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Cal Newport • The Rise of the Internet’s Creative Middle Class
We can explore the ways in which our attention is generated, manipulated, valued and degraded. Sometimes attention might simply be a lens through which to read the events of the moment. But it can also force us toward a better understanding of how our minds work or how we value our time and the time of others. Perhaps, just by acknowledging its pre... See more
nytimes.com • Opinion | Michael Goldhaber, the Cassandra of the Internet Age - The New York Times
This is especially true in leftist circles, where such prejudices are now widely frowned upon, and would be an occasion for guilt, shame, and self-censure if admitted, even inwardly. Hence, as Paul Campos has argued, fatphobia can serve as a powerful proxy—and outlet—for these forms of bigotry: Precisely because Americans are so repressed about cla
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It means that people with wealthy audiences don’t automatically make more than people with poorer audiences. And that might actually matter a lot.
Hank Green • The Radical Egalitarianism of TikTok's Creator Fund Matters
Heather C. McGhee: Racism has a cost for everyone
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Michelle Alexander in The New Jim Crow.