Is there one link, story, picture or thought that you saw online this week that you think somebody you know must see?
My friends: Alistair Croll (Solve for Interesting, Tilt the Windmill, Interesting Bits, HBS, chair of Strata, Startupfest, FWD50, and Scaletechconf; author of Lean Analytics and some other books), Hugh McGuire (Rebus Foundation, PressBooks, LibriVox) and I decided that every week the three of us are going to share one link for one another (for a total of six links) that each individual feels the other person “must see.”
Check out these six links that we’re recommending to one another:
- ArcGIS Ocean Hypoxia. “When the oxygen level in oceans falls below 2 milligrams per liter, marine organisms die. If we didn’t have enough to worry about with climate change, much of the ocean is becoming toxic to life, and with it, many of the food sources we take for granted. We live in a time where our ability to sense the world is just astonishing; this map from Esri lets you explore ocean hypoxia (it’s just one of many such maps, which show wind direction, ocean temperature, and more).” (Alistair for Hugh).
- All The Right Moves – Twitter. “The Roland Emmerich blockbuster about an alien invasion has a fascinating history. One of my guilty pleasures is the Twitter account @ATRightMovies, which details stories behind films. Apparently the movie made 70 fake news broadcasts featuring actual reporters. Some of them aired on TV, though most were fodder for background scenes. This one is pretty convincing!” (Alistair for Mitch).
- The Case for Software Criticism – Wired. “Why isn’t there a more formal field of (academic) software criticism. We have whole university departments dedicated to art criticism, literature criticism, film criticism… where is the software criticism?” (Hugh for Alistair).
- Who Builds The Internet? – Byline. “It’s amazing that Wikipedia remains as useful and free as ever. Here’s a article on the editors, people who make Wikipedia work. ‘In the wonderful world of Wikipedia, words are like bricks, citations are walls, and these editors are architects. Architects whose job is never done. Architects whose job is as big as the internet itself.'” (Hugh for Mitch).
- Remember Bored Apes? They’re Almost Worthless Now – The Byte. “I want to be careful when I share stories like this. Read more than the headline. Do I believe in the concept of NFTs? I do. Do I believe that in the near-future, we will find tremendous value (and growth) in digital assets (like NFTs) that are scarce in creation or provide provenance? I do. Deeply. Still, it’s hard not to marvel at how quickly things come undone in tech. It could be Clubhouse or any other number of platforms or new tech (many of which seem like a really great and viable idea). This story has a certain taste to it, because of the media attention versus value that was ‘created’. This quote says it all: ‘Bieber, Paris Hilton, and Madonna, among other investors, filed a class-action lawsuit in December 2022, arguing that they were duped into buying the NFTs by other celebrities who didn’t disclose they were financially invested.’” (Mitch for Alistair).
- Yuval Noah Harari – Human Nature, Intelligence, Power, and Conspiracies – Lex Fridman Podcast. “I was hopeful that Lex Fridman would make this interview with Yuval Noah Harari happen… and here we are. Harari is a really big brain. If you have not read his books, Sapiens, Homo Deus, etc. I highly recommend his work. Beyond being an academic, he is a deep critic (with a fascinating angle) on artificial intelligence. And, if that were not enough, Lex also tackles politics (Israel, in particular) as this interview follows a conversation Lex had with Benjamin Netanyahu. Lots of perspectives and insights, if you really want your brain to get a solid workout. Enjoy.” (Mitch for Hugh and video is below).
Feel free to share these links and add your picks on Twitter, Facebook, in the comments below or wherever you play.
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