incompatibility
/What counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are, but how you deal with incompatibility. Tolstoy
ideas that challenge / comfort / inspire
striving and struggling
/What man actually needs is not a tensionless state but rather the striving and struggling for some goal worthy of him. What he needs is not the discharge of tension at any cost, but the call of a potential meaning waiting to be fulfilled by him. -Victor Frankl
believe them
/When people show you who they are, believe them. -Maya Angelou
the details
/We think in generalities but live in detail. –Alfred North Whitehead
Articles of Interest - April 2, 2018
/***TECHNOLOGY
11 Tell-Tale Signs Your Accounts and Devices Have Been Hacked Field Guide
Technologies To Create Fake Audio And Video Are Quickly Evolving NPR
It's Time for an RSS Revival Wired
FCC approves SpaceX’s ambitious satellite internet plans The Verge
Can A Computer Predict The Pattern Of Your Life Based On The Past? NPR
Microsoft is launching a huge reorganization to focus on AI and the cloud MIT Technology Review
Meet The Companies Behind Facial Recognition Technology NPR
***SOCIAL MEDIA
How To Download Your Facebook Data and What To Look For in It Wired
Top Facebook Executive Defended Data Collection In 2016 Memo — And Warned That Facebook Could Get People Killed BuzzFeed News
Mark Zuckerberg on Facebook’s hardest year, and what comes next Vox
Snapchat May Risk Connecting Apps, Despite Facebook Uproar Tech News World
***PHONE ADDICTION
You Know Who's Really Addicted to Their Phones? The Olds. WIRED
The psychological design tricks websites like Facebook and Amazon use to keep you addicted Quartz
***PRIVACY
Apple CEO criticizes Facebook amid privacy scandal (video) MSNBC
How a data mining giant got me wrong Reuters
The Facebook Privacy Setting That Doesn’t Do Anything at All Wired
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
How digital advertising became a total mess Axios
Radio's Big Challenge: Finding Its Way Forward In This New Digital World Forbes
What Makes a Great Magazine Editor? Business of Fashion
Technology has upended the world’s advertising giants Economist
***BIG DATA & AI
New tools that have begun to automate how data is prepared for analytics Inside Big Data
Should businesses be treating data like dangerous chemicals? Information Age
Helping CEOs make sense of the machine learning buzz words—a cheat sheet of definitions Chief Executive
Three examples of machine learning in the newsroom Medium
Google's G Suite activity dashboard for Google Docs/Sheets/Slides gives insight on who has viewed the document and when Tech Republic
***JOURNALISM
Tweets are the new vox populi Columbia Journalism Review
From journalism class, tragedy — and a new course Poynter
Facebook discusses accreditation of Journalists Columbia Journalism Review
Inside The Seattle Times’ newsletter strategy Lenfest Institute
5 Reasons to Go Mobile First with Vertical Video Video Strategist
News publishers are tracking plenty of data, too. Here's how to see what yours is looking at Poynter
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
Sinclair Broadcast Group Slammed for Video Montage of Local Anchors Reading Anti-Media Script Hollywood Reporter
John Oliver Goes Off on Sinclair, Calls News Anchors ‘Members of a Brainwashed Cult’ The Daily Beast
Tampa Bay Times to be sold to GateHouse Media in $79M deal Florida Politics
Russian bots are rallying behind embattled Fox News host Laura Ingraham as advertisers dump her show Business Insider
7 Reasons Why News Startups Fail PBS Media Shift
***FAKE NEWS
The First Prank Calls Were Surprisingly Morbid Atlas Obscura
Why ‘Media Literacy’ Doesn’t Stand a Chance Chronicle of Higher Education
Fake News, Fake Porn, and AI Media Ethics Initiative
The fight against digital disinformation gets $10 million from the Hewlett Foundation Nieman Journalism Lab
She's an expert at spotting fake news: This is what she wants you to know Upworthy
Fake News, The Good Kind: No Joking (Okay, Some Joking) Media Post
The real problem with Sinclair’s ‘fake’ news script (opinion) Washington Post
***PERSONAL GROWTH
A Giant Source of Distraction: Just taking photos in general was enough to decrease scores on a memory test Becoming (my blog)
Why the ‘5 Second Rule’ Will Destroy Your Procrastination, According to Science Medium
***GRAMMAR
The rules of written English no longer apply to millennials on social media Mashable
***WRITING & READING
Why The Number Of Independent Bookstores Increased During The 'Retail Apocalypse' NPR
Grab Readers' Attention With These 13 Headline Writing Tips Forbes
***LANGUAGE
Language is the last frontier for Hollywood film-makers Economist
Do the words “Americans like me” separate people or join them? Chronicle of Higher Education
Most Hispanic parents speak Spanish to their children, but this is less the case in later immigrant generations Pew Research
How the French Are Celebrating Their Language Chronicle of Higher Education
***LITERATURE
Are You There God?' book redesign has Judy Blume fans in an uproar NBC’s Today Show
How a centuries old publishing house is making its mark on the digital CNBC age
The 1,700+ Words Invented by Shakespeare* Open Culture
'World Make Way': New Poems Paint Classic Pictures NPR
Patti Smith’s 40 Favorite Books Open Culture
In Children’s Books, How Much Reality is Too Much? Daily Jstor
***GENDER
The lives and deaths of transgender Latin Americans Economist
12 Stories Of Mansplaining That Will Make You Say "Man, The Things Women Have To Put Up With!" BuzzFeed News
India’s gender gap is closing in some respects, but remains vast Economist
American names that have become less gendered since 1920 The Atlantic
Student uses big data to examine global digital gender gap Phys.org
The Very Male Trump Administration The Atlantic
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
The Whitesplaining of History Is Over Chronicle of Higher Education
Police investigating racist email sent to students and staff at Colorado College KKTV
***LEGAL ISSUES
Password Sharing Is a Federal Crime, Appeals Court Rules MotherBoard
Immigration Courts (video) John Oliver
Copyright and Online Journalism: What’s Going On In New York? Electronic Frontier Foundation
Is it legal For Cops To Open iPhones With Dead People's Fingerprints Forbes
Judge Refuses to Dismiss Copyright Lawsuit Over LeBron James Tattoo in 'NBA 2K' Hollywood Reporter
Realistic Docudramas Don’t Violate California Publicity Rights–deHavilland v. FX Technology & Marketing Law Blog
***RELIGION
The Bible College hazing Experience: Jesus Camp & Suicide Hospital Stay (video)
Losing their religion: The number of ex-Muslims in America is rising Economist
Ice cream chain being boycotted for its 'totally offensive' Christianity-inspired name SF Gate
Evangelical Support for Trump & a New book on Pope Francis (video) MSNBC
Snoop Dogg answers haters of his new Gospel album: 'I thought Church was supposed to welcome sinners' Christian Today
Conservative Christian Singer Loses Costa Rica Presidential Race Christianity Today
At Easter, God didn’t give us the Messiah we wanted but the one we needed (Phillip Yancey) Washington Post
NPR Catches Hell Over Easter Mistake NPR
Supreme Court declines appeal over cross in Grand Haven Mlive
***RELIGIOUS & TV/FILM
Box Office: Henson And Perry's 'Acrimony' Opens To $17M, 'Gods Not Dead' Dies Forbes
People Are Saying This Christian Surfing Movie Is the Next 'The Room' Vice
NBC's 'Jesus Christ Superstar Live' shouldn't have worked. Here's why it did LA Times
***RELIGIOUS LEADERS IN TROUBLE
Houston megachurch pastor and spiritual adviser to President George W. Bush indicted ‑ Feds say he sold millions in worthless bonds Washington Post
Southern Baptist Leader Resigns over ‘Morally Inappropriate Relationship’ Christianity Today
New revelations about alleged sex cult leader accused of branding women CBS News
Bill Hybels Accused of Sexual Misconduct by Former Willow Creek Leaders Christianity Today
***RELIGION IN CHINA
As China tightens rules on religion, unregistered churches wince Economist
'This Is Making a Lot of Christians in China Very Nervous' The Atlantic
Baptist University students’ new suspensions called a warning to those opposing school policies South China Morning Post
***ART, DESIGN, & DATA VIZ
This map shows every inch of snow that fell on the lower 48 this year Washington Post
A Visualization as to what Daylight saving time would be like all year Tamp Bay Times
Visualizing Outliers Flowing Data
***MUSIC
Behold the MusicMap: The Ultimate Interactive Genealogy of Music Created Between 1870 and 2016 Open Culture
***FILM
Three faith-based movies are in theaters during Easter. How this Christian film critic assesses them LA Times
Martin Scorsese Create a List of 38 Essential Films About American Democracy Open Culture
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
College Volleyball Coach Accused of Body Shaming Courthouse News
***SOCIAL ISSUES
Do immigrants lead to crime? A recent study says no The Marshall Project
***BUSINESS
10 Years After: How the world has changed since the 2008 financial crisis in Graphs Wall Street Journal
The Two Traits of the Best Problem-Solving Teams Harvard Business Review
***HEALTH
What Are Screens Doing to Our Eyes—And Our Ability to See? WIRED
Here’s how an overdose shuts down your body: A Data Visualization Science News
One of Asia’s poorest countries is making huge progress against a persistent health scourge Economist
New 'organ' Discovered? EurekAlert! Science News
New Study: It doesn’t matter if you get your daily exercise all at once or in two minute breaks New York Times
Why Some Americans Are Risking It and Skipping Health Insurance Bloomberg
***FAMILIES & RELATIONSHIPS
One in three families can’t afford diapers. Why are they so expensive? Tampa Bay Times
How parents' arguments really affect their children BBC
What Happens When You Track Your Boyfriend on Strava WIRED
***SCIENCE
Are research papers less accurate and truthful than in the past? Economist
How (and Whether) to Teach Undergraduates About the Replication Crisis in Psychological Science Sage Journals
Keeping science honest Science Mag
***PSYCHOLOGY
Judges and examiners get laxer with practice Economist
How (and Whether) to Teach Undergraduates About the Replication Crisis in Psychological Science Sage Publishing
How and where growing numbers of Americans are taking their own lives Economist
***NEUROSCIENCE
'The Neuroscientist Who Lost Her Mind' Tells How A Brain Doctor Coped With Cancer NPR
***PHILOSOPHY
Marco Rubio admits he was wrong…about philosophy Quartz
***HISTORY
FBI investigated early LGBT organization for alleged Communist ties MuckRock
***ETHICS
Doctor-assisted suicide close to becoming law in Hawaii Associated Press
***RESEARCH
What is the impact of retractions in science? Elephant in the Lab
Congress Will Finally Make Its Research Reports Public Electronic Frontier Foundation
For Watchdog Scientists, Using Software to Fight Dubious Cancer Research Undark
***HIGHER ED
Regulations that the Dept of Ed may Change Politico
Trump in Ohio: ‘I don’t know what that means, a community college’ Boston Globe
Donald Trump Doesn't Understand what a Community College is The Atlantic
Most Colleges At Risk Of Phishing, Study Finds Media Post
***HIGHER ED FINANCES
For small, private colleges, fewer students means more worries Boston Globe
Michigan State spent $500K in January to monitor social media accounts of Nassar victims, others Lansing State Journal
Credit-rating agency Gives an upgrade to Final Four Team Loyola-Chicago The Bond Buyer
Howard University employees fired following investigation into stolen financial aid CNBC
***HIGHER ED & THE COURTS
California’s highest court ruled last week that a student who had been stabbed at UCLA could sue the university for negligence Chronicle of Higher Education
Grad students sue Colorado State University for skipping accreditation Business Den
***CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
Study finds Christian colleges and universities add $60 billion each year to national economy Chicago Tribune
Largest Christian university opens 'sophisticated' gun range for students Fox News
**CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS & LGBT ISSUES
Christian Colleges That Oppose LGBT Rights Worried About Losing Funding Under Title VII NPR
Christian Colleges Are Tangled In Their Own LGBT Policies NPR
Christian Colleges Increasingly Facing Division over LGBT Issues Christian Headlines
***TEACHING
The benefits to faculty members of working to make their course materials more accessible Chronicle of Higher Education
Accessibility, Audio Texts, and the Persistence of Print Chronicle of Higher Education
How to Help Young People (and Adults) Unplug and Engage (video) Chronicle of Higher Ed
***STUDENT MEDIA
Washington Becomes the 14th state to extend free speech protections to student journalists Renton Reporter
***STUDENT LIFE
The Very Unnerving Existence of Teen Boss, a Magazine for Girls New Yorker
Eastern Michigan students walk out in protest of athletics, staff cuts Mlive
Investigation After Utah Student’s Death Finds Serious Issues Within Physics and Astronomy Department Daily Utah Chronicle
***ACADEMIC LIFE
Tenured professors at Kentucky's public colleges could be fired thanks to a new provision in the state’s budget bill Courier-Journal
University Paid Researcher $50,000 Believing He Was Working From Home. He Was Dead TIME
Hobart and William Smith Colleges Investigates Claims That Its President Plagiarized Dissertation Chronicle of Higher Education
Plagiarism: A Hidden Problem in Academic Medicine Council on Communications and Media Blog
Who’s Reading Your Email? Inside Higher Ed
A Giant Source of Distraction
/In study published in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.. a few hundred participants took a self-guided tour through the Stanford Memorial Church. On the tour, the participants were supposed to take note of details like “the cruciform shape of the church” and make sure they checked out the bronze angels that “greet you from the massive entry doors.”
Some of these participants had iPods equipped with cameras and were instructed to take photos (either to print out later or to post on Facebook). Other participants went in empty-handed.
A week after the tour, the participants were given a surprise quiz, with questions about details they should have learned on the tour. In one arm of the study, those without a camera got around 7 out of 10 questions right. Those who had a camera scored closer to 6. That’s like going from a C to a D, a small but significant difference.
“Just taking photos in general was enough to decrease scores on a memory test,” says Emma Templeton, a Dartmouth psychological researcher who was a co-author of the study.
Why? The simple answer is that the camera is a distraction. “It could just be that we’re using these devices, distracting ourselves from the experience, and because of that distraction, we don’t remember the thing we’re supposed to be paying attention to,” says Templeton.
And because of the ubiquity of smartphones, “we’ve just inserted into our daily lives potentially a giant source of distraction.
Brian Resnick writing in Vox
the life that is waiting for us
/We must be willing to get rid of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.
-Joseph Campbell
Strengthen your Alliances
/The best way to engage with new people is not by cold calling or by "networking" with strangers at cocktail parties, but by working with the people you already know. Of the many types of professional relationships, among the most important are your close allies. Most professionals maintain five to 10 active alliances. What makes a relationship an alliance? First, an ally is someone you consult regularly for advice. Second, you proactively share and collaborate on opportunities together. You keep your antennae attuned to an ally's interests, and when it makes sense to pursue something jointly, you do. Third, you talk up an ally. You promote his or her brand. Finally, when an ally runs into conflict, you defend him and stand up for his reputation, and he does the same for you. An alliance is always an exchange, but not a transactional one. A transactional relationship is when your accountant files your tax returns and you pay him for his time.
An alliance is when a co-worker needs last-minute help on Sunday night preparing for a Monday morning presentation, and even though you're busy, you agree to go over to his house and help.
Reid Hoffman, The Start-Up of You
the clock and the calendar
/We must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact that each moment of life is a miracle and mystery. - H. G. Wells
How to justify revoking a person's status as a human worthy of dignity
/The “No one to blame but themselves” rule “implies that once someone breaks a rule, you can do whatever you want to them and you cannot be blamed. We need that one mortal sin which will let us revoke a person's status as a human worthy of dignity, respect, empathy or anything else.” -David Wong
Articles of Interest - March 26
/***TECHNOLOGY
12 Things Everyone Should Understand About Tech LinkedIn
***JOURNALISM
L.A. County has repeatedly violated state open records laws, L.A. Times lawsuit alleges LA Times
Snopes has its site back. But the legal battle over its ownership will drag on for months Poynter
The best practices for interviewing children Columbia Journalism Review
How to Build a Digital Newsroom with Developers and Journalists Working Together PBS Media Shift
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
Local news isn’t dying out: It’s being killed off by corporate greed Salon
***FAKE NEWS
Google News Initiative will fight fake news with new subscription, security features Mashable
Can “Extreme Transparency” Fight Fake News and Create More Trust With Readers? Harvard’s Nieman Lab
Can AI solve the internet's fake news problem? A fact-checker investigates Popsci
Fill in the blanks: What’s still missing from the study of fake news? (A whole lot) Harvard’s Nieman Lab
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
Is tech finally killing radio? Don’t let iHeart’s bleeding fool you Digital Trends
***BIG DATA & AI
Applying analytics/data mining/machine learning to the semiconductor design and manufacturing Semi-Engineering
How do the different machine learning platforms stack up from a performance perspective Datamai
***SOCIAL MEDIA
Emoji are being used as evidence in court—and people are confused Daily Dot
Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica Debacle: Why This Data-Privacy Storm Is Different, And What’s Next Variety
How To Change Your Facebook Settings To Opt Out of Platform API Sharing Electronic Frontier Foundation
Facebook’s New Data Restrictions Will Handcuff Even Honest Researchers WIRED
Former Facebook Insider Says Company Cannot Be Trusted To Regulate Itself NPR
The Best Alternative For Every Facebook Feature WIRED
Facebook Admits It May Collect Data About Your Calls and Text Messages. Here’s How to Turn It Off TIME
***MOBILE
Desktop dies on weekends Axios
***PERSONAL GROWTH
The green fig tree Becoming (my blog)
What People Find Most Charming About You, Based On Your Myers-Briggs Type Bustle
***GRAMMAR
‘Elected to lead, not to proofread’: Typos, spelling mistakes are commonplace in Trump’s White House The Washington Post
***WRITING & READING
Who doesn’t read books in America? Pew Research
***LANGUAGE
The phrase “useful idiot” seems to be everywhere Chronicle of Higher Ed
***LITERATURE
Readings of Maya Angelou’s poems inspire gathering at Providence’s First Baptist Church in America Providence Journal
***GENDER
Women’s-Studies Students Across the Nation Are Editing Wikipedia The Chronicle of Higher Education
A feminist glossary because we didn't all major in gender studies USA Today
Female presidents now in the majority at Cal State LA Times
Parents protested a 'pornographic' assignment. Now Billings schools may change how teachers pick outside materials Billings Gazette
More States Move To End 'Tampon Tax' That's Seen As Discriminating Against Women NPR
Asexuality is still hugely misunderstood. TV is slowly changing that Vox
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
“Implicit bias” tests help people feel morally superior, even when their results show bias Quartz
What's the Difference Between a Frat and a Gang? The Atlantic
Sympathy for white Austin bomber stirs debate about race PBS
Alaska’s Unique Civil Rights Struggle Daily Jstor
***FREE SPEECH
First Amendment Free Food Festival: Students sign away their First Amendment rights in exchange for a free meal The Times-News
Are liberal college students creating a free speech crisis? Not according to data NBC News
***LEGAL ISSUES
"Blurred Lines" Verdict Upheld by Appeals Court in Win for Marvin Gaye Family Hollywood Reporter
Section 230: A Key Legal Shield For Facebook, Google Is About To NPR
Justices Skeptical About California Law Being Challenged By Anti-Abortion Clinics NPR
Advertising in a Digital Age: The Do's and Don’ts of Attorney Websites Law.com
***RELIGION
Memphis megachurch pastor resigns following sexual abuse investigation USA Today
Hollywood's big bet on Christian movies The Week
Pope backs tattoos as they can help priests connect with the 'culture of the young' Telegraph
Brainwashing May Sound Like Fiction, But This Is How It Works In Real Life Digg
How evangelicals became an anxious minority seeking political protection The Atlantic
Animated Map Shows How the Five Major Religions Spread Across the World (video)
After years of inquiries, Willow Creek pastor denies misconduct allegations Chicago Tribune
The ‘Father Of Christian Rock’ Larry Norman’s Battles With Evangelicalism WAMU
***ART & DESIGN
Netflix created their own font, and it’s going to save the company millions Ad Week
The Crazy Stories Behind 6 Of The World’s Rarest Colors Co.Design
Logical Fallacies In Design Critiques Prototypr
***MUSIC
CDs and vinyl are more popular than digital downloads once again The Verge
The music business had its second year in a row of big-time growth, thanks to streaming Recode
***FILM
***STUDENT MEDIA
Washington New Voices bill officially signed into law, becoming 14th state to protect rights of student journalists Student Press Law Center
Study Abroad Student Who Claims $7K Lost in JFK Bag Fiasco Gets Back Single Boot, Bikini Top NBC New York
Student Newspaper Retraction for Plagiarism Observer
***JOBS & INTERNSHIPS
How to design a career you want Millie Tran
How to Negotiate…When You’re Already Getting That Promotion Girl Boss
This Is What An A+ LinkedIn Summary Looks Like Girl Boss
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
Ex-student suing Univ. of Illinois over dismissal based on sex-assault allegations News-Gazette
Rape victim accuses Cerritos College leaders of negligence Press Telegram
Predictive Analytics and the War on Human Trafficking Enterprise Tech
Dean of Students Jokes About Sexual Assault Inside Higher Ed
***HEALTH
American Adults Just Keep Getting Fatter New York Times
Paper used to support WHO guidelines on preventing infections “has no scientific validity” Retraction Watch
***FAMILY
Some Simple Advice For Figuring Out How Much Screen Time To Give Your Child Digg
***SCIENCE
***PSYCHOLOGY
Brainwashing May Sound Like Fiction, But This Is How It Works In Real Life Digg
The Noisy Fallacies of Psychographic Targeting WIRED
***PHILOSOPHY
I and Thou: Philosopher Martin Buber on the Art of Relationship and What Makes Us Real to One Another Brain Pickings
Philosophy for Beginners: A Free Introductory Course from Oxford University Open Culture
***SOCIAL ISSUES
As Pedestrian Deaths Spike, Scientists Scramble for Answers WIRED
***ETHICS
Cambridge Analytica Scandal Raises New Ethical Questions About Microtargeting NPR
***RESEARCH
The domination of English-language journal publishing is hurting scholarship in many countries (opinion) Inside Higher Ed
Is fake peer review today's leading cause of retractions? Publons
On ‘lower impact’ publishing – it’s better than you might think Occam’s Typewriter
***HIGHER ED
Chinese Companies Are Buying Up Cash-Strapped U.S. Colleges Bloomberg
Schools are moving toward a model of continuous, lifelong learning in order to meet the needs of today’s economy The Atlantic
Machine Learning, Big Data and the Future of Higher Ed Inside Higher Ed
More poor students are going to college than in the past. And yet the number who graduate is falling even further behind New York Times
Washington College fires its president following harassment of faculty members The News Tribune
***HUMANITIES & STEM
A University of Wisconsin campus pushes plan to drop 13 majors — including English, art, history, sociology, philosophy, French, German and Spanish The Washington Post
UW-Stevens Point students occupy administration buildings in "Save Our Majors" Protest Stevens Point Journal
***STUDENT LIFE
University of Alabama expels student after video of racial slurs ALcom
University police surveil student social media in attempt to make campus safer The FIRE
Looking for ways for students to do more self-assessment of their work Chronicle of Higher Ed
The green fig tree
/I saw my life branching out before me like the green fig tree in the story. From the tip of every branch, like a fat purple fig, a wonderful future beckoned and winked. One fig was a husband and a happy home and children, and another fig was a famous poet and another fig was a brilliant professor, and another fig was Ee Gee, the amazing editor, and another fig was Europe and Africa and South America, and another fig was Constantin and Socrates and Attila and a pack of other lovers with queer names and offbeat professions, and another fig was an Olympic lady crew champion, and beyond and above these figs were many more figs I couldn't quite make out.
I saw myself sitting in the crotch of this fig tree, starving to death, just because I couldn't make up my mind which of the figs I would choose. I wanted each and every one of them, but choosing one meant losing all the rest, and, as I sat there, unable to decide, the figs began to wrinkle and go black, and, one by one, they plopped to the ground at my feet.
Sylvia Plath, The Bell Jar
The Author knows
/We keep on assuming that we know the play. We do not even know whether we are in Act I or Act V. We do not know who are the major and who the minor characters. The Author knows. – CS Lewis
The Shackles of Convenience
/In the developed nations of the 21st century, convenience — that is, more efficient and easier ways of doing personal tasks — has emerged as perhaps the most powerful force shaping our individual lives and our economies. This is particularly true in America, where, despite all the paeans to freedom and individuality, one sometimes wonders whether convenience is in fact the supreme value.
We need to consciously embrace the inconvenient — not always, but more of the time. Nowadays individuality has come to reside in making at least some inconvenient choices. You need not churn your own butter or hunt your own meat, but if you want to be someone, you cannot allow convenience to be the value that transcends all others. Struggle is not always a problem. Sometimes struggle is a solution. It can be the solution to the question of who you are.
Tim Wu writing in The New York Times
judging ourselves
/We judge ourselves by our intentions and others by their behavior. -Stephen Covey
The multitude Books is a great evil!
/Flash back to the year 1455. German Johannes Gutenberg prints his first book, the Latin Vulgate Bible. As Gutenberg’s press reaches across Europe, the Bible is translated into local languages. Poorly-produced copies of the Bible and mediocre literature soon thrive, leading to claims that the printing press must be controlled to avoid chaos and loss of intellectual life. Martin Luther complains, “The multitude of books is a great evil. There is no measure of limit to this fever for writing.”
Comparisons are being made between the effects of the printing press to the advent of the internet.
Stephen Goforth
enough religion
/We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another. .-Jonathan Swift
Articles of Interest - March 19
/***FAKE NEWS
A Game That Lets you Make Your own Fake News NPR
YouTube Will Link Directly to Wikipedia to Fight Conspiracy Theories Wired
A guide to anti-misinformation actions around the world Poynter
Susan Wojcicki on YouTube's Fight Against Misinformation Wired
Facebook Announces Plan To Combat Fake News Stories By Making Them Actually Happen The Onion
How governments are trying to fight misinformation Poynter
DC councilman apologizes for promoting conspiracy theory that weather is controlled by Jews The Hill
5 takeaways from First Draft’s identifying misinformation course Journalist’s Resources
***MOBILE
Eight things your phone's camera can do—other than snapping selfies PopSci
Clicking is dead; long live scrolling RTDNA
***PRODUCING MEDIA
Nearly one-in-five Americans now listen to audiobooks Pew Research
How to Write a Clear Video Production Brief Video Strategist
How to make your product photography shine Tech Republic
***INTERNET
Why Wikipedia Works New York Magazine
Roughly one in four Americans is online ‘constantly’ Recode
The Best Time of Day to Send Email Life Hacker
***SOCIAL MEDIA
WeChat Exceeds a Billion Users Fox Business News
Five ways social media can be good for teens Washington Post
There's a Healthier Way to Consume Your Media How Stuff Works
50 million Facebook profiles harvested for Cambridge Analytica in major data breach The Guardian
How to see all the weird apps that can access your data on Facebook Mashable
How Facebook likes could profile voters for manipulation Associated Press
Cambridge Analytica: Warrant sought to inspect company BBC
Is Your Data Safe on Facebook? Not Really CNN
How to Turn Off Apps in Facebook That May See your Personal Data USA Today
***TECHNOLOGY
Microsoft starts testing voice dictation in latest Office apps Zdnet
Hooked on Hardware? Tech Giants Face Tough Questions Over Device Addiction Variety
VR is still a novelty, but Google’s light-field technology could make it serious art MIT Technology Review
Google is opening up Maps so game developers can create the next Pokémon Go The Verge
FBI releases catalog of Nikola Tesla’s writings seized after his death MuckRock
***PRIVACY
Critics Concerned About Privacy Issues As Biometric Scanning Increases NPR
The latest Cambridge Analytica scandal shows it may be too late to stop them The Atlantic
***JOURNALISM
Welcome to Newscycle: The World’s Most Exhausting Cycling Workout McSweeneys
Shep Smith Has the Hardest Job on Fox News TIME
New EU regulations will have serious implications for newsrooms worldwide Columbia Journalism Review
Layoffs Hit 'Chicago Tribune' Newsroom NPR
Why off-the-record is a trap reporters should avoid Poynter
See bottom of article for one of the most-memorable correction notes New York Times
Q&A with Lisa Tozzi of BuzzFeed News The Editor's Desk
New 'dialogue journalism' project will immerse itself in gun debate Poynter
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
How Digital News Startups Choose Between For-Profit and Non-Profit Status PBS Media Shift
Is this strip-mining or journalism? ‘Sobs, gasps, expletives’ over latest Denver Post layoffs Washington Post
***TEACHING JOURNALISM
Rise of ‘fake news’ producing more journalism majors Market Watch
***BIG DATA & AI
Tech's Next Big Wave: Big Data Meets Biology Fortune
Deep learning algorithms about to descend from the clouds and get into your gadgets Spectrum
***PERSONAL GROWTH
The I’m-not-biased bias Becoming (my blog)
We Asked Experts How to Let Go of Grudges Vice
The person who’s best at lying to you is you Quartz
What Do Personality Quizzes Really Tell You? Daily Jstor
Some people with A.D.H.D. may be naturally suited to our turbocharged world New York Times
***TEACHING
‘How Much Do You Want Your Final to Count?’ Chronicle of Higher Ed
How Technology Can Equalize Learning Differences Chronicle of Higher Ed
Rethinking Laptop Bans (AGAIN) and Note Taking Chronicle of Higher Ed
***WRITING & READING
Why Reading Books Should be Your Priority, According to Science Inc.
How a professional book aficionado packs reading for a trip. Yes, there's strategy Chicago Tribune
How do you talk about gender when the words ‘simply don’t exist’ in your language? PRI
***SOCIAL ISSUES
The Destructive Dynamics of Political Tribalism New York Times
80 percent of mass shooters showed no interest in video games, researcher says CBS News
***LANGUAGE
Asian-American Author Explains The Beautiful Struggle Behind ‘Chinglish’ Huffington Post
Language is the last frontier for Hollywood film-makers Economist
***LITERATURE
A John Oliver spoof of the Pence family’s new children’s book is an instant Amazon bestseller Quartz
Harper Lee's Estate Sues Aaron Sorkin Over 'To Kill A Mockingbird' Broadway Adaptation NPR
Madeleine L’Engle’s granddaughter helps explain how a strange error had gone uncorrected over innumerable printings of ‘A Wrinkle in Time’ The Daily Beast
America's Most Widely Misread Literary Work The Atlantic
***GENDER
Women Lose Out to Men Even Before They Graduate From College Bloomberg
How do you talk about gender when the words ‘simply don’t exist’ in your language? PRI
A State-By-State Guide To The Top Women's History Landmarks In America Forbes
***RACE & ETHNICITY ISSUES
Extensive Data Shows Punishing Reach of Racism for Black Boys New York Times
1963 Loyola Ramblers remembered for NCAA championship and inspiring social change Chicago Tribune
***FREE SPEECH
ACLU sues Georgia city over sign ban; city reverses decision AP News
Arizona State University on-campus event will continue despite lawsuit KTAR
The Campus Free Speech Crisis is a Myth (opinion) Washington Post
Some Pundits Say There's No Campus Free Speech 'Crisis.' Here's Why They're Wrong Reason
***LEGAL ISSUES
Electronics-recycling innovator faces prison for trying to extend computers' lives LA Times
School district charges Newspaper $500 for public records—to pay the attorney who had to review them first Magnolia Sate
Charlottesville witness files defamation suit against InfoWars and other far-right figures CNN
***RELIGION
A Quiet Exodus: Why Black Worshipers Are Leaving White Evangelical Churches New York Times
Film Review: This story of Christian band MercyMe's breakout song ‘I Can Only Imagine’ Variety
***RELIGION AND POLITICS
After Alignment With Trump, Some Evangelicals Are Questioning Movement's Leaders NPR
The Governor Of Mississippi Just Signed The Most Restrictive Abortion Law In The Country BuzzFeed News
***HISTORY
The Passionate Photo Colorizers Who Are Humanizing the Past Atlas Obscura
***ART & DESIGN
Beautifully Designed Map Shows the Literal Translations of Country Names Open Culture
Linda Nochlin on “Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists” Daily Jstor
How AI and machine learning are changing the arts Venture Beat
***MUSIC
How the rise of voice activation devices is changing the music industry and adland The Music Network
SXSW: Music Journalism Panel Illuminates Streaming’s Impact on Editorial Decisions Variety
***VIDEO GAMES
A treasure trove of handheld video games from the '80s added to the Internet Archive Mashable
Someone is making a multiplayer trash robot you steer through an actual river The Verge
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
Radio giant iHeartMedia files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, its apps and events play on USA Today
***STUDENT LIFE
How Millennials today compare with their grandparents 50 years ago Pew Research
Students at Marshall University, in West Virginia, are using dating apps to solicit votes in student-government elections Marshall Parthenon
All the Insane Ways Millennials Handle Their Snail Mail MEL Magazine
Teens Get ‘Corporal Punishment’ in Rural Arkansas for joining the nationwide student walkout against gun violence The Daily Beast
***JOBS
Candidacies Killed by a Typo Chronicle of Higher Ed
***SEXUAL HARASSMENT & ASSAULT
Campus rape victims often find more justice in college than in court The Guardian
Congress demands Pentagon, DOJ investigate child sex assault Associated Press
Education Dept. Stops Providing Details on Resolved Title IX Cases Chronicle of Higher Ed
Rutgers professor, 75, accused of sexually harassing 29-year-old student NewJersey.com
***ACADEMIC LIFE
The Professor Is In: The Ethics of Backing Out Chronicle of Higher Ed
At California’s top public universities, why a dearth of Latino professors matters Cal Matters
How Not to Be an Academic Snob Out Chronicle of Higher Ed
Inequality in Academic Disciplines Inside Higher Ed
***BUSINESS
How to Motivate Your Employees: Give Them Compliments and Pizza The Cut
Google makes push to turn product searches into cash Reuters
***ENVIRONMENT
The patterns of migratory birds in an Amazing Visualization National Geographic
Using hair, makeup and skincare to make Cape Town’s water crisis relatable for Americans Glamour
***HEALTH
AI can spot signs of Alzheimer’s before your family does MIT Tech Review
Americans are exercising more, but the obesity rate is growing The Atlas
A New Documentary About Adults On Adderall — And Not Just For ADHD NPR
Tech's Next Big Wave: Big Data Meets Biology Fortune
Many common drugs, not just antibiotics, may kill off gut microbes State News
***FAMILY
How Missouri is the nation’s leader in child marriages Kansas City Star
There is such a thing as the favorite child Fatherly
Babies Think Logically Before They Can Talk Scientific American
***SCIENCE
Is science really facing a reproducibility crisis, and do we need it to? (opinion) Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
5 Ways to Defend Science in 2018 TIME
***PSYCHOLOGY
There’s an Upside to Being Sad and Lonely: A Talent for Reading People Mental Floss
A history of loneliness The Conversation
A Neuroscientist Explains: psychology's replication crisis – podcast The Guardian
***RESEARCH
The Augmented Researcher: What Does 2018 Hold for AI in Publishing? RD Mag
Statistical errors may taint as many as half of mouse studies Spectrum
Preprints and Citations: Should Non-Peer Reviewed Material Be Included in Article References? The Scholarly Kitchen
A famed archaeologist faked several of his ancient findings and may have run a "forger's workshop" Live Science
Peer Review Fails to Prevent Publication of Paper with Unsupported Claims About Peer Review Scholarly Kitchen
The I’m-not-biased bias
/People outperformed their friends at predicting how anxious they’d look and sound when giving a speech about how they felt about their bodies. But they did no better than their friends (or than strangers who had met them just eight minutes earlier) at forecasting how assertive they’d be in a group discussion. And when they tried to predict their performance on an IQ test and a creativity test, they were less accurate than their friends.
People know themselves best on the traits that are tough to observe and easy to admit. Emotional stability is an internal state, so your friends don’t see it as vividly as you do. With the most evaluative traits, you just can’t be trusted. You probably want to convince everyone—and yourself—that you’re smart and creative.
This is why people consistently overestimate their intelligence, a pattern that seems to be more pronounced among men than women. It’s also why people overestimate their generosity: It’s a desirable trait. And it’s why people fall victim to my new favorite bias: the I’m-not-biased bias, where people tend to believe they have fewer biases than the average American.
Adam Grant writing in the Atlantic
the chains we wear
/We forge the chains we wear in life. - Charles Dickens