Computers are not inherent sources of distraction — they can in fact be powerful engines of focus — but latter-day versions have been designed to be, because attention is the substance which makes the whole consumer internet go.
Clay Shirky: Why I Just Asked My Students To Put Their Laptops Away
Globalisation of the week (read with an australian voice):
Is Aldi this way, mate?
Finally found a place where I like dogs: wine labels.
Traveling does not hurt, but it also does not heal.
Part of my goal in writing this article is to shine a bright light on the gender stereotypes hidden within the scientific language of biology. Exposed in such a light, I hope they will lose much of their power to harm us.