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Mar 7 2019

Someone, please stop the engineers.

#80
The engineers need to be stopped…
There's 2 kinds of people in this world:
  1. Normal people: they use things the way they're meant to be used
  2. Engineers: pry apart the thing and play with it's nuts & bolts (no pun intended).
I love when this happens. Here are some stories:
I downloaded Tinder and started swiping.

For any serious endeavor, you need a serious process. I wanted to find the perfect match, so I wasn’t going to be an amateur about it.

To hell with romance. I was determined to find the One, even if it meant…
The world of cricket has changed massively since the last World Cup. Data on every little play is now mapped. Technology is poised to play a massive role in the sport.
Fantastic breakdown that explains the role every single bit of technology plays in typing, storing, transmitting & displaying a text message
Incredibly detailed teardown of how Stephen Wolfram works.
Comprehensive…
ज्ञान
🚴‍♂️🦹‍♂️Tom Justice was once a cyclist chasing Olympic gold. Then he began using his bike for a much different purpose: robbing banks.🏅
I mean, it's in the title. This story has it all.☝️

🕹Fortnite Is the Future, but Probably Not for the Reasons You Think🤸‍♂️
Interesting viewpoint that claims "most of the existing narratives around Fortnite success are overhyped – even if they’re critical to its long-term evolution."

🙀The Story Behind the Instant Classic “Bezos Exposes Pecker” Headline🤪
In the tabloid tradition, a good headline must do three things: it must communicate the news; it must commit some act of wordplay; and it must trigger a certain popping of the eyes in its reader.

📰NaMo App promotes fake news factory ‘The India Eye’ and users can’t block it even if they want to🇮🇳
We keep talking about this: it's scary because it's organised, systemic and somewhat hidden.

🤥Why I'm Always Late
As someone who never sends out this newsletter on time, this speaks to my heart.

❤️Why your best work is hardest to finish
When We Over-Identify with Our Work, Finishing is Incredibly Hard

🔥Dirty air: how India became the most polluted country on earth😤
I didn't read this. It has lots of sciency looking visualisations so it's probably good…
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