The FT has owned the topic for weeks now – this is yet another outstanding piece on the gender pay gap in British companies. Expert reporting, pointed charts, and a way to explore the data by yourselves.
A very good, chart driven summary of where we stand, ten years after the financial crisis: what’s changed; what’s mostly the same; areas to watch. Contains what I’ve added to my list of favourite quotes: «People aren’t going to be that stupid again. So they find another way to be stupid.»
What happens if human beings can’t handle the power of their own weaponry? A six-hour podcast episode on the early days of the nuclear age. Worth every minute of it.
«Like getting a view out the window of an airplane 450 kilometers high.» Stunning images.
I really like this Wikipedia approach to news: An explainer piece you can contribute to, both by asking the right questions and by providing answers. This one on Palantir’s links to Cambridge Analytica is far from comprehensive, but I’m pretty sure some among could contribute to make that happen.
«Unfortunately, ethics don’t scale as well as systems. We’ve poisoned ourselves, and more than a little.» After a week of revelations and (mostly) justified outrage over Facebook and Cambridge Analytica, a proposal.
Would you kill a person in order to save five others? You’ve heard about this dilemma, but here’s the twist: Those among you who are native English speakers are less likely to agree than those for whom English is a foreign language. Just because I made you think about this in English.
Not the social mobility you want to see in a healthy society. Important investigation, presented in the best possible way.
Never really thought about this, but it makes perfect sense: Why items in Amazon warehouses are shelved 100% randomly.
If you like maths and drawing – or just like to bring back a childhood memory – this will keep you busy for quite a while…