Month: March 2020

The coronavirus is the first true social-media “infodemic”

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/615184/the-coronavirus-is-the-first-true-social-media-infodemic/?utm_medium=tr_social&utm_campaign=site_visitor.unpaid.engagement&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1583514851 Social media has zipped information and misinformation around the world at unprecedented speeds, fueling panic, racism … and hope. by Karen Hao and Tanya BasuFeb 12, 2020 On January…

What AI still can’t do

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/615189/what-ai-still-cant-do/?utm_medium=tr_social&utm_campaign=site_visitor.unpaid.engagement&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1583515248 Artificial intelligence won’t be very smart if computers don’t grasp cause and effect. That’s something even humans have trouble with. by Brian BergsteinFeb 19, 2020 In less than a…

Want to be successful? Be inconsistent

https://joel.is/want-to-be-successful-be-inconsistent/?utm_source=wanqu.co&utm_campaign=Wanqu+Daily&utm_medium=website Recently 37signals published an article titled Some advice from Jeff Bezos. This wasn’t your usual advice, and I found it interesting to read and how familiar it felt as…

Gradually, Then Suddenly

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/gradually-suddenly-tim-o-reilly/?utm_source=wanqu.co&utm_campaign=Wanqu+Daily&utm_medium=website There’s a passage in Ernest Hemingway’s novel The Sun Also Rises in which a character named Mike is asked how he went bankrupt. “Two ways,” he answers. “Gradually, then…