One Good Thing: Have you heard of this Shakespeare guy? Pretty good!
Solitude is not loneliness. Here’s the key philosophical difference. Big Think
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TIMING: Russia says it has successfully tested a new intercontinental missile that can evade defenses.
Russia announced on Wednesday it had successfully launched a new missile that it said could deploy nuclear warheads at hypersonic speeds anywhere in the world and outwit defenses, a move that President Vladimir V. Putin said was aimed at showing Russia’s adversaries that they needed to “think twice” before threatening his country.
More Of Us Are Abandoning Cash. Is This Wise?
The economic and enforcement arguments against cash may stack up nicely, but a payment isn’t just an economic or administrative act; it is a social one that depends on the two parties’ common acceptance of a currency and the mode of delivering it. - The Guardian
The Troubled Legacy Of “Fifty Shades Of Grey”
We Live In An Isolating Culture. The Arts Are Swimming Upstream
Collecting people in a certain space, at a certain time, on a certain date, in a certain seat, to see an unknown quantity — these mandatory requirements fly in the face of the behavior of the increasingly isolationist consumer market. - Alan Harrison
AI Is Getting Awfully Good At Writing. This Has Big Implications
It turns out that with enough training data and sufficiently deep neural nets, large language models can display remarkable skill if you ask them not just to fill in the missing word, but also to continue on writing whole paragraphs in the style of the initial prompt. - The New...
a We Praise Creativity. But We Shy Away From It
Research has found that we actually harbor an aversion to creators and creativity; subconsciously, we see creativity as noxious and disruptive, and as a recent study demonstrated, this bias can potentially discourage us from undertaking an innovative project or hiring a creative employee. - The New York Times