by crissly | Oct 29, 2020 | Culture, Culture / Videogames, Gear, Gear / How To and Advice
“Because this is what our ancestors would have wanted,” D’Angelo says. “And our ancestors are celebrating the fact that we’re alive and present, and we’re still creating stories to this day.” If you feel like you’d be more comfortable playing with others...
by crissly | Oct 29, 2020 | Ideas
Yesterday’s Senate hearing with Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Google’s Sundar Pichai, and Twitter’s Jack Dorsey was a mess. Several Democrats focused their questions on real issues such as antitrust, extremism on social media, and the value of local journalism....
by crissly | Oct 28, 2020 | Culture, Culture / Videogames
After 10 years working from home, I’ve noticed some strange correlations in my productivity. In particular, I am far more sluggish and unmotivated when I forget to put on some music (and when I forget to open my windows). It seems small, but some good background...
by crissly | Oct 27, 2020 | Ideas
Network science’s underlying theory predates the internet, but social media’s rise was an important cultural innovation that implored the need for a science of how people are connected. And while there are myriad fun and interesting questions about the way that people...
by crissly | Oct 27, 2020 | Science, Science / Environment
To find new drug-producing animals, algae, and microbes, the oceanographers aboard the Nautilus first have to learn more about the animals that live there. The expedition’s chief scientist, Lisa Levin, a professor of integrative oceanography at the Scripps Institution...
