Il nuovo problema che Facebook si trova a fronteggiare (cioè i suoi dirigenti, dipendenti e azionisti) è che l’opinione pubblica si accorga di chi veramente sia (e quanto poco all’altezza del suo ruolo sia) Mark Zuckerberg. Egli è in realtà un ragazzotto americano che non sa niente di storia e di politica ma che ha la responsabilità della macchina per il consenso più potente della storia.
Money quote: “Zuckerberg told the show's host, Stephen Dubner, that "the world is today more divided than I would have expected for the level of openness and connection that we have today."”
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/02/mark-zuckerberg-says-he-thought-facebook-could-solve-a-lot-of-problems-but-the-world-is-more-divided-than-he-expected
Money quote: “Zuckerberg told the show's host, Stephen Dubner, that "the world is today more divided than I would have expected for the level of openness and connection that we have today."”
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2018/02/mark-zuckerberg-says-he-thought-facebook-could-solve-a-lot-of-problems-but-the-world-is-more-divided-than-he-expected
World Economic Forum
Mark Zuckerberg says the world is much more divided than he ever expected
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg discussed Facebook's role in society on the 'Freakonomics Radio' podcast.
Il nuovo direttore della Paris Review è una donna di 34 anni
Money quote: “The board of The Paris Review Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of Emily Nemens as editor of The Paris Review. She will be the seventh editor in the sixty-five-year history of The Paris Review.
An editor, writer, and illustrator, Ms. Nemens, thirty-four, has been coeditor of The Southern Review since 2013. She has discovered and published numerous award-winning authors. In the past year alone, her selections for The Southern Review have won two Pushcart and two O. Henry Prizes; three were selected for inclusion in 2018’s Best American Short Stories.”
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/04/05/announcing-the-new-editor-of-the-paris-review/
Money quote: “The board of The Paris Review Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of Emily Nemens as editor of The Paris Review. She will be the seventh editor in the sixty-five-year history of The Paris Review.
An editor, writer, and illustrator, Ms. Nemens, thirty-four, has been coeditor of The Southern Review since 2013. She has discovered and published numerous award-winning authors. In the past year alone, her selections for The Southern Review have won two Pushcart and two O. Henry Prizes; three were selected for inclusion in 2018’s Best American Short Stories.”
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/04/05/announcing-the-new-editor-of-the-paris-review/
The Paris Review
Announcing the New Editor of ‘The Paris Review’
The board of The Paris Review Foundation is pleased to announce the appointment of Emily Nemens as editor of The Paris Review. She will be the seventh editor in the sixty-five-year history of The Paris Review. An editor, writer, and illustrator, Ms. Nemens…
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🗽La prossima copertina del New Yorker, disegnata da Tom Gauld, è dedicata ai suoni della primavera in città. Sarà la prima copertina musicale della storica rivista, grazie a una versione web da cliccare e ascoltare.
The New Yorker
Tom Gauld’s “Soundtrack to Spring”
“I wanted this image to be about some of the nicer sounds you hear, especially in the springtime,” the artist says, about his cover for this week’s magazine.
Non possiamo piacere a tutti. Ma pensa...
Money quote: “But, as David Foster Wallace (sorry) wrote in Infinite Jest (sorry again), “certain persons simply will not like you not matter what you do,” and no matter how likable you think you are, you’re not going to win over every person you meet”
https://lifehacker.com/how-not-to-care-when-people-dont-like-you-1823964733
Money quote: “But, as David Foster Wallace (sorry) wrote in Infinite Jest (sorry again), “certain persons simply will not like you not matter what you do,” and no matter how likable you think you are, you’re not going to win over every person you meet”
https://lifehacker.com/how-not-to-care-when-people-dont-like-you-1823964733
Lifehacker
How Not to Care When People Don't Like You
At one point during high school, I found out that my
friends didn’t like me. One of the girls in my “group” told me I wasn’t
invited to a birthday p
friends didn’t like me. One of the girls in my “group” told me I wasn’t
invited to a birthday p
Tutte le novità su Keynote 8: cosa ci piace e cosa no - la
Mia recensione per Macity
https://www.macitynet.it/tutte-le-novita-su-keynote-8-cosa-ci-piace-e-cosa-no/
Mia recensione per Macity
https://www.macitynet.it/tutte-le-novita-su-keynote-8-cosa-ci-piace-e-cosa-no/
Macitynet.it
Tutte le novità su Keynote 8: cosa ci piace e cosa no - Macitynet.it
Rilanciato all’evento Chicago, il software usato da Steve Jobs per i suoi keynote è tornato ad essere protagonista nel mondo del business e della scuola
Solo per ricordarci che questa e le prossime settimane vedranno il ritorno di un personaggio che un anno fa era costantemente in televisione: l'ex capo dell'FBI James Comey. Perché? Beh, ha scritto la sua autobiografia...
Money quote: "James Comey is about to be ubiquitous. His book will be published next week, and parts may leak this week. Starting Sunday, he will begin an epic publicity tour, including interviews with Stephen Colbert, David Remnick, Rachel Maddow, Mike Allen, George Stephanopoulos and “The View.”
All of which will raise the question: What, ultimately, are we supposed to make of Comey?"
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/08/opinion/james-comey.html
Money quote: "James Comey is about to be ubiquitous. His book will be published next week, and parts may leak this week. Starting Sunday, he will begin an epic publicity tour, including interviews with Stephen Colbert, David Remnick, Rachel Maddow, Mike Allen, George Stephanopoulos and “The View.”
All of which will raise the question: What, ultimately, are we supposed to make of Comey?"
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/08/opinion/james-comey.html
Nytimes
Opinion | The Tragedy of James Comey
How to understand the man who may be the most significant supporting player of the Trump era, as he prepares to barnstorm the country on a book tour.
La via delle stoiche virtù, istruzioni per l'uso
Money quote:
Enroll in The Strenuous Life (embrace the motto of “Do Hard Things”)
Take cold showers
Hold/try to calm a crying baby while staying completely cool
Exercise outside in inclement weather (perhaps without shirt, shoes, etc.)
https://www.artofmanliness.com/2018/04/09/5-ancient-stoic-tactics-modern-life/
Money quote:
Enroll in The Strenuous Life (embrace the motto of “Do Hard Things”)
Take cold showers
Hold/try to calm a crying baby while staying completely cool
Exercise outside in inclement weather (perhaps without shirt, shoes, etc.)
https://www.artofmanliness.com/2018/04/09/5-ancient-stoic-tactics-modern-life/
The Art of Manliness
5 Ancient Stoic Tactics for Modern Life | The Art of Manliness
Stoicism emerged as a philosophy, a way of life — similar to a religion, really — most famously in ancient Rome somewhere around 50-100 AD (even though it was Greeks who pioneered the thinking). Two millennia later, the philosophy is enjoying a revival of…
Mark Zuckberberg davanti al Senato Usa: vince ai punti
Qui in sintesi com'è andata
Money quote: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before the US Senate in a gruelling five-hour session on Tuesday.
Zuckerberg's delivery was wooden, and stuck closely to company talking points — but didn't make any major mistakes.
Many of the senators were painfully tech illiterate, and the 33-year-old exec found himself explaining basic features of Facebook.
His answers to some of the tougher questions were less satisfying, but he was never pushed as hard as he could have been.
http://www.businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerberg-testifies-us-congress-cambridge-analytica-russia-bias-2018-4
Qui in sintesi com'è andata
Money quote: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified before the US Senate in a gruelling five-hour session on Tuesday.
Zuckerberg's delivery was wooden, and stuck closely to company talking points — but didn't make any major mistakes.
Many of the senators were painfully tech illiterate, and the 33-year-old exec found himself explaining basic features of Facebook.
His answers to some of the tougher questions were less satisfying, but he was never pushed as hard as he could have been.
http://www.businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerberg-testifies-us-congress-cambridge-analytica-russia-bias-2018-4
Business Insider
Mark Zuckerberg survived 5 hours of relentless questioning from Congress — here's what you need to know
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg didn't screw up. This time, at least.
Zuckerberg vs Senato USA: vince il Ceo di Facebook ai punti - il mio articolo per Macity
https://www.macitynet.it/zuckerberg-vs-senato-usa-vince-il-ceo-di-facebook-ai-punti/
https://www.macitynet.it/zuckerberg-vs-senato-usa-vince-il-ceo-di-facebook-ai-punti/
Macitynet.it
Zuckerberg vs Senato USA: vince il Ceo di Facebook ai punti - Macitynet.it
Il Ceo di Facebook esce stanco ma vittorioso dopo un’audizione di cinque ore caratterizzata soprattutto dall’ignoranza della classe politica che lo ha messo sotto accusa
Papà che viaggiano con bambine molto piccole, tutto da soli. Non male: un esempio e una proposta da ascoltare
Money quote: "We ended up cycling along the eastern coast of Taiwan, hung out with baby animals in a farm, went onto boats of fishermen, chased for trains, climbed hills and sheltering together from a storm and had more giggles than tantrums."
https://medium.com/@stefenchow/why-every-father-should-bring-his-toddler-out-for-a-mini-adventure-be147d9490e7
Money quote: "We ended up cycling along the eastern coast of Taiwan, hung out with baby animals in a farm, went onto boats of fishermen, chased for trains, climbed hills and sheltering together from a storm and had more giggles than tantrums."
https://medium.com/@stefenchow/why-every-father-should-bring-his-toddler-out-for-a-mini-adventure-be147d9490e7
Medium
Why every father should bring his toddler out for a mini adventure.
Sometime late last year, I found some spare time in my work schedule. My daughter was slightly more than 2 years old, and I noticed her…
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👩🍳🍜 #Cibo #SharingEconomy #EconomiaSolidale
A Tokyo c’è un ristorante speciale, dove tutti possono mangiare anche chi non ha denaro, come? Offrendo il proprio tempo e lavoro. L’idea che ha avuto Sekai Kobayashi, ingegnera amante della buona cucina, è semplice: chiunque può sedersi e mangiare intorno al grande bancone da 12 posti e se non può pagare allora può fare un turno di lavoro in cucina o di servizio al tavolo di 50 minuti oppure di due ore, dipende da quanto ha mangiato. Ma non è finita qui. Tutti possono partecipare e contribuire a rendere il ristorante di Sekai un luogo aperto e inclusivo: chi vuole, infatti, può lasciare un pranzo pagato a chi ne ha bisogno lavorando 50 minuti. Insomma una versione giapponese del “caffè sospeso” napoletano!
A Tokyo c’è un ristorante speciale, dove tutti possono mangiare anche chi non ha denaro, come? Offrendo il proprio tempo e lavoro. L’idea che ha avuto Sekai Kobayashi, ingegnera amante della buona cucina, è semplice: chiunque può sedersi e mangiare intorno al grande bancone da 12 posti e se non può pagare allora può fare un turno di lavoro in cucina o di servizio al tavolo di 50 minuti oppure di due ore, dipende da quanto ha mangiato. Ma non è finita qui. Tutti possono partecipare e contribuire a rendere il ristorante di Sekai un luogo aperto e inclusivo: chi vuole, infatti, può lasciare un pranzo pagato a chi ne ha bisogno lavorando 50 minuti. Insomma una versione giapponese del “caffè sospeso” napoletano!
Positizie
in Giappone il ristorante in cui si può lavorare per pagarsi il pasto
In Giappone c'è un ristorante speciale, in cui può mangiare chi se lo può permettere, ma anche chi non ha …
A quanto pare la fortuna si può imparare. Basta aprirsi al mondo. E la cosa più difficile da ricordarsi. Le poche creature che ho conosciuto capaci di esserlo in modo naturale sono spettacolari. E non puoi neanche essere invidioso perché è lì, a portata di mano per tutti.
Money quote: “The more observant you are of your surroundings, the more likely you are to capture a valuable resource or avoid tragedy. Lucky people don’t magically attract new opportunities and good fortune. They stroll along with their eyes wide open, fully present in the moment (a problem for people glued to phone screens). This also means that anything that affects our physical or emotional ability to take in our environment also affects our so-called “luckiness”—anxiety, for one. Anxiety physically and emotionally closes us off to chance opportunities.”
http://m.nautil.us/blog/-the-key-to-good-luck-is-an-open-mind
Money quote: “The more observant you are of your surroundings, the more likely you are to capture a valuable resource or avoid tragedy. Lucky people don’t magically attract new opportunities and good fortune. They stroll along with their eyes wide open, fully present in the moment (a problem for people glued to phone screens). This also means that anything that affects our physical or emotional ability to take in our environment also affects our so-called “luckiness”—anxiety, for one. Anxiety physically and emotionally closes us off to chance opportunities.”
http://m.nautil.us/blog/-the-key-to-good-luck-is-an-open-mind
Nautilus
The Key to Good Luck Is an Open Mind
Demystifying the luck skillset has been a personal project of Christine Carter, a sociologist and senior fellow at the Greater Good…
Big data. Crunching numbers. Milioni di ipotesi da falsificare per arrivare a una consapevolezza assoluta. Il momento migliore per comprare il biglietto aereo.
(No, non è il sabato mattina)
https://lifehacker.com/the-best-time-to-buy-fights-based-on-917-million-airfa-1824233023
(No, non è il sabato mattina)
https://lifehacker.com/the-best-time-to-buy-fights-based-on-917-million-airfa-1824233023
Lifehacker
The Best Time to Book Flights, Based on 917 Million Airfares
Anyone who has ever purchased a plane ticket can tell you there’s a “right” and “wrong” time to buy.
Storie di donne nella letteratura popolare araba
Money quote: "A recurring theme is the bold young woman who resists her father’s will and takes matters into her own hands. She rides away dressed in men’s clothes or pretends to be a humble serving girl and devises any number of ingenious tricks to achieve her goal and eventually marry the man of her choice. Beyond the success of her plans, the girl’s ultimate vindication is to see her father’s tears and remorse when the family is finally reunited."
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/04/09/it-was-or-it-was-not-femininity-in-arabic-folktales/
Money quote: "A recurring theme is the bold young woman who resists her father’s will and takes matters into her own hands. She rides away dressed in men’s clothes or pretends to be a humble serving girl and devises any number of ingenious tricks to achieve her goal and eventually marry the man of her choice. Beyond the success of her plans, the girl’s ultimate vindication is to see her father’s tears and remorse when the family is finally reunited."
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/04/09/it-was-or-it-was-not-femininity-in-arabic-folktales/
The Paris Review
It Was or It Was Not: Femininity in Arabic Folktales - The Paris Review
In Arabic folktales, adultery and illegitimate birth, cultural taboos, seem to be treated fairly casually. Sexual innuendo, sometimes quite broad, is permitted for amusement, especially when the joke is on the men.
Il desiderio di tornare ad avere uno spazio digitale nel web aumenta simmetricamente a quello di fare tutto da me. Articoli come questi, di piccoli cluster di Raspberry Pi, sono una specie di luce lontana nella notte...
Money quote: "I cloned an SD card from one of the Pi nodes and set up four almost identical SD cards. The only difference between them is the IP address in /etc/network/interfaces. I did a backup of my site from the dashboard of my CMS, and used a noscript to synchonize the content all worker nodes."
http://raspberrywebserver.com/raspberrypicluster/adding-more-nodes-to-the-cluster.html
Money quote: "I cloned an SD card from one of the Pi nodes and set up four almost identical SD cards. The only difference between them is the IP address in /etc/network/interfaces. I did a backup of my site from the dashboard of my CMS, and used a noscript to synchonize the content all worker nodes."
http://raspberrywebserver.com/raspberrypicluster/adding-more-nodes-to-the-cluster.html
Raspberrywebserver
Raspberry Pi web server - Adding more nodes to the cluster
I've extended my Raspberry Pi cluster to include a total of eight Raspberry Pi servers in order to increase my cluster's capacity.
Quando ho raccontato la storia di Apple e della Silicon Valley nel mio libro "Emozione Apple", dieci anni fa, ho esplorato la storia della "Valle delle delizie" nelle sue successive trasformazioni. Scoprire che il suo sottosuolo è marcio è stata una sorpresa ma, dopotutto, era logico immaginarselo.
Money quote: "From its origins as a manufacturer of silicon chips and semiconductors, Santa Clara County is riddled with 23 toxic Superfund sites, more than any county in the country. This was news to Ms. Armstrong, who lives a mile from one of the sites. Ms. Armstrong, a freelance photographer, moved to Silicon Valley eight years ago not because of tech but in spite of it — she and her husband had followed his career in agribusiness from Malaysia to the Netherlands and Japan. She could ignore the world of start-ups — until she couldn’t."
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/26/lens/the-superfund-sites-of-silicon-valley.html
Money quote: "From its origins as a manufacturer of silicon chips and semiconductors, Santa Clara County is riddled with 23 toxic Superfund sites, more than any county in the country. This was news to Ms. Armstrong, who lives a mile from one of the sites. Ms. Armstrong, a freelance photographer, moved to Silicon Valley eight years ago not because of tech but in spite of it — she and her husband had followed his career in agribusiness from Malaysia to the Netherlands and Japan. She could ignore the world of start-ups — until she couldn’t."
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/26/lens/the-superfund-sites-of-silicon-valley.html
NY Times
The Superfund Sites of Silicon Valley (Published 2018)
When Federica Armstrong discovered that she lived a mile from one of Silicon Valley’s multiple toxic Superfund sites, she set out to photograph them.
Quanto poco basta per farti passare la voglia di continuare a leggere...
Money quote: "When the word “Renaissance” is spoken, no one comes to mind faster than da Vinci. Not only was he the embodiment of an artist, but he was also a prolific inventor who..."
https://medium.com/personal-growth/leonardo-da-vinci-how-to-see-the-world-like-nobody-else-7eb9d60dacac
Money quote: "When the word “Renaissance” is spoken, no one comes to mind faster than da Vinci. Not only was he the embodiment of an artist, but he was also a prolific inventor who..."
https://medium.com/personal-growth/leonardo-da-vinci-how-to-see-the-world-like-nobody-else-7eb9d60dacac
Medium
Leonardo da Vinci: How to See the World Like Nobody Else
The intersection, the questions, and the work in progress.
Apple produrrà una serie tv tratta dal ciclo della Fondazione di Asimov - il mio articolo per La Stampa
http://www.lastampa.it/2018/04/13/tecnologia/news/apple-produrr-una-serie-tv-tratta-dal-ciclo-della-fondazione-di-asimov-2pMDZe6m5XwkIeAczPC2DO/amphtml/pagina.amp.html
http://www.lastampa.it/2018/04/13/tecnologia/news/apple-produrr-una-serie-tv-tratta-dal-ciclo-della-fondazione-di-asimov-2pMDZe6m5XwkIeAczPC2DO/amphtml/pagina.amp.html
LaStampa.it
Apple produrrà una serie tv tratta dal ciclo della Fondazione di Asimov
Anche Amazon accelera sui contenuti proprietari: spenderà un miliardo di dollari per girare cinque stagioni de Il Signore degli Anelli
Si parla abbastanza spesso in questo periodo di moneta fiscale, i famosi "minibot", cioè di produrre moneta sul territorio nazionale senza però uscire dall'euro e quindi aggirando il monopolio della BCE. È una stupidaggine molto pericolosa. Spiega perché laVoce .info
Money quote: "Chi propone di immettere una quantità permanente di moneta fiscale pari a 100 o 200 miliardi (una cifra usuale tra i fautori di questa proposta) sta quindi proponendo esattamente di fare un taglio di tasse di 100 o 200 miliardi ogni anno, una cifra semplicemente pazzesca, considerato anche che si aggiungerebbe alle decine di miliardi delle altre proposte."
http://www.lavoce.info/archives/52448/la-sirena-della-moneta-fiscale/
Money quote: "Chi propone di immettere una quantità permanente di moneta fiscale pari a 100 o 200 miliardi (una cifra usuale tra i fautori di questa proposta) sta quindi proponendo esattamente di fare un taglio di tasse di 100 o 200 miliardi ogni anno, una cifra semplicemente pazzesca, considerato anche che si aggiungerebbe alle decine di miliardi delle altre proposte."
http://www.lavoce.info/archives/52448/la-sirena-della-moneta-fiscale/
Lavoce.info
La sirena della moneta fiscale | R. Perotti
C’è molta confusione e superficialità sulla moneta fiscale. Non è il pasto gratis che molti imbonitori propagandano. In questo articolo mostro che emettere moneta fiscale per 100 miliardi, come proposto da più parti, è esattamente equivalente a un taglio…
Le scuse di Zuckerberg sono state "sentite" o no? La questione è meno banale di quanto non sembri e andrebbe messa nel giusto contesto. Che è quello del business.
Money quote:
Meaning is a complex process, and not at the beck and call of individuals. It depends not only on what we say, but what we don’t say, and what we do or don’t do.
It also depends on who we are in the scheme of things. Corporate CEOs are required by law to act in the best interests of shareholders.
So a corporate apology is always connected to the benefits it brings to the company. It is not a personal apology, it is a form of institutional positioning.
http://www.inkl.com/news/mark-zuckerberg-s-facebook-apology-is-the-linguistic-equivalent-of-shit-happens
Money quote:
Meaning is a complex process, and not at the beck and call of individuals. It depends not only on what we say, but what we don’t say, and what we do or don’t do.
It also depends on who we are in the scheme of things. Corporate CEOs are required by law to act in the best interests of shareholders.
So a corporate apology is always connected to the benefits it brings to the company. It is not a personal apology, it is a form of institutional positioning.
http://www.inkl.com/news/mark-zuckerberg-s-facebook-apology-is-the-linguistic-equivalent-of-shit-happens
Inkl
Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook apology is the linguistic equivalent of 'shit happens'
A corporate apology echoes the words we are so familiar with from our everyday lives – but it is a...