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5 things to read this weekend

I woke up way too early this morning and didn’t want to go for a walk as it was raining. So I spent a good ninety minutes reading these stories (while the podcast played in the background.) They are well worth your time and attention. I hope you get a chance to read these. Have a great weekend! 

  • Is internet addiction a real thing? Maria Konnikova asks in her New Yorker column. For a while it seemed like it was for me, but I managed to be less dependent on the web (but not the network) and feel much better for it. 
  • Gideon Lewis-Kraus has quickly become one of my favorite writers and he has written a wonderful profile of movie maestro, Chris Nolan. It is a good complement to the movie, Interstellar. It is worth a read. 
  • If you have logged into Facebook lately, they are making a big

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Sometimes a car is not just a car

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Ever since Liz Gannes reported about Google’s new self driving car, I have been actively thinking about its impact on the auto-business, economics of mobility and the idea of car ownership in a world full of sensors, networks and automation. I scribbled some of thoughts on a piece of paper and turned this into a column for the upcoming issue of FastCompany. “The Model T may have been fairly unexciting from an aesthetic design perspective (much like this first Google car), but it changed human potential forever.” I hope you find some time to read the full column.

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