Let’s talk personalisation, not privacy. Perhaps the real issue is not how much the world gets to know about us, but about how little we get to learn about the world.

From Weekly Filet #19, in May 2011.

The Filter Bubble

Brain Pickings

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Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness

William Styron

50 Years 50 Toys, An Infographic of Popular Holiday Toys from 1963 to Today

Laughing Squid

Not even wrong – ways to dismiss technology

Benedict Evans

Power in Numbers: China Aims for High-Tech Primacy

The New York Times

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