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Piece by Taylor Lorenz Gen Zers Say Silicon Valley Is Elitist and Exclusive. Can They Build a New System? nytimes.com/2020/09/15/sty… Look forward to seeing Gen Z entrepreneurs emerge. Article highlights genzmafia.com projects vibes.fyi, Cloakview(ai)

We are in content creation mode... just posted an unpolished introduction to intothefuture.nyc in Brooklyn, NY youtube.com/watch?v=ri6nd7…

IKEA teams with ASUS to make furniture for gamers thenextweb.com/plugged/2020/0… Nice example of innovation at intersection of two sectors; trying to tap loyalty of gamer community

Interesting article: ON TIKTOK, TURNING TRAUMA INTO CONTENT IS A WAY OF MAKING SENSE OF IT nylon.com/life/on-tiktok… Why we are featuring a class and project on the #futureoftiktok #tiktok

Check out this conversation and project: Inside a Bold New Experiment in Public Imagination link.medium.com/ZfcgWXKmQ9

#Outreach Thread Alert! This week we are all about building bridges between STEM, Geography and Geology teachers & students in schools 🔗and🔗 Professional Geoscientists in industry, academia & public life! #GeographyTeacher #Geology #STEMeducation #SchoolsReopening #AskAGeo

Teen Conformity culture. Recap of 1966 documentary Sixteen At Webster Groves (Arthur Barron) youtube.com/watch?v=giQxUk… What are the parallels in today's world?

Facebook is investing heavily into augmented reality and 'spatial' computing. Project Aria is a wearable device to collect real world spatial data about.fb.com/news/2020/09/a… Creepy & Compelling Futures

Data & Society (Data & Society) Project datasociety.net/library/povert… "a guide for poverty lawyers that explains automated decision-making systems so they can better identify the source of their clients' problems and advocate on their behalf." Yes!

Crypto + Blockchain continues to hold promise as a way of restructuring fair payments for creative work. Read this Fortune article on crypto startup Zora and helping musicians create new revenue streams fortune.com/2020/09/27/zor…

Fascinating Long Now Foundation talk: When is Wakanda: Imagining Afrofutures | Lonny J Avi Brooks youtu.be/AlGYY6OtLZU

An important post by Chand Rajendra-Nicolucci looking at (GPT-3 type) "text-generating AI... (as a) powerful tool for censorship by flooding the internet with disinformation and hate." slate.com/technology/202… We must all be following natural language models like GPT-3 + exploring implications

Brookings Institute on: Teen disengagement is on the rise brook.gs/3n20zcj If we cannot find more opportunities for traditional youth employment vs civically engaged in community projects.

Fascinating opportunity to create new monuments that tell a broader story of America -- blending past present and future news.artnet.com/art-world/mell…

France passes laws to protect (income generating) young social media influencers and creators bbc.com/news/world-eur… Includes Right to Be Forgotten -- which could become more widespread in the future

Grinding Iron Ochre and pigments --- from body paint, drawings on cave walls to Red Rawlings style coatings