Telemedicus: Chilling Effects und Überwachung
Zum anderen sind Chilling Effects dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass sie nur mittelbar, nämlich vermittelt durch das Gefühlsleben der Betroffenen wirken. Anders als bei herkömmliche Freiheitsbeschränkungen gibt es bei Chilling Effects keine staatliche Sanktion, keinen unmittelbaren Zwang, der auf den Bürger wirkt….
Medium: Aggressiver Humanismus
Der Begriff aggressiver Humanismus drückt die Einsicht aus, dass der Kampf um Menschenrechte viel zu höflich geführt wird, jedoch ein offensives Auftreten legitimiert. Die Folie des aggressiven Humanismus verweist auf eine Gruppe hochambitionierter Menschenrechtler, die politischen Widerstand leisten. Da diese…
Medium: Matter – Everybody Sexts
I asked people I knew — and many I didn’t — to talk to me about sexts and the stories behind them, the risks, perceived and real, and why they did it, knowing that they could be shared beyond their control. Lastly, I asked…
Pitchfork: Jarvis Cocker – Features
What people have to make sure of is that they’re not replicating something that already exists. You really have to ask yourself: “Is there a point in me doing this? Has this already been said before? Is this moving things…
The New Yorker: Spotify – Friend or Foe?
Earlier this year, Spotify bought a Boston-based startup called the Echo Nest, which has developed a form of artificial music intelligence—a kind of A.I. hipster that finds cool music for you. The Echo Nest powers Spotify’s automated radio stations and…
Rolling Stone: Jon Stewart on Rosewater and Sexual Tension With Bill OReilly
Wed get notices under the door from the embassy saying, "We urge all Americans not to gather in large groups or make yourself noticeable." I learned a lot over there. We are, to them, one large bloc of truck-driving cowboy…
Krautreporter: „Ich bin gegen Krieg. Ich bin gegen das Töten.“
Ich bin auch nicht religiös, aber ich bin jüdisch. Also ich bin jüdisch, ich gehöre dem jüdischen Volk an. Ich halte mich an kaum eine religiöse Vorschrift, das interessiert mich nicht wirklich. Aber du gehörst dieser jüdischen Mehrheit an. Es…
Telepolis: Zwischen Lesern und Lobbynetzwerken
Ein wesentlicher Stein des Anstoßes zur laufenden Debatte ist dabei die Forschungsarbeit "Meinungsmacht. Der Einfluss von Eliten auf Leitmedien und Alpha-Journalisten – eine kritische Netzwerkanalyse", die vom Medienforscher Uwe Krüger als Dissertation verfasst wurde und auf deren Ergebnisse sich auch…
theguardian.com: Today’s key fact – you are probably wrong about almost everything
But each country has its blind spots. Germans think teen pregnancy is 35 times worse than it is (0.4% of girls aged 15-19 give birth each year there). South Koreans believe their life expectancy is 89 (it’s actually 80) and…
The Atlantic: The Crisis in U.S.-Israel Relations Is Officially Here
“The good thing about Netanyahu is that he’s scared to launch wars,” the official said, expanding the definition of what a chickenshit Israeli prime minister looks like. “The bad thing about him is that he won’t do anything to reach…
Matter — Medium: The Uber of Gentleman Companions
So if I have this straight and I don’t know that I do, the idea is to provide a group of classy high-femme straight girls with a fully clothed, light-submissive Chippendale. A stripper who doesn’t strip. ( …) Beneath the…
Coding Horror: What If We Could Weaponize Empathy?
At the risk of sounding aspirational, here’s one thing I know to be true, and I advise every community to take to heart: I expect you to act like a group of friends who care about each other, no matter…
SPON: IS Islamischer Staat – Streitgespräch mit einem Islamisten
Religiöser Fundamentalismus ist so alt wie Religionen selbst. Der IS setzt ihn jedoch mit äußerster Konsequenz um. Ein geschlossenes Weltbild, das klar zwischen Gut und Böse, Freund und Feind unterscheidet, macht es den Anhängern leicht, sich in einer komplizierten Welt…
Slate: Manned mission to Mars – Female astronauts are cheaper to launch into outer space
As reasonable as an all-female Mars mission is from an economic perspective, some might find the idea offensive. After all, it’d be an expedition that fails to represent half the world’s population; an all-female Mars crew would strike many as…
The Intercept: What ‚Democracy‘ Really Means in U.S. and New York Times Jargon: Latin America Edition
The most tyrannical regimes are celebrated as long as they remain subservient, while the most popular and democratic governments are condemned as despots to the extent that they exercise independence. To see how true that is, just imagine the orgies of…
The Atlantic: Why Germany Is So Much Better at Training Its Workers
A final virtue of the German system: its surprising flexibility. Skeptical Americans worry that the European model requires tracking, and it’s true, German children choose at age 10 among an academic high school, a vocational track, or something in between….
kreuzer online: Die verkitschte Revolte
In Leipzig jedoch werden alle Mittel darauf konzentriert, ein Revolutions-Disneyland zu erschaffen, in dem Bestreben, die Marke »Leipzig« zu promoten. Auch wenn es am 9. Oktober keine Kerzen gab, werden 25.000 Kerzen aufgestellt – weil sie so schön leuchten. Die…
DIY Musician Blog: What it takes to be a successful musician – advice from Grimes
Really, the most important thing is eliminating self-doubt. This is basically impossible for me, but I’ve found that if I act like a boss, I can convince myself that I am a boss when I need to be one. via What it takes to…
Keybase.io: The Horror of a ‚Secure Golden Key‘
Apple’s anti-backdoor policy aims to protect everyone. The following is a list of real threats their policy would thwart. Not threats to terrorists or kidnappers, but to 300 million Americans and 7 billion humans who are moving their intimate documents…
Benedict Evans: App unbundling, search and discovery
One way to look at this, I think, is that you trade app discovery challenges for feature discovery challenges. That is, in an app with only one or two features it’s easy to see what you can do, but hard…
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