Sedimentation: the existentialist challenge to stereotypes.

It is our chosen motivations, along with strategies and information for acting on them, that become sedimented. But our sedimented ideas and goals are not the only influences on our thought. By considering other people’s ideas or taking up a critical perspective on our own ideas, we can formulate conclusions at odds with our sedimented outlook. This explains why inattentive aspects of our behaviour can manifest sedimented stereotypes that we do not endorse. But it also indicates how we can take control of the intuitions and feelings that drive these aspects of our behaviour.

Time-bombing the future.

(…) PCBs and PFASs are now an integral part of the human story. They pass from species to species, from mother to child. They are present from conception to death, and consumed with daily meals and holy feasts. The presence of PCBs alone shapes how humankind reproduces itself, how our young develop, and even whether subsequent generations will be susceptible to certain cancers or resilient against disease.

Das Arschlochproblem der sozialen Medien.

Damit ist weniger gemeint, dass es Arschlöcher in sozialen Medien gibt - sondern dass eine erstaunlich hohe Zahl von ihnen soziale Medien führt.

Skip the bus: this post-apocalyptic jaunt is the only New York tour you’ll ever need.

Activism on Social Media: A Curated Guide.

How Much of the Internet Is Fake?

Turns out, a lot of it, actually.

Are humans really blind to the gorilla on the basketball court?

So if the gorilla experiment doesn’t illustrate that humans are blind to the obvious, then what exactly does it illustrate? What’s an alternative interpretation, and what does it tell us about perception, cognition and the human mind?

Napster!

What Streaming Music Services Pay (Updated for 2019).

So, how much should you expect to earn from your music on the most popular streaming music services? We've ranked the most popular for 2019.

Literally Just a Big List Of Facebook’s 2018 Scandals.

Mark Zuckerberg began the year promising that he would fix Facebook. He didn’t, and 2018 has only presented more problems.

Relevant: Become A Facebook-Free Business. (And then a Medium-free one… ed.)

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