What’s going on? We’re in the midst of a Gutenberg-scale change in how information is generated, stored, shared, protected and turned into products and services. We are seeing individuals become superempowered to challenge governments and corporations.
.. “If we’re in an interdependent world, then the only strategy for countries, companies and individuals is to build healthy interdependencies so we rise, and not fall, together,” Seidman added. “This comes down to behavior. It means being guided by sustainable values like humility, integrity and respect in how we work with others: values that build healthy interdependencies.” It means shunning “situational ‘values,’ just doing whatever the situation allows.”
.. the C.E.O.’s email that makes him or her look foolish, but also reveals that women are being paid less than men in the same jobs; the video of a suspect being killed by police; the elevator footage of a football player knocking out his fiancée; and private photos of movie stars.
.. there’s never been a time when we need more people living by the Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Because, in today’s world, more people can see into you and do unto you than ever before.
With Gadgetry, New York Marathon May Be Watched Like No Other
“Our objective is to be the most technologically advanced marathon in the world,” said Peter Ciaccia, the chief production officer for New York Road Runners, which organizes the marathon. “We can take this data and have fun with it.”
.. Marathon organizers track runners’ times at every mile split and every five kilometers of the course, roughly 1.6 million pieces of unique data, Ciaccia said. Such tracking will further alleviate the rare and eccentric cheating attempts and may be shared with runners in the future who are hoping to gain better insight into their race performance.
“We’re not at a level where we’re collecting step-by-step GPS data that a Garmin or FitBit would collect,” Ciaccia said. “But that’s not far away. We’re creating a concept of a runner cloud.”
Time for a digital detox?
“Most people, when they feel awkward or bored, get their phone out,” Beckett said. Now she is much more mindful of getting lost in her devices. “Rather than going on my phone, I am going to make an effort to look around me. You realise you miss so many things that are going on right in front of you.”
The Facebook Experience Without a Like Button
Mat Honan at Wired spent 48 hours Liking everything he saw. Elan Morgan did the opposite, going two weeks without Liking a single thing. They came to different conclusions—Morgan reported that her feed improved and her desire to interact with people in real life increased, while Honan found himself inundated with click bait and political sludge.
.. The Like button isn’t just about you being able to shout “I like this” into the Facebook void. It’s also about your posts getting Liked, and the external validation that comes from the little red numbers that pool in your toolbar. Without either of those, Powers says, we’ll all have to find more intimate ways to tell each other what we like about them. Which might be a good thing for everybody.