With most of the big technology platforms going all out on aggressive moderation of content, smaller services can hardly stand up for themselves. Platforms like Spotify, Substack, and Clubhouse are the next victims of this moderation war. While Clubhouse has accepted that moderation is a priority, Spotify has refused to give in to this pressure: “The days of “we’re just a platform” [are] over.” Read full article here
Education
Overcoming Bias
Kai Cheng’s professor had a brilliant scheme. In his first lecture, he promised that each lecture would feature a “Lie of the Day”. But why? It made his students more attentive and analytical, poring over every detail of his lecture and making sense of why things were true. It was such a powerful teaching method that his students digested his most technical lectures quite easily because they tried so hard to catch his lie. The kicker? There was no lie in that first lecture; he had lied about that too! Read full article here
Merv
August 17, 2022
