Weekly Filet #12: Time to Play. And more.
Time to celebrate: Weekly Filet #12 is out. You can view it in your browser or right below.
This week's top recommendation
Be warned, this is addictive. From New York Times' intriguing "Smarter Than You Think" series comes a Rock-Paper-Scissors where you are duelling a computer that is getting smarter as you play, analysing your every move. Because, you know, in the long run, we can't help but being predictive. In veteran mode, I managed to keep things even up until round 50 (with an overproportional half of all rounds ending in a tie). But from there, it went all downhill for me. The algorithm had started to understand my thoughts. Play and then share your experiences.
→ Rock-Paper-Scissors: You vs. the Computer (New York Times)
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With one "social media revolution" chasing the next one, it's a pressing question to ask: Is it all good or what's the downside? Thorough in content, utterly brilliant in visualisation.
→ The Internet in Society: Empowering or Censoring Citizens? (RSAnimate)
From Pan Psychism to Identity Theory to Substance Dualism, there are quite a number of theories about what consciousness is. This beautifully designed survey lets you make up your mind about your mind.
→ What Is Consciousness? (Information Is Beautiful)
One of the best books I've read in the past few years. A first-hand recollection of the depression that brought the author within an inch of suicide. Intense, gruelling, sad, eye-opening.
→ Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness (William Styron)
Google UK has launched its own quarterly, a monothematic digital magazine. The first issue is on data, this text on coping with data obesity. Hal actually not being the computer from A Space Odyssey, but Hal Varian, Chief Economist at Google.
→ Lunch With Hal (Think Quarterly)
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