Una pensatrice fenomenale e semi-sconosciuta anche a chi si occupa del suo campo, la filosofia morale: Philippa Foot
Money quote: "There is a clue in her reference to moral philosophy. For at least the past 200 years, people who have thought about these things have suspected – or hoped – that morality is the one thing that sets human beings apart from nature (or should one say, the rest of nature?). Nature is the realm of laws, stern and unbreakable, and morality that of freedom. Nature is how things are, morality how they ought to be. If there’s anything to these points of contrast, then what seems at first a mere platitude sounds more like an absurdity. We are not, in the relevant sense, part of nature – not even of that part of nature that consists in our fellow animals, and, still less, plants.
Have we anything to learn about morality from plants? This might well depend on that bigger question: are we, or aren’t we, part of nature? One of the many things that set Foot and her allies in philosophy apart from others of their generation was their refusal to make an either/or of it."
https://aeon.co/essays/how-philippa-foot-set-her-mind-against-prevailing-moral-philosophy
Money quote: "There is a clue in her reference to moral philosophy. For at least the past 200 years, people who have thought about these things have suspected – or hoped – that morality is the one thing that sets human beings apart from nature (or should one say, the rest of nature?). Nature is the realm of laws, stern and unbreakable, and morality that of freedom. Nature is how things are, morality how they ought to be. If there’s anything to these points of contrast, then what seems at first a mere platitude sounds more like an absurdity. We are not, in the relevant sense, part of nature – not even of that part of nature that consists in our fellow animals, and, still less, plants.
Have we anything to learn about morality from plants? This might well depend on that bigger question: are we, or aren’t we, part of nature? One of the many things that set Foot and her allies in philosophy apart from others of their generation was their refusal to make an either/or of it."
https://aeon.co/essays/how-philippa-foot-set-her-mind-against-prevailing-moral-philosophy
Tosto e non tutto condivisibile (ma cosa lo è?), però necessario: le quattro cose che ogni donna deve sapere nella cultura dello stupro.
Money quote: "Money was created by men, for men, to reward men’s skills. That didn’t matter a few decades ago when marriage meant the men who owned women provided food and shelter for them in a kind of quasi-slave relationship.
It matters a lot now. Women are told they are free, but so much of the work they do and the value they bring is deliberately ignored by our only valuing system. This fact alone puts invisible pressure on women to partner."
https://medium.com/@caityjohnstone/rape-culture-four-things-every-woman-needs-to-know-63961098eb85
Money quote: "Money was created by men, for men, to reward men’s skills. That didn’t matter a few decades ago when marriage meant the men who owned women provided food and shelter for them in a kind of quasi-slave relationship.
It matters a lot now. Women are told they are free, but so much of the work they do and the value they bring is deliberately ignored by our only valuing system. This fact alone puts invisible pressure on women to partner."
https://medium.com/@caityjohnstone/rape-culture-four-things-every-woman-needs-to-know-63961098eb85
Medium
Rape Culture: Four Things Every Woman Needs To Know
I’ve received a sudden deluge of comments from men informing me that I mustn’t write essays about rape culture anymore, so here’s another…
Alcune considerazioni molto ragionevoli centrate sull’idea che anche l’acqua, quando è troppa, fa male.
Money quote: “Questa è la logica alla base di un consiglio attribuito all’investitore Warren Buffett: prima scrivi quali sono i tuoi 25 obiettivi principali nella vita, poi individua i cinque più importanti, concentrati su questi ed evita gli altri 20 come la peste, perché sono quelli che rischiano di distrarti di più, proprio perché contano, ma non sono le tue priorità.”
https://www.internazionale.it/opinione/oliver-burkeman/2017/11/28/tv-social-network-dipendenze
Money quote: “Questa è la logica alla base di un consiglio attribuito all’investitore Warren Buffett: prima scrivi quali sono i tuoi 25 obiettivi principali nella vita, poi individua i cinque più importanti, concentrati su questi ed evita gli altri 20 come la peste, perché sono quelli che rischiano di distrarti di più, proprio perché contano, ma non sono le tue priorità.”
https://www.internazionale.it/opinione/oliver-burkeman/2017/11/28/tv-social-network-dipendenze
Internazionale
Vantarsi di evitare la tv e i social network non rende migliori
È possibile diventare dipendenti da cose che sembrano edificanti e intelligenti quanto dalle sciocchezze. Leggi
Che sia la volta buona e stia arrivando la fine dei social così come li conosciamo? E magari anche delle serie tv, aggiungerei speranzoso...
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/11/the-end-of-the-social-era-twitter-facebook-snapchat
Money quote 1: “Will a future generation look back in 10, 20, or maybe 100 years from now and wonder, mystifyingly, why a generation of humans believed in these platforms despite mounting evidence that they were tearing society apart—being used as terrorist recruitment tools, facilitating bullying, driving up anxiety, and undermining our elections—despite the obvious benefits and facilitations they provide? Indeed, some of the people who gave us these platforms are already beginning to wonder if this is the case. Last month, I wrote a piece detailing how some early Facebook employees now feel about the monster they have created. As one early Facebook employee told me, “I lay awake at night thinking about all the things we built in the early days and what we could have done to avoid the product being used this way.””
Money quote 2: “Yes, it’s true that we’ve heard this all before—that people are abandoning social media, that the platforms are doomed. The New York Times has written variations on that story so many times over, it could have been a standing column in the business section of the paper. But I do believe that this time is different, the beginning of a massive shift, and I believe it’s the fault of these social networks”
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/11/the-end-of-the-social-era-twitter-facebook-snapchat
Money quote 1: “Will a future generation look back in 10, 20, or maybe 100 years from now and wonder, mystifyingly, why a generation of humans believed in these platforms despite mounting evidence that they were tearing society apart—being used as terrorist recruitment tools, facilitating bullying, driving up anxiety, and undermining our elections—despite the obvious benefits and facilitations they provide? Indeed, some of the people who gave us these platforms are already beginning to wonder if this is the case. Last month, I wrote a piece detailing how some early Facebook employees now feel about the monster they have created. As one early Facebook employee told me, “I lay awake at night thinking about all the things we built in the early days and what we could have done to avoid the product being used this way.””
Money quote 2: “Yes, it’s true that we’ve heard this all before—that people are abandoning social media, that the platforms are doomed. The New York Times has written variations on that story so many times over, it could have been a standing column in the business section of the paper. But I do believe that this time is different, the beginning of a massive shift, and I believe it’s the fault of these social networks”
Vanity Fair
The End of the Social Era Can’t Come Soon Enough
It seems increasingly likely that our society will one day view our infatuation with Twitter, Facebook, and the like as a passing, often destructive fad.
Men’s Health esiste ancora e pubblica articolo... beh stile Men’s Health. Come questo sull’orgasmo femminile che sarebbe un’ottima cura per molti mali. Donne, oggetti misteriosi...
Money quote: “Her focus: sex as a way to promote general health—as a treatment for depression, chronic pain, sleep disorders, even arthritis. Someday, Prause says, doctors could prescribe masturbation. “Natural, free, accessible—what more do you want from your health care?” she asks me.”
https://www.menshealth.com/sex-women/inside-the-orgasm-lab
Money quote: “Her focus: sex as a way to promote general health—as a treatment for depression, chronic pain, sleep disorders, even arthritis. Someday, Prause says, doctors could prescribe masturbation. “Natural, free, accessible—what more do you want from your health care?” she asks me.”
https://www.menshealth.com/sex-women/inside-the-orgasm-lab
Tutte le novità delle “nuvola” di Amazon. Il machine learning è più facile - il mio articolo per il Sole 24 ORE
http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/tecnologie/2017-11-30/tutte-novita-nuvola-amazon-machine-learning-e-piu-facile-103807.shtml
http://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/tecnologie/2017-11-30/tutte-novita-nuvola-amazon-machine-learning-e-piu-facile-103807.shtml
Il Sole 24 ORE
Tutte le novità delle “nuvola” di Amazon. Il machine learning è più facile
Una delle novità principali di questo re:invent: SageMaker, il sistema per rendere “facile” la creazione, addestramento e funzionamento di un sistema di machine learning
Incidenti nucleari di una volta, cinquantatre anni dopo
Money quote: "The courageous actions Hicks took that night and over the next several days were not publicized. The accident was not disclosed to the public until years later, when a government report on accidents with nuclear weapons included seven sentences about it. The report listed the accident as the nation's first involving a Minuteman missile."
http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/communities/belle_fourche/fifty-three-year-old-nuclear-missile-accident-revealed/article_653347a4-04e8-5c29-a778-3a6a6c3cfd84.html
Money quote: "The courageous actions Hicks took that night and over the next several days were not publicized. The accident was not disclosed to the public until years later, when a government report on accidents with nuclear weapons included seven sentences about it. The report listed the accident as the nation's first involving a Minuteman missile."
http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/communities/belle_fourche/fifty-three-year-old-nuclear-missile-accident-revealed/article_653347a4-04e8-5c29-a778-3a6a6c3cfd84.html
Rapid City Journal Media Group
Fifty-three year old nuclear missile accident revealed
Bob Hicks was spending a cold December night in his barracks 53 years ago at Ellsworth Air Force Base near Rapid City when the phone rang.
Forse ci siamo: gli americani la stanno chiamando la "media apocalypse". La fine di una economia. E la pubblicità è solo uno dei motivi. Lo scenario è da film dell'orrore e questo è l'articolo che definisce lo stato dell'arte (The Atlantic è di proprietà della vedova di Steve Jobs, Laurene Powell).
Money quote: "Here is the briefest possible history of attention and advertising in the 21st century—they have both flowed from desktops to mobile devices and from publishers to platforms. In 2016, 90 percent of websites reported that unique visitors on mobile devices had eclipsed desktop; and 90 percent of the growth in digital advertising came from just two companies, Google and Facebook."
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/11/media-apocalypse/546935/
Money quote: "Here is the briefest possible history of attention and advertising in the 21st century—they have both flowed from desktops to mobile devices and from publishers to platforms. In 2016, 90 percent of websites reported that unique visitors on mobile devices had eclipsed desktop; and 90 percent of the growth in digital advertising came from just two companies, Google and Facebook."
https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/11/media-apocalypse/546935/
The Atlantic
Why So Many Media Companies Are on the Brink of Disaster
Pivot to readers.
A San Francisco c'è un microscopico cinema in cui si guardano corti muti da un buco nel muro. Se vi capita, è divertente.
Money quote: "The small theater is the work of Laurie O’Brien, who created the Peephole Cinema in 2013 as a novel way to showcase films. O’Brien, who was originally trained as an animator, wanted to find a way to bring animations to a wider audience. She has also installed other similar cinemas in the Brooklyn and Los Angeles. She recently put one in San Francisco’s airport."
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/peephole-cinema
Money quote: "The small theater is the work of Laurie O’Brien, who created the Peephole Cinema in 2013 as a novel way to showcase films. O’Brien, who was originally trained as an animator, wanted to find a way to bring animations to a wider audience. She has also installed other similar cinemas in the Brooklyn and Los Angeles. She recently put one in San Francisco’s airport."
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/peephole-cinema
Atlas Obscura
Peephole Cinema in San Francisco
Peer into this literal hole in the wall theater for your own private film show.
Il self-improvement ti rende una persona peggiore. Parola di questo tizio che l'ha praticato
Money quote: "Most people make poor choices. They don’t want to worry about money, or getting up early, or if what they do matters. They, however, would never consider these choices poor. That label is pure judgement on my part.
The problem is that with so much mindfulness, millions of mini comparisons, judgement itself becomes a habit. This is a common side effect of self-improvement. Since it’s all about getting better, you’re left with only two opinions of other people:
They’re better than you.
You’re better than them.
Whichever one you settle on, you lose. This is self-improvement’s dark secret."
https://medium.com/personal-growth/self-improvement-has-made-me-worse-a4cc23e93e7a
Money quote: "Most people make poor choices. They don’t want to worry about money, or getting up early, or if what they do matters. They, however, would never consider these choices poor. That label is pure judgement on my part.
The problem is that with so much mindfulness, millions of mini comparisons, judgement itself becomes a habit. This is a common side effect of self-improvement. Since it’s all about getting better, you’re left with only two opinions of other people:
They’re better than you.
You’re better than them.
Whichever one you settle on, you lose. This is self-improvement’s dark secret."
https://medium.com/personal-growth/self-improvement-has-made-me-worse-a4cc23e93e7a
Medium
Self-Improvement Has Made Me Worse
Don’t Turn Into The Villain Of Your Own Story
Questa è una che non sta tanto bene
Money quote: "I love being a writer. I really do. But I also put a lot of pressure on myself to succeed and build a successful business. And sometimes it all feels like too much."
https://writingcooperative.com/my-daily-routine-as-a-freelance-writer-9e494c4bf7ee
Money quote: "I love being a writer. I really do. But I also put a lot of pressure on myself to succeed and build a successful business. And sometimes it all feels like too much."
https://writingcooperative.com/my-daily-routine-as-a-freelance-writer-9e494c4bf7ee
The Writing Cooperative
My Daily Routine as a Freelance Writer.
My alarm starts to ring. It’s 7am. I swing my legs out of bed, stretching as I walk into the kitchen. I splash some water on my face, and…
Forwarded from MacchiaChannel via @like
L’App di cui tutti parlano al momento (e che tutti prevedono verrà copiata di sana pianta nel giro di qualche settimana da parte dei colossi del web) si chiama HQ, ed è un quiz. Un normale quiz, in diretta, con tanto di presentatore (molto spigliato) e premio in denaro per i vincitori. Puoi giocare anche tu. Va in onda 2-3 volte al giorno (l’App ti avvisa quando), e il presentatore ti pone 12 o 20 domande che prevedono 3 possibili risposte, di cui una sola è corretta. Se rispondi esattamente (e hai poco più di 3 secondi per farlo), passi al turno successivo con tutti gli altri (ma ti dicono il numero di quelli che invece non ce l’hanno fatta). Se arrivi alla fine vinci il premio finale (che di volta in volta è tra i 1000 e i 2000 euro) ma devi dividerlo con quanti sono arrivati alla fine assieme a te (e possono essere tantissimi o pochissimi, dipende). Il tutto dura 10 minuti e, se io fossi un produttore televisivo - anche italiano - mi metterei subito a pensare a una versione in formato app di un quiz televisivo già famoso.
Link: http://apple.co/2jzjJ9w
Link: http://apple.co/2jzjJ9w
App Store
HQ Trivia
HQ is the wildly popular live game show app where you can win real cash prizes for free.
Every day, tune into HQ to answer trivia questions and solve word puzzles ranging from easy to hard to savage. See if you have what it takes to win cash.
Make sure…
Every day, tune into HQ to answer trivia questions and solve word puzzles ranging from easy to hard to savage. See if you have what it takes to win cash.
Make sure…
L’assistente digitale Alexa di Amazon ora ci aiuterà anche nel business - io mio articolo per Il Sole 24 Ore
http://mobile.ilsole24ore.com/solemobile/main/art/tecnologie/2017-12-01/l-assistente-digitale-alexa-amazon-ora-ci-aiutera-anche-business-085954.shtml
http://mobile.ilsole24ore.com/solemobile/main/art/tecnologie/2017-12-01/l-assistente-digitale-alexa-amazon-ora-ci-aiutera-anche-business-085954.shtml
Il Sole 24 ORE
L’assistente digitale Alexa di Amazon ora ci aiuterà anche nel business
Al momento Alexa for Business (come pure la versione “consumer”) è disponibile solo per il mercato nordamericano.
Quantum computing e la fine della crittografia così come la conosciamo (ed è una cosa tremenda).
Money quote: “Now cryptographers think that a new kind of computer based on quantum physics could make public-key cryptography insecure. Bits in a normal computer are either 0 or 1. Quantum physics allows bits to be in a superposition of 0 and 1, in the same way that Schrödinger’s cat can be in a superposition of alive and dead states. This sometimes lets quantum computers explore possibilities more quickly than normal computers. While no one has yet built a quantum computer capable of solving problems of nontrivial size (unless they kept it secret), over the past 20 years, researchers have started figuring out how to write programs for such computers and predict that, once built, quantum computers will quickly solve ‘hidden subgroup problems’. Since all public-key systems currently rely on variations of these problems, they could, in theory, be broken by a quantum computer”
https://aeon.co/ideas/quantum-cryptography-is-unbreakable-so-is-human-ingenuity
Money quote: “Now cryptographers think that a new kind of computer based on quantum physics could make public-key cryptography insecure. Bits in a normal computer are either 0 or 1. Quantum physics allows bits to be in a superposition of 0 and 1, in the same way that Schrödinger’s cat can be in a superposition of alive and dead states. This sometimes lets quantum computers explore possibilities more quickly than normal computers. While no one has yet built a quantum computer capable of solving problems of nontrivial size (unless they kept it secret), over the past 20 years, researchers have started figuring out how to write programs for such computers and predict that, once built, quantum computers will quickly solve ‘hidden subgroup problems’. Since all public-key systems currently rely on variations of these problems, they could, in theory, be broken by a quantum computer”
https://aeon.co/ideas/quantum-cryptography-is-unbreakable-so-is-human-ingenuity
Aeon
Quantum cryptography is unbreakable. So is human ingenuity
In theory, quantum cryptography is very secure. In practice, human ingenuity cracks every so-called unbreakable system
Il denaro? È una illusione.
Money quote: “ U.S. dollars are not backed by anything other than the faith of the fools who accept it as payment and of other fools who agree in turn to accept it as payment from them. The main difference is that, for the moment at least, the illusion, in the case of dollars, is more widely and more fiercely believed”
https://medium.com/@mariabustillos/you-dont-understand-bitcoin-because-you-think-money-is-real-5aef45b8e952
Money quote: “ U.S. dollars are not backed by anything other than the faith of the fools who accept it as payment and of other fools who agree in turn to accept it as payment from them. The main difference is that, for the moment at least, the illusion, in the case of dollars, is more widely and more fiercely believed”
https://medium.com/@mariabustillos/you-dont-understand-bitcoin-because-you-think-money-is-real-5aef45b8e952
Medium
You Don’t Understand Bitcoin Because You Think Money Is Real
U.S. dollars is just an illusion more widely and fiercely believed
Casper è l’unicorno dei materassi via internet e sta rivoluzionando il mercato dei letti e del sonno. Per adesso negli Usa, ma farà la rivoluzione anche da noi, quando arriverà. Perché arriverà, vedrete: arriverà
Tra le altre cose, hanno fatto una rivista trimestrale. Sul serio, però.
Money quote: “Though it’s considered a quarterly, Casper will set its own publishing schedule for any Woolly print editions. Earlier this year, two other tech companies launched print magazines: Away, a trendy luggage brand, and Airbnb with Airbnbmag, which is published by Hearst.
“A mattress company launching a print magazine isn’t the weirdest thing that’s happened in 2017, but it may be the most comfortable,” Casper wrote in its announcement”
http://www.adweek.com/digital/casper-launches-a-bespoke-quarterly-print-magazine-called-woolly
Tra le altre cose, hanno fatto una rivista trimestrale. Sul serio, però.
Money quote: “Though it’s considered a quarterly, Casper will set its own publishing schedule for any Woolly print editions. Earlier this year, two other tech companies launched print magazines: Away, a trendy luggage brand, and Airbnb with Airbnbmag, which is published by Hearst.
“A mattress company launching a print magazine isn’t the weirdest thing that’s happened in 2017, but it may be the most comfortable,” Casper wrote in its announcement”
http://www.adweek.com/digital/casper-launches-a-bespoke-quarterly-print-magazine-called-woolly
Adweek
Casper Launches a Bespoke 'Quarterly' Print Magazine Called Woolly
The pub hopes to be an ‘oasis of acceptance.’
Il sonnambulismo è stato finalmente spiegato. Serviva alla sopravvivenza in tempi preistorici ma, con l’emergere dell’uomo moderno che parla e che ragiona, è nato un problema è adesso funziona molto, molto male.
Money quote: “Sometimes, of course, sleepwalking is dangerous. Somnambulists are in an irrational state during which they could harm themselves or others. Some extreme examples include the instance of the English teenager who in 2009 jumped eight metres out of her bedroom window, or the case of Kenneth Parks in Toronto, who in 1987 drove 23km and murdered his mother-in-law, all apparently while sleeping. Parks committed the act – if that’s the right word – despite an agreeable relationship with the victim and a lack of motive”
https://aeon.co/ideas/sleepwalking-is-the-result-of-a-survival-mechanism-gone-awry
Money quote: “Sometimes, of course, sleepwalking is dangerous. Somnambulists are in an irrational state during which they could harm themselves or others. Some extreme examples include the instance of the English teenager who in 2009 jumped eight metres out of her bedroom window, or the case of Kenneth Parks in Toronto, who in 1987 drove 23km and murdered his mother-in-law, all apparently while sleeping. Parks committed the act – if that’s the right word – despite an agreeable relationship with the victim and a lack of motive”
https://aeon.co/ideas/sleepwalking-is-the-result-of-a-survival-mechanism-gone-awry
Aeon
Sleepwalking is the result of a survival mechanism gone awry
Last night, most of us went to the safety and comfort of our beds before drifting off to a night’s sleep. For some, this was the last conscious action before an episode of sleepwalking. Recent research from Stanford University shows that up to 4 ...
Nuove frontiere del pensiero: contro i privilegi legali del matrimonio. (Pensa te...)
Money quote: “It seems, then, that single people have finally arrived, poised to take their rightful place alongside married couples when it comes to status, power and respect. Except for one thing: single people still don’t have access to the legal benefits and protections the government grants to those who get married. In the US, there are more than 1,100 laws benefiting married couples, and that’s just at the federal level; many states offer perks and protections as well”
https://aeon.co/ideas/marriage-should-not-come-with-any-social-benefits-or-privileges
Money quote: “It seems, then, that single people have finally arrived, poised to take their rightful place alongside married couples when it comes to status, power and respect. Except for one thing: single people still don’t have access to the legal benefits and protections the government grants to those who get married. In the US, there are more than 1,100 laws benefiting married couples, and that’s just at the federal level; many states offer perks and protections as well”
https://aeon.co/ideas/marriage-should-not-come-with-any-social-benefits-or-privileges
Aeon
Marriage should not come with any social benefits or privileges
Social and legal benefits that favour the married disadvantage the single. Why should your love life be used against you?
Cos’è un computer? In uno spot per l’iPad Pro di Apple c’è l’idea di un nuovo mondo. Il target sono gli utenti pc. L’implocito però è molto più interessante.
Money quote: “Apple is targeting PC switchers with this ad, which is even titled “What’s a computer.” The description for the video also notes of the PC power, touting that “with iPad Pro + iOS 11, a post-PC world may be closer than you think.””
https://9to5mac.com/2017/11/16/ipad-pro-whats-a-computer-ad/
Money quote: “Apple is targeting PC switchers with this ad, which is even titled “What’s a computer.” The description for the video also notes of the PC power, touting that “with iPad Pro + iOS 11, a post-PC world may be closer than you think.””
https://9to5mac.com/2017/11/16/ipad-pro-whats-a-computer-ad/
9to5Mac
Apple challenges the definition of a PC with new ‘What’s a computer’ iPad Pro ad [Video]
Apple today has shared a new iPad Pro ad touting how it can act as a PC replacement. This is the same angle Apple has taken in several previous advertisements, but this is the first one to focus on the iPad Pro enhancements included with iOS 11. The ad features…
Come si fa a tenere un diario? Il suggerimento delle tre cose da scrivere ogni giorno, e il modo con cui farlo:
Money quote: “
- Thank
- Learn
- Connect
Your journal should just focus on these 3 components — at least to start. Write a few sentences for each heading. If you feel like writing more, great, but just to keep this habit as something that doesn’t create a lot of psychological resistance, keep it simple and short.”
https://medium.com/personal-growth/a-better-easier-way-to-journal-45e9245f8a57
Money quote: “
- Thank
- Learn
- Connect
Your journal should just focus on these 3 components — at least to start. Write a few sentences for each heading. If you feel like writing more, great, but just to keep this habit as something that doesn’t create a lot of psychological resistance, keep it simple and short.”
https://medium.com/personal-growth/a-better-easier-way-to-journal-45e9245f8a57
Medium
A Better, Easier Way to Journal
The T.L.C. Method