Weekly Filet #17: Fukushima Is A Symptom. And more.
This week’s top recommendation
As media attention on Fukushima is fading quickly, it’s time for some real analyses. This comment by Tokio-based Swiss web designer Oliver Reichenstein, a friend of mine, is one of the sharpest I’ve read on the matter. Not because he’s an expert in the field, but because he is not. He takes a unique approach, combining what he knows about designing for the web with key learnings from ancient Greek philosophy, to really add something of substance to the debate. Key statements: “Good technology is technology that doesn’t rely on perfection”; “Giving technology in the hands of people that…don’t know that they don’t know is where things started to get really dangerous.”
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- The Really Smart Phone (Wall Street Journal)
- Marina Abramović: The Artist Is Present (Flickr Album)
- Guantanamo Files: Lives In An American Limbo (New York Times)
- The Hourglass (Vimeo)
While everybody is worrying that Apple might know where we’ve been, these MIT-scientists know with 93.6% accuracy where you will be. And that’s only a fraction of what they learn from Smartphones.
Emotions laid bare. People’s faces as they sit opposite motionless performance artist Maria Abramović at Moma.
Wikileaks’ latest leak offers a concise and disturbing inside view of the workings around Guantanamo.
A must watch: Impressive and absolutely beautiful short documentary on the making of hand-crafted top end hourglasses in Basel.
