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The darker side of Google’s street view
Does street view on Google Maps have a darker, more sinister side?
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What makes a news story massive?
I am quite the fan of Duncan Watts’ ideas on the unpredictably of trends. They get another outing at Fast Company: “If society is ready to embrace a trend, almost anyone can start one–and if it isn’t, then almost no one can,” Watts concludes. To succeed with a new product, it’s less a matter of…
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Censoring Arab journalists
A Middle Eastern journalist friend recently had an opportunity to sit round a table with a senior political figure from the region. He asked the man a fair, but critical question. The politician brushed it aside. When the meeting ended, the politician sought him out for a quiet word, along the lines of: Your owners…
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What would a godless religion look like? Like this maybe…
The closing session at the World Economic Forum in Davos was by Benjamin Zander. If you ever wondered what a secular sermon would sound like (it was Sunday morning), then it would probably go a little like this. It’s quite a schtick (72 minutes in all), but when Zander finished there was barely a dry…