July 2015

75 bookmarks saved in July 2015

Towards a Mass Flourishing

http://breakingsmart.com/season-1/towards-a-mass-flourishing##A+big+implication+is+immediately+clear%3A+the+asymptotic+condition+represents+a+consumer+utopia.+As+consumers%2C+we+will+enjoy+far+more+for+far+less.+This+means+that+the+biggest+unknown+today+is+our+future+as+producers%2C+which+brings+us+to+what+many+view+as+the+central+question+today%3A+the+future+of+work.

Getting Reoriented

http://breakingsmart.com/season-1/getting-reoriented##Young+or+old%2C+those+who+are+unable+to+adopt+the+Promethean+mindset+end+up+defaulting+to+what+we+call+a+pastoral+mindset%3A+one+marked+by+yearning+for+lost+or+unattained+utopias.+Today+many+still+yearn+for+an+updated+version+of+romanticized9+1950s+American+middle-class+life+for+instance%2C+featuring+flying+cars+and+jetpacks

A World Without Work

http://theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2015/07/world-without-work/395294##Video+games%2C+despite+the+derision+aimed+at+them%2C+are+vehicles+for+achievement+of+a+sort.+Jeremy+Bailenson%2C+a+communications+professor+at+Stanford%2C+says+that+as+virtual-reality+technology+improves%2C+people%E2%80%99s+%E2%80%9Ccyber-existence%E2%80%9D+will+become+as+rich+and+social+as+their+%E2%80%9Creal%E2%80%9D+life.+Games+in+which+users+climb+%E2%80%9Cinto+another+person%E2%80%99s+skin+to+embody+his+or+her+experiences+firsthand%E2%80%9D+don%E2%80%99t+just+let+people+live+out+vicarious+fantasies%2C+he+has+argued%2C+but+also+%E2%80%9Chelp+you+live+as+somebody+else+to+teach+you+empathy+and+pro-social+skills.%E2%80%9D

Don't Blame Your Community: Ad Blocking Is Not Killing Any Sites | Techdirt

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20100306/1649198451.shtml
Every so often we hear about a random blog or website that freaks out and claims that ad blockers are "stealing" or somehow damaging websites. But it's quite a surprise to see a similar argument from a site like Ars Technica -- one of the top techie sites out there, which is now owned by Conde Nast. via Pocket

State Change - Lightspeed Magazine

http://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/state-change
Every night, before going to bed, Rina checked the refrigerators. There were two in the kitchen, on separate circuits, one with a fancy ice dispenser on the door. There was one in the living room holding up the TV, and one in the bedroom doubling as a nightstand. via Pocket