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Chicago's losing battle with sexual assaultbitbybit.benrudolph.com
The term “rape culture” has long been part of the American vocabulary, dating back to 1970. However, in recent years, it has blown up on … -
Internet.org’s Less-Than-Charitable Plan to Give the Internet to All - The New Yorkernewyorker.com
The video begins with children hanging out on a graffiti-covered rock overlooking a smog-shrouded city. Later, it shows trains so jammed with human bodies that arms and legs stick out of the cars. There’s a wedding, street performers, a carousel. In th... - github.com
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This French tech school has no teachers, no books, no tuition — and it could change everythingventurebeat.com
PARIS — École 42 might be one of the most ambitious experiments in engineering education. - immut.io
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Broken on the Wheeltheparisreview.org
In eighteenth-century France, the wrongful execution of Jean Calas sparked the interest of Voltaire, an unlikely advocate who fought to set the record straight. -
Why NOT to Try to Learn Everything | Mike Cavalieremikecavaliere.com
There is SO MUCH free information on every technology in existence. Pop a few keywords into google and you’ll find blogs and tutorials. Check github and you’ll find a ton of plugins and sample applications. The availability of information is virtually ... - cis.upenn.edu
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Twitter CFO Anthony Noto privately analyzes Facebook • Dustin Curtisdcurt.is
I’m surprised more of the fascinating emails revealed by WikiLeaks about Snapchat have not been publicized. Below is one of my favorites. Twitter’s future CFO Anthony Noto sent a fairly detailed analysis of Facebook’s Q1 2014 earnings to Snapchat... | ... - jmac.org
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Nice Downtowns: How Did They Get That Way?theatlantic.com
"Visitors think, 'That's just how Seattle is.' But it wasn't." Lessons via places ranging from Fresno to Shanghai. -
Google got it wrong. The open-office trend is destroying the workplace.washingtonpost.com
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Paper Versus Pixel - Issue 4: The Unlikely - Nautilusnautil.us
On the occasion of the inaugural Nautilus Quarterly, we asked Nicholas Carr to survey the prospects for a print publication. Here… -
The Coffee of Civilization in Iceland - The New Yorkernewyorker.com
One might see the Icelandic coffee cult as one case of a too-little-touched-on aspect of the human comedy: our tactical amnesia about trade.