The end of Netflix's DVD service heralds the era of the very, very short tail - because, weirdly, "faced with even more options, people just gave up entirely." - Slate
Crowd science has long been working to understand how throngs can turn dangerous. It has borrowed from psychology and epidemiology, and now is also incorporating complex systems theory, physics, and physiology, combined with plentiful empirical data coupled with computer modeling. Scientists have even started turning their eyes toward the dangerous dynamics of virtual crowds. - Nautilus
The museum provided about 532,000 krone (£61,500) from its reserves to recreate artworks as well as an artist’s fee of about 40,000 krone. But when staff unpacked the newly delivered works, they found two empty frames with the title Take the Money and Run. - The Guardian
We're all West Coasters now: "This same accent that Gen Z has, which sounds a little bit like California English, to be honest, has shown up in places like California, Raleigh, Detroit and Boston." - NPR
"We review every single play or musical that opens on Broadway," says Jason Bailey, an NYT culture editor. "We review hundreds of movies a year. ... That means we should also be reviewing and criticizing the biggest video game releases." - The New York Times
“We designed the telescope to wow the scientists,” Mike Menzel agreed. Now, he said, “We’re here in an art show, watching some images that we helped produce becoming things that are almost iconic.” - The New Yorker
The lonely are at substantially elevated risk for heart disease, stroke, obesity, addiction, and dementia; being lonely increases your overall risk of premature death by more than 60%. And the number of Americans afflicted by loneliness is not small: a recent survey found that more than 50 percent of us reported feeling lonely. - American Scholar
Where psychedelic experience was at the heart of the old counter culture, Bayesian reasoning seems to be at the heart of this counter culture. Where the old counter culture dreamed of a coming Aquarian Age of peace, love, and happiness, this one fears the destruction of humanity by a super-intelligent AI. - 3 Quarks Daily
"I think we’re at a moment with the development of AI where we have ways to provide support, encouragement, affirmation, coaching and advice. We’ve basically taken emotional intelligence and distilled it. And I think that is going to unlock the creativity of millions and millions of people for whom that wasn’t available.” - The Guardian
You're head of a pro-AI project that wants to scan people's retinas, so obviously you should name your project Orb and make it look, frankly, evil. - The Atlantic
“There’s a huge difference between hearing and listening. You have to understand the person you’re negotiating with without judgment, whatever your personal values might be.” - The Guardian
