Mar 1, 2020

Five Things - it's Sunday again!

By Nico Lumma • Issue #486 • View online

This newsletter is free of Corona.

Forget Chess—the Real Challenge Is Teaching AI to Play D&D

Some artificial intelligence experts think role playing adventure games will help machines learn to be as clever as we are.

www.wired.com • Share

Many Tech Experts Say Digital Disruption Will Hurt Democracy

About half the experts we canvassed predict technology will weaken democracy by 2030, while a third expect technology to strengthen it.

www.pewresearch.org • Share

All This Dystopia, and for What?

When privacy-eroding technology doesn’t deliver on its promises.

www.nytimes.com • Share

Cord-cutting is steadily destroying the pay TV bundle

With cable in freefall and livestreaming failing to compensate, the big cord-cutting story in 2019 was outright defection from pricey TV packages.

www.fastcompany.com • Share

What is the ideal age to retire? Never, according to a neuroscientist

Too much time spent with no purpose is associated with unhappiness. If you want a satisfying, long life, stay busy, says Daniel Levitin.

ideas.ted.com • Share

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By Nico Lumma

Every Sunday Morning I send out my newsletter Five Things which features five articles I think you should read. These five articles have exactly one thing in common: I find them interesting. :)

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