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"We're getting the best minds of our generation to think about how to make people click ads." As the tech bubble deflates, might we see a reallocation of talent towards solving actual societal problems?

"So what's the alternative for Twitter?" Whatever. What counts is to migrate together. This should not be a personal consumer choice because this is doomed to fail. Discuss it with friends, comrades and communities and decide together where to go before you announce the exodus.

I wrote something: How can we keep our glasses half full? A UX/UI case study for a water drinking reminder app link.medium.com/PNMSURkfxtb

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Helges große Wissenschaftsshow The Big Thin-K geht in Runde 2. Viel Spaß beim lernen, lernen, popernen: youtube.com/watch?v=mo7u7e…

Wie kann #VisuelleWisskomm auf Instagram & TikTok gelingen? Welche Strategien gibt es, Forschung und die Menschen dahinter sichtbar zu machen? Unsere Gründerin @JohannaBarnbeck hat Best Practice-Beispiele gesammelt und analysiert – auf @wisskomm_de 👇

What is science? How is science, including scientific methods, universal or western driven? What about other perspectives? And what about #IndigenousKnowledge = #IndigenousScience? This tweet plus the comments and dicussions below is definitely a food for thought.

"I believe that philosophy is part of literature, and not the reverse. Writing is not possible without images. Yet, images don't have to be descriptive; they can be concepts, and Deleuze and I often discuss this point. Concepts are mental images." Paul Virilio

The Kiss, 2018, sculpture by Penny Hardy #womensart

Russian artist Svetlana Petrova decided to add her big ginger cat to some iconic portraits and masterpieces #womensart

'Passo Clouds' by US painter Erin Hanson #womensart

Agnes Kasparkova, 90-Year-Old former agricultural worker began to turn her small village into an art gallery by hand-painting traditional Moravian motifs, such as flowers, on the local houses, the project's 13th year #womensart

"Excessive phone use is linked to procrastination, suicide, spoilt sleep, food and water neglect, headaches, lower productivity, unstable relationships, poor physical health (eye/hand strain, posture), and poor mental health (depression, anxiety, stress)." cognitiontoday.com/phone-addictio…

möchte so ungern diesem unsäglichen tagesspiegel artikel noch mehr reichweite geben aber er liest sich so bitter und zynisch. den opfern von rassismus zu unterstellen daraus ein geschäftsmodell gemacht zu haben ist unterste schublade. extrem trashiger take.

If lions were discovered weaving antelope-catching nets ten lion-lengths wide, it would be headline news. Yet spiders weave intricate insect-catching nets hugely bigger than themselves, and we treat it as commonplace. What’s the difference?

"What Rachel De Joode finds most interesting about Instagram is its ability to simplify and pacify. The app gives people a 'false sense of validation'—a belief that the art they are viewing or posting is more popular than it really is." 1/2

“'You’re in a real simulation, you’re watching the party, you feel part of the art world, and you feel that you know what’s happening,' she says. 'That’s a good feeling, bu­­t it is of course a lie, a rather soothing lie'." 2/2 theartnewspaper.com/interview/rach…

It's time to stop bothering each other with Google Docs without discussing first whether everyone is using Google. Here, again, a list of alternatives for Google products. Let's not only focus on Facebook. Google made $159 billion dollars in revenue (2019) justprivacy.org/google-alterna…

2/2 This is quote of Gillian Rose. What are the implications of this for the digital naive generations that face great difficulties to focus. Can distraction become a force for good and create mega intensive aphorisms? Or is philosophy doomed as such? liberalarts.org.uk/gillian-rose-t…