Very nice piece, timely and needed. Indeed, let's hope people stick to those principles.

There's a path to get people (children included) to get into technology with enough of the veneer of convenience to make sure it is a learning experience... While keeping it pleasurable.

Cold and harsh look at how the C++ standard library evolves. There's indeed a problem in the fact that nothing gets removed ever.

Things which matter take time. The calls to productivity and technology pushing us toward faster response on everything is killing what makes our humanity.

I mean, with the announced productivity gains of generative AI... It doesn't feel like a big ask. 😜

Wondering how those very rich people think and perceive the world? Here is an explanation. I felt unease reading through this.

Interesting exploration of the Japanese business culture and why it's so different to most companies found in Western countries.

Yep, I like radio as well. Don't judge me.

This is a good point, unlike what some claims the Internet isn't dying. The commercial crap on top is thinning out and is getting filled with crap indeed. Still, what made the Internet and the Web are still here for people to use.

The Internet culture definitely changed at the turn of the 21st century. Before this it was a more civilized and hopeful place. I'd like to see the netizen etiquette make a strong come back.

It's indeed a nice endeavour. I don't have the appetite for it right now, but I wish more people would do this.

This could be a piece full of nostalgia. There is a bit of nostalgia of course, but it's also a path to use what we got in a more valuable and humane way.

Another one on the commodification of travel, it exemplifies what real travel is.

Yes, I'm definitely bummed by this behavior as well. Best travel is when you take your time and enjoy the place, definitely not running around to take pictures for vanity reasons.

Interesting piece, shows quite well how new technologies get in the home and then slowly expand. In the case of the Internet, it was indeed literally in a corner of the home before slowly being woven in our lives.

Getting there, one day at a time.

Not peer reviewed as far as I can tell. That said if confirmed by other studies this feels like an important paper. The language flattening might be real and this will have lasting cultural impacts.

Be warned! This is a long list.

Yes, we have lots of layers nowadays. But you can read them to figure out when something doesn't work like you expect. This is one of the most important skills of the trade.

Yes there's a dip, but this piece presents compelling evidence that it's not the death of literacy we're sometimes screaming at. It is also a love letter to reading and writing.