Summer means slowing down, though it seems the torrent of information isn’t slowing. Here are my picks for the weekend.
- Is digital imagery creating cut-and-paste fashion? This is really a good question — our state of connectedness has made the fashion trends spread much faster across the world. A thoughtful take by Liroy Choufan.
- A dictionary of #menswear insults. Why? Because we all need a little laugh.
- Why are San Franciscans so busy all the time? I remember being chilled and relaxed in SF. No more. Living here means being very busy.
- Jim Rodgers, the legendary investor tells all about China, Asia and the future of global economy. Must read interview of the week.
- How do good ideas spread? A great piece from the New Yorker.
- Welcome to the world of predictive policing. No, this isn’t a movie The Economist is talking about.
- Designing smart cities for the new century. If urbanization is the way of the future, then some intelligence has to be put into how new cities are built.
The article in the New Yorker is brilliant. How do good ideas spread.
I must admit my cynicism about human society, the body politic, increases as rapidly as my optimism about the potential for a better life for all by adopting advances in science and technology.
Ignorance and stupidity seem to be parallel traits that curse our species with a willingness to block progress as soon as the potential appears.
‘Splains why I’m a cynic and optimist at the same time. I see the tools at hand for human beings to improve their lives – just not in my lifetime. :-]
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