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10 Charts That Capture How the World Is Changing
A 2015 Pew Research study reported that younger users of mobile phones “stand out prominently when it comes to using their phones for two purposes in particular: avoiding boredom, and avoiding people around them.” Aaron Smith, “U.S. Smartphone Use in 2015,” Pew Research Center for Internet, Science, and Technology, April 1, 2015,
Sherry Turkle • Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age
1) Social Connections: ocial acceptance and improved digital experiences will usher a new wave of growth in friendly hangouts (House Party), shared screens (Squad), asynchronous catchups (Marco Polo), or finding love (Bumble).
JJ Oslund • The “Verticalization” of Zoom
The stock market is at record highs and life expectancy in the U.S. is decreasing. In the richest nation in the richest time in human history, 43% of Americans can’t pay their bills. Many of our most significant societal problems are also, not coincidentally, extremely profitable industries (fossil fuels, junk food, prescription drugs, and for-prof... See more
Yancey Strickler • Page Not Found – Collab Fund
In fact, if you look at the entirety of the twentieth century, the most important developments in mass, one-to-many communications clock in at the same social innovation rate with an eerie regularity. Call it the 10/10 rule: a decade to build the new platform, and a decade for it to find a mass audience.
Steven Johnson • Where Good Ideas Come From
Interpretation of data In absolute terms, we seem to have generally flat or rising output in both "critically acclaimed art/entertainment" and "science and technology." (The exceptions are film and modern music; I think different people will have different interpretations of the fact that these decline just before TV and video games rise.)
Holden Karnofsky • Where's Today's Beethoven?
With more than 30% of the world’s population playing games today, gaming and social behaviors are beginning to blur.
Arman Tabatabai • Investor survey results: Upcoming trends in social startups
In a matter of weeks, Zoom zoomed from 10 million users to 300 million users participants.
Packy McCormick • While Zoom Zooms, Slack Digs Moats
