L'assurdo e poco conosciuto rapporto del nazismo con l'antichità
Money quote: "“Gli scrittori dell’antichità hanno chiamato il Nord dell’Europa la matrice dei popoli (vagina nationum)”; così si esprimeva l’ideologo per eccellenza della teoria nordicista, Hans Günther, che già nel 1922 aveva scritto Razziologia del popolo tedesco; il “papa del razzismo scientifico”, il propugnatore del più rigoroso nordicismo, finì per ottenereuna cattedra a Jena (in cui insegnava appunto razziologia). Erano le sue teorie a convincere gli Himmler e i Rosenberg, l’ambito delle SS. Fu Himmler, infatti, a fondare la Deutsches Ahnenerbe, l’istituto che doveva occuparsi appunto di recuperare l’“eredità degli antenati”."
http://www.doppiozero.com/materiali/il-nazismo-e-lantichita
Money quote: "“Gli scrittori dell’antichità hanno chiamato il Nord dell’Europa la matrice dei popoli (vagina nationum)”; così si esprimeva l’ideologo per eccellenza della teoria nordicista, Hans Günther, che già nel 1922 aveva scritto Razziologia del popolo tedesco; il “papa del razzismo scientifico”, il propugnatore del più rigoroso nordicismo, finì per ottenereuna cattedra a Jena (in cui insegnava appunto razziologia). Erano le sue teorie a convincere gli Himmler e i Rosenberg, l’ambito delle SS. Fu Himmler, infatti, a fondare la Deutsches Ahnenerbe, l’istituto che doveva occuparsi appunto di recuperare l’“eredità degli antenati”."
http://www.doppiozero.com/materiali/il-nazismo-e-lantichita
Doppiozero
Il nazismo e l'antichità
Mostrate a un ragazzino qualunque una svastica: senza esitare, dirà “Hitler” o “nazismo”, insomma riconoscerà il simbolo, magari senza sapere esattamente che cosa accadde ottant’anni fa. La cosa ci
Visto che negli Usa c'è l'eclisse, ecco un pezzettino di storia segreta della Luna: il suo campo magnetico misteriosamente scomparso miliardi di anni fa.
Money quote: "Scientists estimate the moon’s magnetic field existed between 4.25 billion years ago and 3.56 billion years ago, when the solar system was young. Tikoo and her fellow researchers say that their new analysis of the Apollo moon rock’s magnetic intensity suggests that the field may have persisted for 1 billion to 2.5 billion years longer than that. Their findings are described in a paper published Wednesday in Science Advances."
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/08/apollo-moon-rocks-heat/536343/
Money quote: "Scientists estimate the moon’s magnetic field existed between 4.25 billion years ago and 3.56 billion years ago, when the solar system was young. Tikoo and her fellow researchers say that their new analysis of the Apollo moon rock’s magnetic intensity suggests that the field may have persisted for 1 billion to 2.5 billion years longer than that. Their findings are described in a paper published Wednesday in Science Advances."
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/08/apollo-moon-rocks-heat/536343/
The Atlantic
What Happens When You Heat Moon Rocks to 1,400 Degrees?
Scientists are exposing lunar samples from the Apollo missions in order to peer deep into our lonely satellite’s past.
Il trasporto urbano con gli elicotteri: a New York c'è stato un periodo in cui funzionava davvero. Come in una sogno futurista.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nbz5VFilxY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nbz5VFilxY
YouTube
Why NYC No Longer Has Rooftop Helicopter Commuting
Fifty years ago, a helicopter company called New York Airways whisked passengers from the rooftop of the iconic Pan Am Building in midtown Manhattan to any city airport in just 10 minutes. A fatal accident in 1977 brought that era to an end.
40 years later…
40 years later…
Louis Rossetto, cofondatore di Wired, alla sua veneranda età ha scritto un romanzo: Change is good. E vuole fare come sempre l'originale. In questa intervista, che potrebbe tranquillamente essere intitolato "Show me your ego, I'll show you mine" tanto gronda autocompiacimento e complicità (ma tanto siamo tutti blogger, no?) c'è di più. Ma dovete farvi una pera di insulina e prendere due ansiolitici prima di leggere.
Money quote: "Appropriately, like we did when we were publishing Wired, it’s not going to be through normal media. I decided I didn’t want to go to New York. I didn’t want to go through normal publishers. I wanted to do what those kids did at the time, which was to go directly out into the world and get direct validation. At the time there wasn’t a way, but there is today — Kickstarter. Kickstarter is a vehicle for finding a market, but also for making a movement. Change is Good is going to come out on Kickstarter, starting the 14th of August, as a limited first edition of 1,000 numbered copies designed by Erik and then printed on his presses."
https://pi.co/louis-rossetto-cofounder-wired-magazine/
Ps: temo anche che il libro sia un tremendo apologo revisionista. Ma non conto di leggerlo, quindi non lo saprò mai.
Money quote: "Appropriately, like we did when we were publishing Wired, it’s not going to be through normal media. I decided I didn’t want to go to New York. I didn’t want to go through normal publishers. I wanted to do what those kids did at the time, which was to go directly out into the world and get direct validation. At the time there wasn’t a way, but there is today — Kickstarter. Kickstarter is a vehicle for finding a market, but also for making a movement. Change is Good is going to come out on Kickstarter, starting the 14th of August, as a limited first edition of 1,000 numbered copies designed by Erik and then printed on his presses."
https://pi.co/louis-rossetto-cofounder-wired-magazine/
Ps: temo anche che il libro sia un tremendo apologo revisionista. Ma non conto di leggerlo, quindi non lo saprò mai.
Pi.co
Louis Rossetto
Om Malik: Before we walk down the memory lane, I want to know what you've been up to.Louis Rossetto: And that's exactly what I'd like to talk about. You did an interview with my good buddy, Erik Spiek
Iimmograzionecinese negli Usa. Il cibo come atto sociale e politico. Il ristorante come strumento di lotta e di integrazione. Il menù come sonda delle stratificazioni storico-politiche.
Money quote: "The first wave of Chinese immigrants came to California during the Gold Rush in the 1850s, and they’ve faced discrimination almost since they arrived. The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, for example, prohibited Chinese immigrants from doing the same jobs as white Americans, since Chinese people were deemed non-citizens; faced with few options, immigrants had to get creative in order to survive.
Some started restaurants, despite the fact that many of them had little to no kitchen training. The earliest wave of Chinese food (meaning old-school dishes like chop suey, egg foo young and lo mein) were actually American inventions based on Toisan and Cantonese recipes, since the majority of immigrants who came during the Gold Rush came from these regions of China."
https://medium.com/aj-news/heres-what-chinese-takeout-menus-can-teach-us-about-immigration-4b41fcf5c0f7
Money quote: "The first wave of Chinese immigrants came to California during the Gold Rush in the 1850s, and they’ve faced discrimination almost since they arrived. The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, for example, prohibited Chinese immigrants from doing the same jobs as white Americans, since Chinese people were deemed non-citizens; faced with few options, immigrants had to get creative in order to survive.
Some started restaurants, despite the fact that many of them had little to no kitchen training. The earliest wave of Chinese food (meaning old-school dishes like chop suey, egg foo young and lo mein) were actually American inventions based on Toisan and Cantonese recipes, since the majority of immigrants who came during the Gold Rush came from these regions of China."
https://medium.com/aj-news/heres-what-chinese-takeout-menus-can-teach-us-about-immigration-4b41fcf5c0f7
Medium
Here’s what Chinese takeout menus can teach us about immigration
By Dolly Li
In rete c'è di tutto, si sa, e quindi ci sono anche gli appassionati di macchine per scrivere. Argomento che neanche io disdegno, a dire il vero. Questo blogger scriveva, pochi anni fa, della sua collezione di Olivetti Lettera come se si trattasse di prodotti appena sfornati. A ben guardare, tra lui che parla degli anni Cinquanta-Sessanta e chi oggi parla dell'ultimo Samsung o iPhone, non vedo poi tutta questa differenza.
Money quote: "Olivetti DL/33
It was first called a deluxe, and later a 33. That's going to become a bit of a habit for Olivetti. The 33 added superficial features to the Lettera mostly making it look more high fashion than student machine. The paper guides were given their own encasement; a platen shield--to keep the dust and wite-out away from your feed rollers--was added. The DL is one of Olivetti's first shots at plastic body typewriters, though it was marketed as vinyl. "
http://elliottfmccloud.blogspot.it/2013/09/the-olivettis-myth-my-collection.html
Money quote: "Olivetti DL/33
It was first called a deluxe, and later a 33. That's going to become a bit of a habit for Olivetti. The 33 added superficial features to the Lettera mostly making it look more high fashion than student machine. The paper guides were given their own encasement; a platen shield--to keep the dust and wite-out away from your feed rollers--was added. The DL is one of Olivetti's first shots at plastic body typewriters, though it was marketed as vinyl. "
http://elliottfmccloud.blogspot.it/2013/09/the-olivettis-myth-my-collection.html
elliottfmccloud.blogspot.co.uk
The Olivettis: the Myth, my Collection
In light of my article in the-magazine.org or maybe in celebration of it, I have decided to do a tour blog of my Olivettis. It isn't the ...
Steve Bannon sul sentiero di guerra
Money quote: "The chaotic, war-torn West Wing of the past six months will be prologue, but the coming struggles will be as personal as they are ideological, waged not with leaks but with slashing Breitbart banners. On Sunday, Breitbart took renewed aim at McMaster, with a headline claiming he advocated “Quran Kissing.” But most of all, there’s a deep animosity between Bannon and Kushner, amplified by a lack of respect. Bannon finds Kushner’s political instincts highly questionable. “He said Jared is a dope,” one Bannon ally recalled. The two clashed fiercely on personnel decisions and policy debates, both domestic and international, many of which Bannon lost."
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/08/steve-bannon-readies-his-revenge
Money quote: "The chaotic, war-torn West Wing of the past six months will be prologue, but the coming struggles will be as personal as they are ideological, waged not with leaks but with slashing Breitbart banners. On Sunday, Breitbart took renewed aim at McMaster, with a headline claiming he advocated “Quran Kissing.” But most of all, there’s a deep animosity between Bannon and Kushner, amplified by a lack of respect. Bannon finds Kushner’s political instincts highly questionable. “He said Jared is a dope,” one Bannon ally recalled. The two clashed fiercely on personnel decisions and policy debates, both domestic and international, many of which Bannon lost."
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/08/steve-bannon-readies-his-revenge
The Hive
Steve Bannon Readies His Revenge
The war on Jared Kushner is about to go nuclear.
Giorgio Cavazzano compie 50 anni di storie Disney e Fumettologica ne racconta magnificamente la carriera.
Money quote: "Sempre con Marconi Cavazzano produce, fra le altre, anche Topolino in: “Ho sposato una strega” (uno dei casi più eclatanti di censura retroattiva in ambito Disney), parodia del quasi omonimo film di René Clair, e Topolino Presenta “La Strada”, trasposizione un po’ sciapa e svuotata di ogni ambiguità del film di Federico Fellini, realizzata su richiesta dello stesso regista e che il disegnatore trasforma in un appassionato omaggio grafico al Topolino classico di Gottfredson."
http://www.fumettologica.it/2017/08/giorgio-cavazzano-50-anni-disney/
In più c'è il link per vedere anche venti delle sue storie migliori:
http://www.fumettologica.it/2017/08/giorgio-cavazzano-migliori-storie-disney/
Money quote: "Sempre con Marconi Cavazzano produce, fra le altre, anche Topolino in: “Ho sposato una strega” (uno dei casi più eclatanti di censura retroattiva in ambito Disney), parodia del quasi omonimo film di René Clair, e Topolino Presenta “La Strada”, trasposizione un po’ sciapa e svuotata di ogni ambiguità del film di Federico Fellini, realizzata su richiesta dello stesso regista e che il disegnatore trasforma in un appassionato omaggio grafico al Topolino classico di Gottfredson."
http://www.fumettologica.it/2017/08/giorgio-cavazzano-50-anni-disney/
In più c'è il link per vedere anche venti delle sue storie migliori:
http://www.fumettologica.it/2017/08/giorgio-cavazzano-migliori-storie-disney/
Fumettologica
Giorgio Cavazzano, 50 anni di storie Disney
50 anni fa su Topolino usciva il fumetto che diede il via alla carriera di Giorgio Cavazzano, uno dei più grandi autori italiani Disney (e non).
Recensione Luna, fa dell’iPad un monitor del Mac - il mio articolo per Macity
https://www.macitynet.it/recensione-luna-dellipad-un-monitor-del-mac/
https://www.macitynet.it/recensione-luna-dellipad-un-monitor-del-mac/
Macitynet.it
Recensione Luna, fa dell’iPad un monitor del Mac - Macitynet.it
Progettato da Astropad è oggi su Kickstarter il dongle italo-americano per trasformare il tablet di Apple in uno schermo esterno wireless ad altissima risoluzione
Comunque c'è un ex agente della CIA che ha messo su un crowdfunding per comprare Twitter al solo scopo di bannare 45.
Che con l'azione a $17 costa circa 12 miliardi, non è nemmeno tantissimo. Metti che ce la fa.
Che con l'azione a $17 costa circa 12 miliardi, non è nemmeno tantissimo. Metti che ce la fa.
Usare troppo, ma veramente troppo internet può portare a malattie mentali negli adolescenti?
Money quote: "The study also cautioned against simply restricting a child’s access, claiming that this could actually hurt kids in the long run by preventing them from learning the skills they needed to cope with stressful events online. Instead, parents and schools should be more concerned with teaching children to cope."
https://thenextweb.com/insider/2017/07/03/uk-teens-are-among-the-most-extreme-internet-users-world-wide/
Qui invece il link al PDF della ricerca
https://epi.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Social-Media_Mental-Health_EPI-Report.pdf
Money quote: "The study also cautioned against simply restricting a child’s access, claiming that this could actually hurt kids in the long run by preventing them from learning the skills they needed to cope with stressful events online. Instead, parents and schools should be more concerned with teaching children to cope."
https://thenextweb.com/insider/2017/07/03/uk-teens-are-among-the-most-extreme-internet-users-world-wide/
Qui invece il link al PDF della ricerca
https://epi.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Social-Media_Mental-Health_EPI-Report.pdf
The Next Web
Extreme internet use linked to mental illness in teens
Research shows that teens reporting more than six hours of internet use outside of school on weekdays are more likely to report signs of mental illness
Un indiano emigrato in Canada ha costruito nella sua tavernetta una software house che oggi vale un miliardo di dollari. E tu? (Io no, sono fermo all'abbonamento free di AWS).
Money quote: "Technology journalist Martin Veitch who has followed Mr Rodrigues' career, says Soti has been so successful because of its specialised approach.
"I think Soti is an example of a company that has succeeded by being focused on a business niche," says Mr Veitch, who is contributing editor of website IDG Connect.
"A lot of its rivals are huge vendors that play in virtually every aspect of IT. That's fine for those customers that like 'one throat to choke', but for others a company that is a specialist represents a better fit.""
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-40504764
Money quote: "Technology journalist Martin Veitch who has followed Mr Rodrigues' career, says Soti has been so successful because of its specialised approach.
"I think Soti is an example of a company that has succeeded by being focused on a business niche," says Mr Veitch, who is contributing editor of website IDG Connect.
"A lot of its rivals are huge vendors that play in virtually every aspect of IT. That's fine for those customers that like 'one throat to choke', but for others a company that is a specialist represents a better fit.""
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-40504764
BBC News
The man who built a $1bn firm in his basement
How an IT worker quit his day job, and despite having no ideas to begin with, launched a firm from home that made him a multi-millionaire.
Articolo epocale di una vincitrice di premio Pulitzer che racconta un paio di cose note e meno note per mettere in prospettiva Donald Trump e non solo.
Money quote: "History, Mark Twain is supposed to have said, doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme. Once again, the President of the United States is a Republican who lost the popular vote. Once again, he was abetted by shadowy agents who manipulated the news. And once again Democrats are in a finger-pointing funk"
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/08/28/who-owns-the-internet/
Money quote: "History, Mark Twain is supposed to have said, doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme. Once again, the President of the United States is a Republican who lost the popular vote. Once again, he was abetted by shadowy agents who manipulated the news. And once again Democrats are in a finger-pointing funk"
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/08/28/who-owns-the-internet/
The New Yorker
Who Owns the Internet?
What Big Tech’s monopoly powers mean for our culture.
Il libro di Robert Wright sul buddismo - l parte laica e non trascendente, quella sulla meditazione - sta muovendo i media americani. Non penso solo per via del budget dell'editore per promuoverlo. Magari ci stanno veramente vedendo qualcosa dentro.
Money quote: "My first retreat was back in 2003, and I had never had any success in meditating. I have like a really limited attention span. I'm fidgety. I’m not a picture of emotional stability, I would say, so I was not a natural meditator. It had never really clicked. Somebody suggested I go to a retreat. I went to one week silent meditation retreat, which is very closely associated with mindfulness meditation, although they're not the same thing, and it was amazing. The first two days were hell. I couldn’t focus on my breaths for 10 consecutive breaths, but I eventually had pretty memorable experiences and beyond that, beyond the experiences I had meditating, which included some pretty powerful experiences, there was just an ongoing transformation of my consciousness."
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/8/23/16179044/buddhism-meditation-mindfulness-robert-wright-interview
Money quote: "My first retreat was back in 2003, and I had never had any success in meditating. I have like a really limited attention span. I'm fidgety. I’m not a picture of emotional stability, I would say, so I was not a natural meditator. It had never really clicked. Somebody suggested I go to a retreat. I went to one week silent meditation retreat, which is very closely associated with mindfulness meditation, although they're not the same thing, and it was amazing. The first two days were hell. I couldn’t focus on my breaths for 10 consecutive breaths, but I eventually had pretty memorable experiences and beyond that, beyond the experiences I had meditating, which included some pretty powerful experiences, there was just an ongoing transformation of my consciousness."
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2017/8/23/16179044/buddhism-meditation-mindfulness-robert-wright-interview
Vox
Why Buddhism is true
Robert Wright on the wisdom of mindfulness meditation.
Forwarded from Social&Positive News - L'informazione che fa bene
🌐 #CanaliUtili
Il mondo di Telegram continua a crescere anche in Italia ma non è facile orientarsi tra i tanti canali, gruppi e bot che nascono ogni giorno. Così oggi chiudo le news con due segnalazioni spero utili.
➡️ La prima è il canale @sballatidiarte tutto dedicato all'arte e in particolare a immagini e approfondimenti su Impressionismo, Cubismo, Surrealismo, Arte Contemporanea, Pop Art, Street Art.
➡️ E poi un bot da non perdere: @dovedormireinitaliabot creato da Piersoft Paolicelli e Ciro Spataro. Un grande database open data che, grazie al bot, potete consultare e trovare in pochi clic hotel, B&B e agriturismi per le vostre vacanze (qui se volete saperne di più su tutto il progetto). Da provare!
Il mondo di Telegram continua a crescere anche in Italia ma non è facile orientarsi tra i tanti canali, gruppi e bot che nascono ogni giorno. Così oggi chiudo le news con due segnalazioni spero utili.
➡️ La prima è il canale @sballatidiarte tutto dedicato all'arte e in particolare a immagini e approfondimenti su Impressionismo, Cubismo, Surrealismo, Arte Contemporanea, Pop Art, Street Art.
➡️ E poi un bot da non perdere: @dovedormireinitaliabot creato da Piersoft Paolicelli e Ciro Spataro. Un grande database open data che, grazie al bot, potete consultare e trovare in pochi clic hotel, B&B e agriturismi per le vostre vacanze (qui se volete saperne di più su tutto il progetto). Da provare!
OpenData Italia
Dove dormire in Italia, un servizio Bot Telegram da open data regionali
Questa storia nasce il 9 agosto 2017 dall’inaugurazione di un portale open data regionale, quello della Sicilia: L’ultimo portale regionale sui dati pubblici aperti che mancava all̵…
Dopo Flash Apple dichiara guerra ai link "amp" di Google. The Verge lo segnala per primo e già che c'è fa "full disclosure" e spiega anche il suo potenziale conflitto di interessi. Io sono contrario agli amp e sono solo contento se evaporano.
Money quote: "Google’s AMP is a standard for stripped-down, faster webpages that Google favors in search results. People have many feelings about it. You’ll note The Verge and Vox Media serve a lot of our pages in AMP."
https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/23/16193584/ios-11-safari-google-amp-sharing-url-scheme
Money quote: "Google’s AMP is a standard for stripped-down, faster webpages that Google favors in search results. People have many feelings about it. You’ll note The Verge and Vox Media serve a lot of our pages in AMP."
https://www.theverge.com/2017/8/23/16193584/ios-11-safari-google-amp-sharing-url-scheme
The Verge
iOS 11 Safari will turn Google AMP links back into regular ones when sharing
Apple is adding a subtle new feature to Safari in iOS 11 that will automatically strip out Google AMP URLs when a webpage is shared or copy and pasted, as spotted by MacStories editor Federico...
Ricordate l'iPhone 5C? Plastica per la scocca, meno potenza, prezzo umano? Ecco, secondo un sito francese ci potrebbe essere un sequel: l'iPhone 6C.
Money quote: "Parmi les caractéristiques, l'iPhone 6C aurait un TouchID seconde génération, une puce A9, un appareil photo 8 mp (voire 12) mais pas de 3D Touch ni de Taptic Engine. Logique.
Notre source parle d'un prix compris entre 400 à 500$, comptez 500 euros chez nous pour cette version 4,7 pouces. Présentation dans quelques mois si tout va bien pour une sortie au printemps."
https://iphonesoft.fr/2017/08/23/iphone-6c-onemorething-2018
Money quote: "Parmi les caractéristiques, l'iPhone 6C aurait un TouchID seconde génération, une puce A9, un appareil photo 8 mp (voire 12) mais pas de 3D Touch ni de Taptic Engine. Logique.
Notre source parle d'un prix compris entre 400 à 500$, comptez 500 euros chez nous pour cette version 4,7 pouces. Présentation dans quelques mois si tout va bien pour une sortie au printemps."
https://iphonesoft.fr/2017/08/23/iphone-6c-onemorething-2018
iphonesoft.fr
L'iPhone 6C : le #OneMoreThing de 2018 ?
Et si Apple proposait un nouvel iPhone 6C en plastique pour remplacer le méritant iPhone 5C ? Ce dernier ne passant pas à iOS 11 (pas 64-bits),...
Vivere sottoterra in un pianeta senza campo magnetico, senza massa elettrica negativa e con polveri e altri elementi tossici e carichi elettricamente. Tutto quello che Elon Musk non vi dice della (molto improbabile) conquista di Marte...
Money quote: "Interestingly, one of the less obvious issues is keeping toxic elements present in the dust from entering the house. Mars dust is electrically charged and sticks to everything, much like styrofoam packaging. If you’ve lived in environments where you had to clean your boots before entering the house, imagine having to clean your whole space suit, or you could just leave it in the airlock."
http://hackaday.com/2017/08/17/living-on-mars-the-stuff-you-never-thought-about
Money quote: "Interestingly, one of the less obvious issues is keeping toxic elements present in the dust from entering the house. Mars dust is electrically charged and sticks to everything, much like styrofoam packaging. If you’ve lived in environments where you had to clean your boots before entering the house, imagine having to clean your whole space suit, or you could just leave it in the airlock."
http://hackaday.com/2017/08/17/living-on-mars-the-stuff-you-never-thought-about
Hackaday
Living On Mars: The Stuff You Never Thought About
In The Martian we saw what kind of hacking was needed to stay alive for a relatively short while on Mars, but what if you were trying to live there permanently? Mars’ hostile environment woul…
Negli Usa emerge un "nuovo" modo di pensare la scuola: l'insegnamento e la relazione docenti-discenti.
Money quote: "Moheeb is part of a new program that is challenging the way teachers and students think about academic accomplishments, and his school is one of hundreds that have done away with traditional letter grades inside their classrooms. At M.S. 442, students are encouraged to focus instead on mastering a set of grade-level skills, like writing a scientific hypothesis or identifying themes in a story, moving to the next set of skills when they have demonstrated that they are ready. In these schools, there is no such thing as a C or a D for a lazily written term paper. There is no failing. The only goal is to learn the material, sooner or later."
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/11/nyregion/mastery-based-learning-no-grades.html
Money quote: "Moheeb is part of a new program that is challenging the way teachers and students think about academic accomplishments, and his school is one of hundreds that have done away with traditional letter grades inside their classrooms. At M.S. 442, students are encouraged to focus instead on mastering a set of grade-level skills, like writing a scientific hypothesis or identifying themes in a story, moving to the next set of skills when they have demonstrated that they are ready. In these schools, there is no such thing as a C or a D for a lazily written term paper. There is no failing. The only goal is to learn the material, sooner or later."
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/11/nyregion/mastery-based-learning-no-grades.html
NY Times
A New Kind of Classroom: No Grades, No Failing, No Hurry (Published 2017)
Mastery-based learning allows students to learn at their own pace.
Inchiesta in tre puntate di Internazionale che racconta tutto o quasi della grande distribuzione. Molto interessante, sembra quasi Report
Money quote: "Nel suo ufficio accanto al magazzino a Vimodrone, periferia est di Milano, davanti a una mappa gigantesca su cui si accendono innumerevoli lucette che indicano i punti vendita, Gasbarrino analizza quelli che sono secondo lui i trend del mercato. “Noi proviamo a fare una politica diversa: facciamo poche promozioni, cercando al contempo di mantenere prezzi ragionevolmente bassi tutto l’anno. Così stringiamo un patto con i nostri clienti, che sanno di poter trovare da noi prodotti di qualità sempre a prezzi concorrenziali. Ma facciamo anche un accordo con i fornitori, con cui stabiliamo delle relazioni durature, basate sulla condivisione del rischio d’impresa. Loro ci vendono il prodotto a un prezzo che è costante, non è legato alle promozioni”."
Prima parte
https://www.internazionale.it/reportage/fabio-ciconte/2017/02/27/supermercati-inganno-sotto-costo
Seconda parte
https://www.internazionale.it/reportage/fabio-ciconte/2017/03/06/supermercato-industria
Terza parte
https://www.internazionale.it/reportage/fabio-ciconte/2017/03/13/aste-online-supermercati
Money quote: "Nel suo ufficio accanto al magazzino a Vimodrone, periferia est di Milano, davanti a una mappa gigantesca su cui si accendono innumerevoli lucette che indicano i punti vendita, Gasbarrino analizza quelli che sono secondo lui i trend del mercato. “Noi proviamo a fare una politica diversa: facciamo poche promozioni, cercando al contempo di mantenere prezzi ragionevolmente bassi tutto l’anno. Così stringiamo un patto con i nostri clienti, che sanno di poter trovare da noi prodotti di qualità sempre a prezzi concorrenziali. Ma facciamo anche un accordo con i fornitori, con cui stabiliamo delle relazioni durature, basate sulla condivisione del rischio d’impresa. Loro ci vendono il prodotto a un prezzo che è costante, non è legato alle promozioni”."
Prima parte
https://www.internazionale.it/reportage/fabio-ciconte/2017/02/27/supermercati-inganno-sotto-costo
Seconda parte
https://www.internazionale.it/reportage/fabio-ciconte/2017/03/06/supermercato-industria
Terza parte
https://www.internazionale.it/reportage/fabio-ciconte/2017/03/13/aste-online-supermercati
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