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Forget real or authentic- the real question of content & traffic on the web

This confusion is a feature of a fragmented internet, which can give the impression that two opposing phenomena are happening simultaneously: Popular content is being consumed at an astounding scale, yet popularity and even celebrity feel miniaturized, siloed. We live in a world where it’s easier than ever to be blissfully unaware of things that other people are consuming. It’s also easier than ever to assign outsize importance to information or trends that may feel popular but are actually contained.

Where Woman Work, a magazine

I learned about a new website today: Where Woman Work. The site is all about exploring employers and the work that woman do there.

I was hoping the site was all about the workspaces that women create. I’ve collected photos of people’s workspaces over the years, and long ago, I collected screenshots of people’s desktops. I remember the customized windows “skinning” days, to many different Linux desktop / window managers.

I’ve always been fascinated by the environment people create around them. Workspaces seem to subconsciously communicate things about people in a very true sense- the person is focused on work, with varying levels of vanity or self-awareness. https://pin.it/6aGy2Lx

Learning scientific studies through careful highlighting

From Andrew Bihl:

In my experience, much of learning technical information comes down to drawing categories and relationships. I’ve found while reading that by highlighting statements according to their purpose, I can more quickly understand the information being presented. It also helps me stay focused and see which statements I didn’t comprehend on first pass. I assign statements to one of five functions:

  • points

  • limitation

  • evidence

  • value

  • background

Via Hacker News

What will happen to America’s focus on decency?

quillette.com/2021/10/15/the-exhibitionist-economy

The twin sister research team of Pelin and Selin Kesebir arrived at similar conclusions by drawing on a large corpus of books. They found that rising American individualism had led to a decline in “general moral terms” including decency and conscience and a 74 percent decline in “virtue words” such as honesty, compassion, and patience.