America’s Gun Zealots Are Preparing for a Violent Showdown That Exists Only in Their Minds.

Just 3 percent of the nation owns half its firearms. They’re preparing to live out a twisted fantasy.

Relevant: Mass Shootings Are A Bad Way To Understand Gun Violence.

Virtual Reality and Journalism Ethics: Where Are the Lines?

(…) how do the principles of fair and accurate reporting apply when the camera setup doesn’t simply depict an event, but exploits human perception to place audiences directly in the scene? How are editing choices amplified in such contexts? How to shoot 360-degrees without capturing the journalist and his or her equipment in the middle of it — and are efforts to remove them fair? And how does experiencing a story in virtual reality affect how viewers remember and respond to the story at hand?

Transhumanismus: Den Menschen weiterentwickeln, um ihn besser kontrollieren zu können.

Der Transhumanismus will den Menschen weiterentwickeln, modifizieren, optimieren. Die Ideen, die dieser Denkrichtung zu Grunde liegen, müssen dringend hinterfragt werden. Denn der Transhumanismus geht einher mit einer Utopie der vollständigen Kontrolle menschlichen Handelns. Die Technik-Philosophin Janina Loh unternimmt eine kritische Bestandsaufnahme.

Egg white—also known as egg albumen—is not only good-tasting, it also has very good dielectric properties, along with a high transparency and high elasticity, that make it a promising material for fabricating transparent, flexible electronic devices.

Picturing the Internet (via t3n.de).

We asked 100 Americans to show us, in their own style, how they saw the internet – from the colors and textures that first come to mind to what’s really happening up in the cloud.

“Design systems are especially interesting today, because digital products are systems, and designers who code are no longer confined to the creation of design systems that end up in printed manuals. Code allows designers to not just create designs, but build digital systems that create designs. Granted, more time will be spent on formulating the rules of the system in code, but designers will be free from the limitations imposed by traditional design software.”

Manchmal recht verblüffend.

In was für einer Welt leben wir eigentlich?

Sicherheit, Klima, Integration: Auf #whatthefact findest du heraus, wie gut dich bei den brennenden Themen unserer Zeit wirklich auskennst.

Going from A to B isn’t always a straight line – but it can be very good fun.

Created for the Japanese educational TV programme Design Ah, this brief, boisterous video demonstrates the concept of mathematical thresholds, where an A-to-B change occurs once a certain value is exceeded. Combining a lively score with a series of clever demonstrations, Unendurable Line is equal parts concept explainer and pure, short-form internet video fun.

Facebook’s war on free will.

While it creates the impression that it offers choice, in truth Facebook paternalistically nudges users in the direction it deems best for them, which also happens to be the direction that gets them thoroughly addicted. It’s a phoniness that is most obvious in the compressed, historic career of Facebook’s mastermind.

The Hobbit and Alice's Adventures in Wonderland illustrated by Tove Jansson (via tumblr.austinkleon.com).