In den Niederlanden filtert eine Software automatisch potentielle Sozialbetrüger heraus. Wie sie funktioniert, verrät der Staat nicht. Bürgerrechtler klagen dagegen.
Social Media (An Apology).
Der Traum vom Tech-Staat (via piqd.de).
Eine sozialistische Utopie in Chile wollte lange vor dem Silicon Valley das Regieren endlich schwerelos und Freiheit programmierbar machen: das Projekt Cybersyn.
Stuttgart – Die Hip-Hop-Stadt.
The price of truth: the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia.
On 16th October Daphne Caruana Galizia was murdered by a car bomb yards from her home. (…) we spoke to her friend and fellow political blogger Manuel Delia about the life and career of Malta’s most respected – and most feared – journalist.
Have the Tech Giants Grown Too Powerful? That’s an Easy One.
Facebook: Why aren’t social networks connecting people with real names?
Or rather: Why can’t I vote hot or not on co-ed profile images scraped from the university’s website.
Maus and the Horror of War.
Maus brilliantly uses horror tropes—the “backwoods” killer, the victim / final girl, shocking violence—to represent war’s indelible after-effects. And the vision is a chillingly nihilistic one.
I wished.
How ride-hailing could improve public transportation instead of undercutting it. (via scientificamerican.com).
In many US cities, ride-hailing apps are luring riders away from public transit and increasing traffic congestion. But with the right rules, they could enhance public transit instead.
Just how meaningful is coincidence, beyond the statistics?
Concepts such as synchronicity are ‘very seductive, because mysteries always are’.
“If England get beaten so will she.”
Brutales Nachspiel – während Fußballturnieren kommt es häufiger zu häuslicher Gewalt