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Netflix thinks games matter more than buying movie studios

The Verge

million paid memberships in the second quarter of 2021 over its 1 million guidance forecast, even while it lost some 400,000 paid net adds. It plans to develop games for mobile first, though other formats may be considered down the line. The company said that it added 1.5

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Will technology harm or help young people’s brains? A highly nuanced debate

Trends in the Living Networks

They lack deep-thinking capabilities; they lack face-to-face social skills; they depend in unhealthy ways on the internet and mobile devices to function. Tiffany Shlain, director of the film Connected and founder of the Webby Awards. In sum, the changes in behavior and cognition among the young are generally negative outcomes.

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What ‘The Social Dilemma’ misunderstands about social networks

The Verge

Blending talking-head interviews with some well known Silicon Valley apostates and fictional, after-school special-style dramatizations of what happens when Johnny and Janey scroll through feeds all day, the film presents itself as an urgent warning about our modern condition. the film is ridiculous? And yet despite all that.

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List of the world’s top female futurists (Update #5)

Trends in the Living Networks

With a PhD in Planning and Innovation Studies, and a Master’s degree in Architecture, Urban Design and Urban Planning, Karuri-Sebina has a sound knowledge base for her work as Executive Manager of programs at the South African Cities Network. Location: Sydney, Australia.

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Mark Cuban on America’s future

The Verge

It’s like Fox News does its damage, and Facebook does even worse damage because it gets reinforced by people you actually know that are in your physical, your life bubble, in addition to just being on some wide social media net that you really don’t know the people and they’re abstract. So look, Shark Tank season 12, you just filmed it.

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