Check out these six links that we’re recommending to one another:
Energy – Ramez Naam – Exponential Finance – Singularity University Summits. “Ramez Naan is one of my favorite science fiction writers (and a crazy good speaker.) A former Microsoft engineer, he spends a lot of time thinking about the future, but basing those speculations on the present. Here’s a talk he gave about what abundant energy could do to human society.” (Alistair for Hugh).
Predatory Journals Hit By ‘Star Wars’ Sting – Discover. “Scientific journals are big business, with many important-sounding publications charging researchers to publish. This means little scrutiny on submissions, as one skeptic proved when he submitted a paper on the Midi-chordians from Star Wars. Fake news takes many forms, and often it’s the underlying economic incentives that are to blame.” (Alistair for Mitch).
Turn Off Your Push Notifications. All Of Them – Wired. “I have become (somewhat) known for saying: ‘you have to control technology and not let technology control you.’ In a more simplistic way, when I see smartphones ringing, beeping, chiming and notifying, I will (half-jokingly) tell the person: ‘you know, it doesn’t have to do that.’ Devices are created to make us addicted. It’s working. It’s not a good thing. Here’s a Wired piece that’s written by a man after my own heart. Do it. Mute them all!” (Mitch for Alistair).
So you’ve decided to write: will you tell the truth? – LitHub. “A great little piece of writing on the power of writing. I’m sure your initial instinct is to say, ‘of course, I will tell the truth!’ I’m sure there are many (respected) writers who embellish, make a story their own and, in turn, it’s not so much the truth as it is ‘a truth’. It can be a slippery slope.” (Mitch for Hugh).
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