February 2016

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36 year-old DESTROYS 29-year-old millennial who “ripped” 25-year-old Yelp employee who got fired… — Listen To My Story — Medium

https://medium.com/listen-to-my-story/36-year-old-destroys-29-year-old-millennial-who-ripped-25-year-old-yelp-employee-who-got-fired-aa91972dedff?source=rss-f9133b07a948------3
On Friday, a Yelp/Eat24 employee wrote a blog post to her CEO about her minimum wage compensation, which she said came out to about $8 an… Continue reading on Medium »

Iran's blogfather: Facebook, Instagram and Twitter are killing the web | Technology | The Guardian

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2015/dec/29/irans-blogfather-facebook-instagram-and-twitter-are-killing-the-web
Hossein Derakhshan was imprisoned by the regime for his blogging. On his release, he found the internet stripped of its power to change the world and instead serving up a stream of pointless social trivia Late in 2014, I was abruptly pardoned and freed from Evin prison in northern Tehran. via Pocket

Doug Engelbart | The Economist

http://www.economist.com/news/obituary/21581696-doug-engelbart-computer-engineer-died-july-2nd-aged-88-doug-engelbart
WHEN you are a visionary, it’s hard to get other people to see as you do. When you have a plan to save the world through men and computers working together, as Doug Engelbart had, it’s hard to enlist the guys at the water-cooler to take part in the crusade. via Pocket

LOVECRAFTIAN CYBORGS AND THE ALIEN AESTHETIC: Part 1 – Cyborgs of the Abyss | Journal of a Cosmic Anthropologist

http://m1k3y.com/2015/09/02/lovecraftian-cyborgs-and-the-alien-aesthetic-part-1-cyborgs-of-the-abyss/
What follows are my extended thoughts and personal reflections a week two weeks after watching Bruce Sterling deliver a lecture on Alien Aesthetics. It’s a look at the weirder side of cyborg life and our posthuman future. via Pocket

LOVECRAFTIAN CYBORGS AND THE ALIEN AESTHETIC: Part 1 – Cyborgs of the Abyss | Journal of a Cosmic Anthropologist

http://m1k3y.com/2015/09/02/lovecraftian-cyborgs-and-the-alien-aesthetic-part-1-cyborgs-of-the-abyss
What follows are my extended thoughts and personal reflections a week two weeks after watching Bruce Sterling deliver a lecture on Alien Aesthetics. It’s a look at the weirder side of cyborg life and our posthuman future. via Pocket

'I have lived over half of my life' | Life and style | The Guardian

http://www.theguardian.com/society/2011/aug/14/miranda-sawyer-midlife-crisis-mortality
I don't know what to call it, really. Midlife crisis sounds so flamboyant, so ridiculous, so… exciting. And I haven't run off with a builder, or moved to Thailand to find my real self, or embarked on a brand-new drug habit, or taken up free rock climbing. via Pocket