossible.
“The World-Wide Work” is a talk on automation, power, justice, and labor in the tech industry.
We don’t talk nearly enough about power in design.
Apple’s Tencent privacy controversy is more complicated than it looks.
The company began storing some iCloud encryption keys in China last year, despite fears that this might make them vulnerable to government seizure. More recently, it removed a mapping app that helped Hong Kong residents avoid police checkpoints amid a crackdown on pro-democracy protests. It also hid the Taiwanese flag emoji for iOS users in Hong Kong or Macau, and allegedly banned the Quartz news app from its Chinese App Store over the outlet’s Hong Kong protest coverage.
Zero carbon business isn't possible, but could Carbon Synching be the answer?
The science on climate change makes it clear that we need to rapidly reduce our global carbon emissions to zero. However, even a small business like ours demonstrates that zero carbon in a literal sense is not possible because all businesses are dependent on external factors out of their control.
Puerto de Altura (Progreso Pier).
It would take you approximately an hour and a half to walk to the end of Mexico's largest pier.
Arcane Docs – Blockstack-based alternative for Google Docs.
A secure and GDPR compliant alternative for Google Docs. Make a spreadsheet and save it to Blockchain based cloud storage.
And that’s not a good thing.
Über 18 Monate haben wir flächendeckend Daten über den Berliner Mietmarkt gesammelt und ausgewertet. Die Ergebnisse sind alarmierend.
Die Lobby-Republik.
In seinem Beitrag gibt Marco Bülow zunächst einen sehr persönlichen Einblick in den parlamentarischen Alltag des Deutschen Bundestages. Am Beispiel des CCS-Gesetzgebungsverfahrens beschreibt er wie finanzkräftige und gut organisierte Interessengruppen aus der Wirtschaft die Gesetzgebung zu ihren Gunsten beeinflussen. Er zeigt auf wie sich angesichts einer Vielzahl mächtiger Einzelinteressen das Parlament in Gesetzgebungsprozessen zunehmend selbst entmachtet. Darauf aufbauend werden sieben Forderungen entwickelt, die den Lobbyismus neu regeln und den Parlamentarismus wieder demokratischer machen sollen.
Rwanda just released the first smartphone made entirely in Africa (via futurism.com).
Relevant: Mudita Pure. A no-frills phone as white as their makers.