your future self
/Procrastination stems from a failure to “identify sufficiently with your future self” -Robert Hanks
ideas that challenge / comfort / inspire
Articles of Interest - Feb 19
/***TECHNOLOGY
Drones that dodge obstacles without guidance can pursue you like paparazzi MIT Technology Review
In the future we won’t edit genomes—we’ll just print out new ones MIT Tech Review
***BIG DATA & AI
Buzzwords Just Create Confusion about Data Science Dark Reading
The misuse, abuse and traps of “statistical significance” Christensen Institute
***SOCIAL MEDIA
Want the Perfect Instagram Photo? This Park Hires a Photographer for You Bloomberg
Facebook’s two-factor authentication system auto-posts replies on your profile The Verge
Snapchat founder says user complaints 'validate' redesign CNN
Why Facebook’s earliest efforts to kill off Snapchat completely backfired Recode
Carry Around Your Google Account's Backup Two-Step Verification Codes in Case Your Phone is Stolen Life Hacker
Tired of texting? Google tests robot to chat with friends for you The Guardian
Google is replacing Facebook’s traffic to publishers Recode
The ‘Stories’ format is coming to Google search next The Verge
What Is Google Really Up To With Chrome Ad Blocking? Popular Mechanics
***PERSONAL GROWTH
The Cult of Convenience Becoming (my blog)
The Tyranny of Convenience (opinion) New York Times
The ABCs of Fake Empathy: what it is, what it isn’t and how to cultivate it The Polymath Project
***JOURNALISM
Why ‘Dialogue Journalism’ Is Having a Moment PBS Media Shift
When it comes to press freedom, America is no longer a ‘beacon’ for the world Columbia Journalism Review
The Heartbreak and Frustration of Covering One Mass Shooting After Another New Yorker
How the non-disclosure agreement became a tool for powerful people to stymie journalists from informing the public Columbia Journalism Review
John Oliver: Is He a Journalist, Despite His Protests? Variety
Best practices for reporting through social media during a mass shooting Poynter
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
Guide to Audience Revenue and Engagement of News Audiences Columbia Journalism Review
New York Times CEO: Print journalism has maybe another 10 years CNBC
How much U.S. newspapers charge for digital subscriptions American Press Institute
***FAKE NEWS
The most common hashtags tweeted by Russian trolls Quartz
Fake news is an existential crisis for social media Tech Crunch
***LITERATURE
In 'Freshwater,' A College Student Learns To Live With Separate Selves NPR
***GENDER
Education Department says it is no longer investigating transgender bathroom complaints BuzzFeed
Judge gives grandparents custody of Ohio transgender teen CNN
Male and female brain rhythms show differences Science Daily
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
‘Resist White Supremacy’: A sign. A farm. And the fury that followed Washington Post
NBC Insists On Saying 'Pyeongchang' Incorrectly Because 'It's Cleaner' Huffington Post
How Diverse Casting in Branded Videos Expands Your Audience Video Strategist
***FREE SPEECH
The 10 worst colleges for free speech: 2018 The FIRE
***LEGAL ISSUES
Law School Accreditor Proposes Easing Limits on Online Education Inside Higher Ed
Supreme Court Tackles Fourth Amendment Case Involving Cellphone Privacy Law.com
Beyoncé Songs Come to the Olympics. But Who Pays for the Rights? New York Times
Judge Rules News Publishers Violated Copyright by Embedding Tweets of Tom Brady Photo Hollywood Reporter
In-Line Linking May Be Copyright Infringement–Goldman v. Breitbart News Technology & Marketing Law Blog
***RELIGION
Author of “The Faith of Donald J. Trump” is challenged on Morning Joe MSNBC
Charlotte Mother Jailed For Baptism: Mother Reports To Jail WSOC-TV
***ART & DESIGN
A landmark 5Pointz case shows the legal reasons why graffiti is art Quartz
How restaurateur Mr Chow became the unlikely hero of the art world Dazed
What the 5Pointz ruling means for street artists The Conversation
***MUSIC
Classical Music Couples Throughout History NPR
A Town In Mexico Sees Guitar Sales Soar Thanks To The Movie 'Coco' NPR
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
Bill Would Hold College Presidents Accountable for Sexual Abuse by Employees Chronicle of Higher Ed
The Moral Responsibility of Restaurant Critics in the Age of #MeToo The New Yorker
Bill Would Hold College Presidents Accountable for Sexual Abuse by Employees Chronicle of Higher Ed
The Call-In: Knowing Sexual Harassers NPR
Breaking the Silence: the #MeToo Moment in Scholarly Communication Scholarly Kitchen
***HEALTH
New malleable 'electronic skin' self-healable, recyclable University of Colorado Boulder
Google AI can scan your eyes to predict heart disease Engadget
***RELATIONSHIPS
No, opposites do not attract The Conversation
8 facts about love and marriage in America Pew Research Center
***GOOD NEWS
A single dad walked 11 miles to work every day—until his co-workers found out CNN
How Two Police Drones Saved a Woman's Life The Atlantic
50 Years Later, Mister Rogers Remains Our Favorite Neighbor NPR
***PSYCHOLOGY
What Color Is a Tennis Ball? The Atlantic
The Psychology Behind Successful Apps (opinion) Media Post
***PHILOSOPHY
Philosophy Relies on Those Double Majors The Splintered Mind
A Celebrity Philosopher Explains the Populist Insurgency New Yorker
***ETHICS
Tech’s Ethical ‘Dark Side’: Harvard, Stanford and Others Want to Address It New York Times
***RESEARCH
Meet the ‘data thugs’ out to expose shoddy and questionable research Science Mag
***HIGHER ED
How Russian Bots Spread Fear at University in the U.S. Inside Higher Ed
In a fast-changing world, nearly everything is unsettled in higher education Inside Higher Ed
What students know that experts don't: School is all about signaling, not skill-building LA Times
Getting from ‘Hello’ to ‘I Do’ on a Christian College Campus Christianity Today
Female students at Christian colleges more likely to experience gender discrimination Christianity Today
***TEACHING
Harnessing the Power of the Developing Brain Chronicle of Higher Ed
Hybrid learning techniques in both online and traditional classes can be better used (opinion) Hechinger Report
Online Courses Are Harming the Students Who Need the Most help New York Times
Future economy demands workers who can learn online The Hill
The lack of meaningful pedagogical training during graduate school Chronicle of Higher Ed
Since the mid-1970s, college students have become increasingly less likely to major in education Market Watch
***STUDENT MEDIA
College PR offices fight against student media to manipulate narrative Student Press Law Center
Student reporter interviews classmates during shooting Fort Worth Star-Telegram
***STUDENT LIFE
The 7 Things Students Think About When Choosing a College Chronicle of Higher Ed
Millennials Are Obsessed With Pets Media Post
College roommates underestimate each other's distress, new psychology research shows Science Daily
***ACADEMIC LIFE
Why I Collapsed on the Job: Academics are silent workaholics—so free to work whenever we want that many of us end up working all the time Chronicle of Higher Ed
Michigan State University Faculty Senate passes no confidence vote in Board of Trustees Michigan Radio
History in the Face of Catastrophe: After my son died, how could I know anything for certain? Chronicle of Higher Ed
The Cult of Convenience
/Everyone, or nearly everyone, is on Facebook: It is the most convenient way to keep track of your friends and family, who in theory should represent what is unique about you and your life. Yet Facebook seems to make us all the same. Its format and conventions strip us of all but the most superficial expressions of individuality, such as which particular photo of a beach or mountain range we select as our background image.
I do not want to deny that making things easier can serve us in important ways, giving us many choices (of restaurants, taxi services, open-source encyclopedias) where we used to have only a few or none. But being a person is only partly about having and exercising choices. It is also about how we face up to situations that are thrust upon us, about overcoming worthy challenges and finishing difficult tasks — the struggles that help make us who we are. What happens to human experience when so many obstacles and impediments and requirements and preparations have been removed?
Today’s cult of convenience fails to acknowledge that difficulty is a constitutive feature of human experience. Convenience is all destination and no journey. But climbing a mountain is different from taking the tram to the top, even if you end up at the same place. We are becoming people who care mainly or only about outcomes. We are at risk of making most of our life experiences a series of trolley rides.
Tim Wu writing in The New York Times
No one is where they are
/"Sometimes I walk down the street, and I’m the only person not plugged in…No one is where they are. They’re talking to someone miles away. I miss them."
A person
/A person is a person through other persons. -Zulu saying
Articles of Interest - Feb 12
/***SOCIAL MEDIA
STUDY: We’re Not Addicted To Smartphones, We’re Addicted To Social Interaction Daily Wire
Jon Gabriel: How to keep social media from rewiring your brain AZcentral
Teens Are Losing It Over Snapchat's Unpopular App Redesign BuzzFeed
Instagram Is Telling People If You Screenshot Their Story In A Test BuzzFeed
Instagram is testing screenshot alerts for stories TechCrunch
Inside the Two Years that Shook Facebook—and the World Wired
Facebook hired a full time pollster to monitor Zuckerberg’s approval ratings The Verge
Facebook Messenger’s ‘Your Emoji’ status tells friends what’s up TechCrunch
Facebook losing young users even faster to Snapchat USA Today
Twitter just had its first profitable quarter CNN
Twitter failed to remove hundreds of Russian propaganda videos aimed at Americans CNN
***MOBILE
Your Mobile Phone Can Give Away Your Location, Even If You Tell It Not To Scientific American
Behold, the 157 new emoji for 2018 Ars Technica
***PRODUCING MEDIA
Podcasting Is the New Soft Diplomacy The Ringer
***INTERNET
You Can Now Mute Websites Forever in Chrome LifeHacker
What to Do If Your Favorite Website Won't Load LifeHacker
***TECHNOLOGY
Chinese police are wearing sunglasses that can recognize faces Quartz
***JOURNALISM
How cleaning off your desk can help you figure out what to say no to Poynter
Proposed Journalist Protection Act Would Make Assault Of Reporter A Federal Crime Forbes
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
Theresa May announces review into future of newspapers BBC
Newsonomics: Inside Tronc’s sale of the L.A. Times (and all the new questions to come) Nieman Journalism Lab
New York Times Co. Subscription Revenue Surpassed $1 Billion in 2017 New York Times
Can Independent Web Journalism Survive? PBS Media Shift
***FAKE NEWS
He Predicted The 2016 Fake News Crisis. Now He's Worried About An Information Apocalypse BuzzFeed
Overseas Fake News Publishers Use Facebook’s Instant Articles To Bring In More Cash BuzzFeed
Let’s focus on real journalism, not so called ‘fake news’ (opinion) Grand Rapids Herald Review
A Field Guide to Fake News and Other Information Disorders: A Free Manual to Download, Share & Re-Use Open Culture
The far-right sharing fake news — or conservatives sharing conservative journalism? NiemanLab
***BIG DATA & AI
The Argument Against Quantum Computers Quantam Magazine
Behind Artificial Intelligence Lurk Oddball Low-Paid Tasks Wired
3 steps to get clean, structured data you trust IOT for All
Are the Digits of Pi Truly Random? Here’s one for the data geeks among us Data Science Central
Bayesian model selection shows extremely polarized behavior when the models are wrong Phys org
Cloudera looks to be an Apache Hadoop/Spark alternative to making meaning out of the Data Deluge Federal News Radio
***PERSONAL GROWTH
The Moment You Feel Becoming (my blog)
***GRAMMAR
Oxford comma dispute is settled as Maine drivers get $5 million Boston
How periods and scare quotes can create emphasis far beyond the squiggles on the page Chronicle of Higher Ed
***LANGUAGE
A Language's Popularity Could Influence Its Grammar and Vocabulary The Atlantic
An unsung term that has the magical power of deflecting anger and resentment Chronicle of Higher Ed
How Americans preserved British English BBC
Talking Killer Whales? Gullible Science Journalists More Likely Chronicle of Higher Ed
***LITERATURE
Plagiarism Software Unveils a New Source for 11 of Shakespeare’s Plays New York Times
***GENDER
A word in the Nunes memo that has no male counterpart Chronicle of Higher Ed
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
This is what happens when a class called ‘White Racism’ comes to campus death threats and hate mail keep arriving for the professor Daily Dot
California police worked with neo-Nazis to pursue 'anti-racist' activists, documents show The Guardian
Black History Month posters covered up at University of Tennessee with ones referencing Hitler CBS News
Former Klansman finds Forgiveness and a Friend in a Black Church Philadelphia Inquirer
***RELIGION
Can LGBT Rights and Religious Rights Coexist? Washington Post
Died: James W. Sire, Editor Who Brought Us Francis Schaeffer and Os Guinness Christianity Today
Christian group plans ‘revival’ to protest ‘toxic evangelicalism’ Religious News Service
Ex-CFO stole $100K from Children's Bible Fellowship in Kent: Cops Lohud
The Michigan town where only Christians are allowed to buy houses The Guardian
5 facts about blacks and religion in America Pew Research Center
Racist Bullying? Religious School In Texas Argues Courts Can’t Intervene Huffington Post
***RELIGION AND MUSIC
Natalie Grant reclaims voice from cancer Times FreePress
Trouble No More trailer (video)
***RELIGION AND POLITICS
The complicated history of In God We Trust and other examples Trump gives of American religion Washington Post
3 new books analyze Trump’s faith and his faithful followers Religious News Service
Beth Moore, Jen Hatmaker and other evangelical leaders are publishing a letter urging Trump, Congress to act on immigration The Washington Post
***ART & DESIGN
Compilation of 2017 loops Philip Lueck
***MUSIC
Bob Dylan Updates "The Times They Are A-Changin'" for 2018 (video)
***STUDENT MEDIA
Student-run newspaper says hundreds of copies taken from racks due to controversial story KWCH
***STUDENT LIFE
Over Time, Humanities Grads Close the Pay Gap With Professional Peers Chronicle of Higher Ed
Easily accessible porn prevalent among students Baptist Standard
Preventing suicide: Teen deaths are on the rise, but we know how to fight back USA Today
Teenagers are better behaved and less hedonistic nowadays - The youth of today Economist
University Won’t Expel student who called himself “the most active white nationalist in the Nebraska area” Chronicle of Higher Ed
Kansas Scrambles To Change Rules After 6 Teens Enter Governor's Race NPR
Dental students took selfie with severed heads at Yale training workshop Associated Press
Transgender student: Professor refused to use preferred pronoun New York Post
***JOBS & INTERNSHIPS
Digital Media is Driving Job Growth in LA region, report Finds MSNBC
Microsoft releases its LinkedIn resume helper for Word Engadget
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
Is There a Smarter Way to Think About Sexual Assault on Campus? New Yorker
Ten women sign letter accusing Northwestern journalism professor Alec Klein of sexual harassment and assault Chicago Reader
Air Force Academy mismanaged sexual assault program, Pentagon says CNN
UNC claims right to shield names of students disciplined for on-campus sex misconduct Herald Sun
UT investigates vandalism connected to professor’s domestic abuse case Statesman
Being Aware Of Abuse May Make People Uncomfortable — And That's OK (by a writing professor) WBUR
***ACADEMIC LIFE
Former William & Mary professor files discrimination lawsuit against college WY Daily
Princeton students leave class after professor allegedly uses N-word Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Northwestern journalism professor accused of misconduct takes leave of absence Chicago Tribune
ICE Detains Chemistry Professor Before He Can Goodbye To His Family Newsweek
How Much Do Professors Work? One Researcher Is Trying to Find Out Chronicle of Higher Ed
Northeastern University professor walks back ‘stupid’ comment on Donald Trump Boston Herald
***SOCIOLOGY
5 facts about crime in the U.S. Pew Research
Talk is cheap: the myth of the focus group The Guardian
***HEALTH
Don't Tell Terminal Cancer Patients It's All Going To Be OK NPR
Many people take dangerously high amounts of ibuprofen Reuters
Are Hand Dryers Actually Full of Bacteria? A Viral Photo Doesn’t Tell the Whole Story The New York Times
Scientists create functioning kidney tissue Manchester
***BUSINESS
When You’re a ‘Digital Nomad,’ the World Is Your Office The New York Times
WeWork: The Perfect Manifestation of the Millennial Id The Atlantic
***PSYCHOLOGY
Why Don't Babies Smile from Birth? Scientific American
The 4 Great Challenges of Christian Counseling Christianity Today
The mental health and loneliness paradox Salon
Major Psychiatric Disorders Have More In Common Than We Thought, Study Finds : The Two-Way NPR
Why You Get Hooked on Candy Crush and Snapchat Bloomberg
People with depression use language differently – here's how to spot it The Conversation
***PHILOSOPHY
Meet the Philosophers Who Give ‘The Good Place’ Its Scholarly Bona Fides Chronicle of Higher Ed
***PRODUCTIVITY
After it stopped posting to Facebook, a Danish broadcaster saw its traffic stability improve Digiday
***HIGHER ED
A library without books? Universities purging dusty volumes Yahoo
Judge blocks UW from billing student Republicans for campus rally Seattle Times
A Crash Course in Crisis Communication for Colleges (opinion) Chronicle of Higher Ed
Sexual assault less likely, gender discrimination more likely on Christian campuses Baptist Standard
***TEACHING
Our Students Aren’t In Our Heads With Us: Teach Writing In Your Field With Good Assignment Sheets Chronicle of Higher Ed
This Student Failed Her Assignment Because Her Professor Said "Australia Isn't A Country" BuzzFeed
How One University Connects Students and Mentors With Surprising Success Chronicle of Higher Ed
Why I Stopped Writing on My Students’ Papers Chronicle of Higher Ed
Would College Students Retain More If Professors Dialed Back The Pace? NPR
How to Help Students of Differing Abilities Chronicle of Higher Ed
another’s skin
/Reading is the sole means by which we slip, involuntarily, often helplessly, into another’s skin. -Joyce Carol Oates
breaks
/Professionals take breaks. Amateurs don't. Breaks are part of performance. They're not a deviation from performance -Daniel Pink
strength & gentleness
/Nothing is so strong as gentleness. Nothing is so gentle as real strength. -Ralph W. Sockman
The mystery of human existence
/The mystery of human existence lies not in just staying alive, but in finding something to live for. -Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Articles of Interest - Feb 5
/***SOCIAL MEDIA
Here's How Much Instagram Likes Influence Millennials' Choice Of Travel Destinations Forbes
NY State Attorney General On Why He's Going After Fake Social Media Accounts NPR
Newsrooms welcome Facebook's new local news emphasis, but remain wary of its effect Poynter
Public Enemies: Social Media Is Fueling Gang Wars in Chicago Wired
These Social Media Trends Are On The Rise In 2018 Daily Infographic
***JOURNALISM
Would you care if this feature had been written by a robot? BBC
Eddie Adams' iconic Vietnam War photo: What happened next BBC
Know your Journalism Rights: Social media RTNDA
California Congressman introduces Journalism Protection Act to counteract Trump era KTVU-TV
Journalists are fleeing for their lives in Mexico. There are few havens LA Times
***FAKE NEWS
In An Era Of Fake News, Advancing Face-Swap Apps Blur More Lines NPR
'Fake news factories' date back to the 1800s Business Insider
'Fiction is outperforming reality': how YouTube's algorithm distorts truth The Guardian
***PRODUCING MEDIA
5 Types of Videos That Will Make Your Brand Stand Out Video Strategist
***INTERNET
Google Has Quietly Dropped Ban on Personally Identifiable Web Tracking Propublica
***BIG DATA & AI
Artificial intelligence is rewiring the news and information ecosystem in novel and unexpected Policy Options
***PERSONAL GROWTH
Self-Control Is Just Empathy With Your Future Self Becoming (my blog)
***LANGUAGE
Oxford English Dictionary adds new words for mansplainers and snowflakes alike LA Times
The Backward Index — A Clever Pre-Digital Dictionary Hack Scholarly Kitchen
Fascinating Etymology Charts Show How Very Unexpected Sets Of Words Are Related Digg
The 36 Letters of the English Alphabet Scholarly Kitchen
***LITERATURE
George Orwell Creates a List of the Four Essential Reasons Writers Write Open Culture
How Alexander Pushkin Was Inspired By His African Heritage Jstor
A Peek at Famous Readers’ Borrowing Records From a Private New York Library Atlas Obscura
***GENDER
Elizabeth Blackwell: Google honors the first female doctor in the US Quartz
***FREE SPEECH
President of Nebraska professors group resigns amid UNL free speech fracas Omaha
Texas Lawmakers Weigh the Limits of Free Speech on Campus: backlash to a controversial “whiteness” column in the campus newspaper The Chronicle of Higher Education
***LEGAL ISSUES
Dr. Phil Prepares for What Could Be the Strangest Copyright Trial Ever Hollywood Reporter
***REALLY?
Swiss university to offer yodeling degree BBC
***RELIGION
A 'Passion of the Christ' Sequel Is in the Works Hollywood
Kenneth Copeland's appearances at a South Carolina Army Base sparks protests WIS-TV
Nick Foles plans to become a pastor after football career WTXF
This Pastor Is Putting His Faith in a Virtual Reality Church Wired
Televangelist Gloria Copeland Tells viewers not to get a flu shot YouTube
In a tough sports town, baptisms and Bible studies fuel many of the Eagles’ stars Washington Post
New study of Millennials and GenZ points to a “massive religious realignment” in America (opinion) Religious News Service
***ART & DESIGN
What my color-blindness taught me about design UX Design Collective
***MUSIC
Hip-hop’s influence and the growth of music streaming mean genres are being broken down Economist
Surfin' Bird History: A Novelty Hit With Wings Tedium
The science behind sound reproduction and the man whose gift he made to the world will continue that mission for the foreseeable future (podcast) Twenty Thousand Hertz
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
Students With Disabilities Are Largely Ignored by Colleges’ Assault Prevention, Study Finds The Chronicle of Higher Education
Should Churches Handle Sexual Abuse Allegations Internally? Christianity Today
Women in Congress address sexual misconduct on Facebook more than men Pew Research Center
I lost my church because we were advocating for victims of sexual assault within the evangelical community: Written by the First Victim to Report Larry Nassar Christianity Today
Student sues UT to stop sexual misconduct disciplinary hearing Statesman
***ACADEMIC LIFE
Academics should be collaborating, not competing for pseudoscientific rankings Ummid
Kansas chemistry instructor arrested by ICE while taking his daughter to school Kansas City
***HEALTH
How Math (and Vaccines) Keep You Safe From the Flu Quanta Magazine
***FAMILY
Genes play a role in the likelihood of divorce Economist
***ETHICS
Test how moral (or immoral) you are with this utilitarian philosophy quiz Quatz
***CRITICAL THINKING
The Cognitive Biases That Convince You the World Is Falling Apart LifeHacker
***PSYCHOLOGY
Your friends’ brains process the world the same way as you Quartz
***ETHICS
There's a morality test that evaluates utilitarianism better than the Trolley Problem Quartz
***RESEARCH
Eighty-two cases of offspring named as co-authors University World News
‘Decolonizing’ a Journal Inside Higher Ed
Online forums give investors an early warning of shady scientific findings Stat News
A partial solution to the problem of predatory journals, and a new index of journal quality Alex Holcombe
The future for academic publishers lies in navigating research, not distributing it The London School of Economic and Political Science
It’s time to open the black box of peer review ASAPbio
Paper authorship goes hyper: A single field is behind the rise of thousand-author papers Nature Index
***HIGHER ED
Higher Ed is Headed for a Supply and Demand Crisis Washington Post
Three million Americans are disconnected from higher education Urban Institute
Woman accuses San Diego pastor of 'sexual healing' therapy scheme LA Times
***TEACHING
Can the Large Lecture Be Saved? The Chronicle of Higher Education
***STUDENT MEDIA
Student Journalists Launch Website After They Say School Censored Their Paper NPR
***STUDENT LIFE
Why Students Are Still Spending So Much for College Textbooks The Atlantic
Undocumented and Disillusioned, I Decided to Leave America Washington Post
Screen Addiction Among Teens: Is There Such A Thing? NPR
Patient Zero
/Never be the first person in the group to whip out his phone. Don’t be Patient Zero. -Henry Alford
To be ourselves
/To be ourselves we must have ourselves — possess, if need be re-possess, our life-stories. We must “recollect” ourselves, recollect the inner drama, the narrative, of ourselves. A man needs such a narrative, a continuous inner narrative, to maintain his identity, his self.
Oliver Sacks, The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat: And Other Clinical Tales
pretending
/Men know what women really want. They want us to pretend to be vulnerable. We get really good at pretending. —Joe Reynolds
Within Arms Reach
/Nothing has transformed my life more than realizing that it's a waste of time to evaluate my worthiness by weighing the reaction of the people in the stands.
The people who love me and will be there regardless of the outcome are within arms reach.
This realization changed everything. That's the wife and mother and friend that I now strive to be. I want our home to be a place where we can be our bravest selves are most fearful selves. Where we practice difficult conversations and share our shaming moments from school and work. I want to look at Steve and my kids and say, “I'm with you I'm in the arena. And when we fail, we’ll fail together, while daring greatly.”
We simply can't learn to be more vulnerable and courageous on our own. Sometimes our first and greatest dare is asking for support.
Brené Brown, Daring Greatly
Articles of Interest - Jan 29
/***SOCIAL MEDIA
Here's What Facebook's Local News And Events Section Looks Like, Live In Action BuzzFeed News
‘Never get high on your own supply’ – why social media bosses don’t use social media The Guardian
Twitter is reportedly working on a new video tool that sounds a lot like Snapchat
The Follower Factory: Buying Fake Twitter Followers New York Times
Which Publishers Benefit Most from Facebook’s News Feed Change? Media Shift
Instagram won’t comment on rumored video calling feature Tech Crunch
***SOCIAL MEDIA: SNAPCHAT
Snapchat Stories Can Now Live Outside the App Wired
Snap is making it easier for people to watch Snapchat videos, even if they don’t have an account Recode
Snapchat will now allow you to share and watch videos outside its app LA Times
***MOBILE
Keep Your Head Up: How Smartphone Addiction Kills Manners and Moods New York Times
***INTERNET
Here's Why Your Gmail Icon Might Be Blue Now BuzzFeed News
***TECHNOLOGY
Every study we could find on what automation will do to jobs, in one chart MIT Technology Review
You Can't Fool YouTube's Copyright Bots Life Hacker
Google began selling its Clips camera today The Verge
***JOURNALISM
Man arrested, accused of threatening to kill CNN employees The Hill
Tech Is Starting to Lose Its War on Journalism (opinion) Bloomberg
Investigation by 'Indianapolis Star' hailed as proof of local journalism's impact USA Today
Freelance writers win new $100,000 journalism prize News Observer
Google tests Bulletin app for crowdsourced, hyperlocal news Money Mag
'Video journalism forces you to go the extra mile' The Guardian
Prosecutor praises newspaper that exposed doctor’s abuse Associated Press
The Untold Story of the Pentagon Papers Co-Conspirators The New Yorker
Trust In Media, Social Platforms Dips, Traditional Journalism Rises Media Post
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
The Libraries Bringing Small-Town News Back to Life The Atlantic
As Local Media Dies, Google Pilots A Program For Unpaid Citizen Journalists Fast Company
Turmoil at the Los Angeles Times is getting ugly and frightening LA Observed
Over 75% of NPR's staff is white, same as the last six years NPR
Why Social Media Editors Should be Better Integrated into Newsrooms PBS Media Shift
***FAKE NEWS
Pope warns against 'fake news' and likens it to 'crafty serpent' in Genesis CNN
What the Pope Gets Wrong About Fake News Politico
The era of “truth decay”: 12 things we still don’t know about our weird time Harvard’s Nieman Lab
***BIG DATA & AI
Is “Murder by Machine Learning” the New “Death by PowerPoint”? Harvard Business Review
Twitter is using machine learning to crop photos to the most interesting part The Verge
Deep learning vs. machine learning: what's the difference between the two? Digital Trends
Are You Setting Your Data Scientists Up to Fail by not putting them in the right spots? Harvard Business Review
Google’s AutoML promises to help you create machine learning models even if you lack programming experience Extreme Tech
Forget About Siri and Alexa: When It Comes to Voice Identification, the “NSA Reigns Supreme” The Intercept
***PERSONAL GROWTH
Risk aversion kills innovation Becoming (my blog)
The Dangers Of Thinking Too Much And Thinking Too Little Digg
3 Timeless Rules for Making Tough Decisions Harvard Business Review
Retraction Heroes Magzter
What to Say When You Meet the Angel of Death at a Party: After years of living with stage IV cancer, I have some suggestions New York Times
***GRAMMAR
One East Village Bar is Banning The Word 'Literally' From Its Venue NBC New York
***WRITING & READING
I Copied the Routines of Famous Writers and It Sucked Vice
Bonehead Guidance for Would-Be Novelists Chronicle of Higher Ed
Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch is a terrible writer (opinion) Slate
***LANGUAGE
Misusing “Pretentious” Chronicle of Higher Ed
How many are in “a couple (of)” Chronicle of Higher Ed
***LITERATURE
Why Virginia Woolf remains one of literature's most alluring writers Telegraph
The second volume of John Ashbery’s collected poems is a tribute Economist
How to Spot a Communist Using Literary Criticism: A 1955 Manual from the U.S. Military Open Culture
“A Wrinkle in Time” Author Madeleine L’Engle on Self-Consciousness and the Wellspring of Creativity Brain Pickings
***GENDER
The Dangers of Keeping Women out of Tech Magzter
Southern Illinois University Athletics found non-compliant with Title IX regulations Daily Egyptian (student newspaper)
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
To attract more blacks and Hispanics to STEM, universities must address racial issues on campus Hechinger Report
Key facts about black immigrants in the U.S. Pew Research Center
When Dreamers and black colleges meet, American success stories are made The Hill
Should Students Be Expelled for Posting Racist Videos? Chronicle of Higher Ed
***FREE SPEECH
The End of Academe: Free Speech and the Silencing of Dissent (opinion) Chronicle of Higher Ed
Court rejects Pierce College’s attempt to dismiss lawsuit against its tiny ‘free speech zone’ The FIRE
It's the (Democracy-Poisoning) Golden Age of Free Speech Wired
***LEGAL ISSUES
Grumpy Cat wins $710,000 payout in copyright lawsuit BBC News
Song Publisher Agrees "We Shall Overcome" Is in Public Domain in Legal Settlement Hollywood Reporter
Even a Divided Congress Can Agree on Copyright Billboard
James Woods' Use of a Question Mark Helps Him Beat Defamation Lawsuit Over Tweet Hollywood Reporter
Actors’ union argues First Amendment protection isn't absolute and docudrama filmmakers have an obligation to "exercise caution" when depicting a living individual Hollywood Reporter
***BUSINESS
How bad decision making could undermine good innovation Tech Crunch
***RELIGION
Southern Baptist Convention added as defendant in Pressler lawsuit Baptist Press
Amid #MeToo, Evangelicals Grapple With Misconduct In Their Own Churches NPR
Rob Bell is the subject of a new documentary titled The Heretic Christian Today
Poll found 0% of Icelanders under 25 believe Bible creation story Digital Journal
Are White Evangelicals Sacrificing The Future In Search Of The Past? FiveThirtyEight
American religious groups vary widely in their views of abortion Pew Research Center
The share of Americans who leave Islam offset by Muslim converts Pew Research Center
How the Photographer of a Snake-Handling Pastor Handled the Bite That Killed Him Patheos
Across U.S., LGBTQ Christians try to change hearts and minds from the pews NBC News
***RELIGION AND POLITICS
The evangelical muscle of Trump (opinion) The Week
Editor in chief of Christianity Today: Falwell’s defense of Trump is “twisted” (opinion) Christianity Today
White House Bible study comes under fire Miami OK
In the wake of porn-star allegations, most evangelicals stand by Trump Washington Post
***ART & DESIGN
Watch how kids and pro artists draw differently based on eye tracking BongBong
Can Art Help People Develop Empathy? Daily Jstor
How Did Michelangelo Get So Good? Daily Jstor
***MUSIC
Why Vinyl Matters: Nick Hornby on Records, High Reverb News
Study: People Listen To Songs From Other Cultures And Guess: Lullaby, Dance Song, Love Song? NPR
After The Vinyl Revival, The Vinyl-Playing Jukebox Is Back NPR
Artificial Intelligence Writes a Piece in the Style of Bach: Can You Tell the Difference Between JS Bach and AI Bach? Open Culture
***RELATIONSHIPS
Her son came out. She called a gay bar for advice. The delightful convo went viral Upworthy
What Kind of Screen Time Parent Are You? Take This Quiz And Find Out NPR
***STUDENT MEDIA
This Student Newspaper Let A Nazi Sympathizer Write For Them BuzzFeed News
Students re-publish article about teacher's firing after school deleted it The Washington Post
***STUDENT LIFE
Millennials think they're bad at managing money, even when they're not Quartz
Study shows drop-off in religious interests of new college students Inside Higher Ed
Teen explorer makes sandwich for sexist trolls – and leaves it at the South Pole Metro
College student hunger: How access to food can impact grades, mental health Journalism Resources
China's millennials are triggering a luxury-goods market boom Quartz
Virginia University of Lynchburg panel draws little student feedback following fall semester protests News Advance
Temporarily reinstated, Christian University of Iowa student club glad to be back recruiting Iowa City Press-Citizen
Some 250 Ohio College Students End Sit-In Over Diversity on Campus US News
Report asserts that bundled textbooks cost students too much; publishers dispute findings Inside Higher E
Lesbians and bisexual girls are more likely to be suspended, expelled Journalism Resources
White Supremacist UCSD Student Disrupts Lecture The Triton
Will millennials kill Costco? Washington Post
***JOBS & INTERNSHIPS
Facebook is offering scholarships to journalism students CNET
Apply for NAHJ Facebook Journalism Project scholarship
These tools will save, highlight and share your best work Poynter
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
U. of Arizona Provost Steps Down After Suit Claims ‘Demeaning’ Treatment of Female Deans Chronicle of Higher Ed
Michigan State University fans wear teal in support of sexual abuse victims CBS News
***ACADEMIC LIFE
Former Feinberg Prof. discusses sexuality, academic freedom Daily Northwestern
***HEALTH
Livers for transplant can now be kept alive at body temperature Economist
9 out of 10 Dentists Recommend You Toss the Floss Study Breaks
An ER visit, a $12,000 bill — and a health insurer that wouldn’t pay Vox
Most Americans Can’t Afford A Minor Emergency Huffington Post
***SCIENCE
Sequencing the world: How to map the DNA of all known plants and animal species on Earth Economist
***PSYCHOLOGY
Staying Awake Is A Surprisingly Effective Way To Treat Depression Digg
***PHILOSOPHY
The problem with Ayn Rand? She isn't a philosopher Big Think
***PRODUCTIVITY
Time is a human invention that controls how we work Quartz
***RESEARCH
iPS research fraud points up challenges for research ethics (opinion) The Asahi Shimbun
Robust research needs many lines of evidence Nature
At Harvard, developing software to spot misused images in science Elsevier
Why are we continuing to allow paper journal formats to mangle our science? The Grumpy Geophysicist
Read the Shortest Academic Article Ever Written: “The Unsuccessful Self-Treatment of a Case of ‘Writer’s Block'” Open Culture
***HIGHER ED
Outlook for Higher Ed in 2018 Is Bleak, Ratings Agency Says Chronicle of Higher Ed
How College May Actually Limit Students’ Exposure to Different Religions Chronicle of Higher Ed
Who Has the Most Student Debt? The Wealthiest, a New Analysis Finds Chronicle of Higher Ed
Mizzou considers phasing out more than two dozen graduate programs St Louis Post-Dispatch
Moody Bible Spokane faculty starting new Christian college Spokesman
***TEACHING
The Benefits of Having Students Do It Wrong Chronicle of Higher Ed
Study finds students come up with many ideas in courses that meet midday Inside Higher Ed
Creating Your Own Attendance “App” with Google Forms Chronicle of Higher Ed
Risk aversion kills innovation
/The secret killer of innovation is shame. You can't measure it, but it is there. Every time someone holds back on a new idea, fails to give their manager must needed feedback, and is afraid to speak up in front of a client you can be sure that shame played a part. That deep fear we all have of being wrong, of being belittled and of feeling less than, is what stops us taking the very risks required to move our companies forward.
If you want a culture of creativity and innovation, where sensible risks are embraced on both a market and individual level, start by developing the ability of managers to cultivate an openness to vulnerability in their teams. And this, paradoxically perhaps, requires first that they are vulnerable themselves.
This notion that the leader needs to be “in charge” and to “know all the answers” is both dated and destructive. Its impact on others I the sense that they know less, and that they are less than. A recipe for risk aversion if ever I have heard it. Shame becomes fear. Fear leads to risk aversion . Risk aversion kills innovation.
Peter Sheaham
room in your heart
/Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart. Winnie The Pooh
speak when you are angry..
/Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret. - Ambrose Bierce
Gratitude and Self-Control
/Studies from my lab show that gratitude directly increases self-control.
Our research also shows that when we make people feel grateful, they’ll spend more time helping anyone who asks for assistance, they’ll make financial decisions that benefit partners equally (rather than ones that allow profit at a partner’s expense), and they’ll show loyalty to those who have helped them even at costs to themselves.
What these findings show is that pride, gratitude and compassion, whether we consciously realize it or not, reduce the human mind’s tendency to discount the value of the future. In so doing, they push us not only to cooperate with other people but also to help our own future selves. Feeling pride or compassion has been shown to increase perseverance on difficult tasks by over 30 percent. Likewise, gratitude and compassion have been tied to better academic performance, a greater willingness to exercise and eat healthily, and lower levels of consumerism, impulsivity and tobacco and alcohol use.
If using willpower causes stress, using these emotions actually heals: They slow heart rate, lower blood pressure and reduce feelings of anxiety and depression. By making us value the future more, they ease the way to patience and perseverance.
Perhaps most important, while these emotions enhance self-control, they also combat another problem of modern life: loneliness. From 1985 to 2004, the percentage of people who reported having at least one friend on whom they could rely and with whom they could discuss important matters dropped to 57 percent from 80 percent. Today, more than half of all Americans report feeling lonely, especially in their professional lives. But study after study has shown that those who are seen as grateful, warm and justifiably confident draw others to them. Because these emotions automatically make us less selfish, they help ensure we can form relationships with people who will be there to support us when we need it.
Cultivating the social emotions maximizes both our “résumé virtues” (those that underlie professional success) and our “eulogy virtues” (those for which we want to be remembered). In nudging the mind to be more patient and more selfless, they benefit everyone whom our decisions impact, including our own future selves. In short, they give us not only grit but also grace.
So as 2018 commences, take more time to cultivate these emotions. Reflect on what you’re grateful to have been given. Allow your mind to step into the shoes of those in need and feel for them. Take pride in the small achievements on the path to your goals.
David DeSteno writing in the New York Times