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We've stopped trusting institutions and started trusting strangers | Rachel Botsman: Something profound is ch... bit.ly/2elTkbf

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We can't control what our intelligent machines are learning | Zeynep Tufekci: Machine intelligence is here, a... bit.ly/2elz9f1

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Everything you hear on film is a lie | Tasos Frantzolas: Sound design is built on deception -- when you watch... bit.ly/2eznwCX

Everything you hear on film is a lie | Tasos Frantzolas: Sound design is built on deception -- when you watch... bit.ly/2dP7pgv

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Enough with the fear of fat | Kelli Jean Drinkwater: In a society obsessed with body image and marked by a fe... bit.ly/2fnFbPn

Your smartphone is a civil rights issue | Christopher Soghoian: The smartphone you use reflects more than jus... bit.ly/2f9GgpQ

How America's public schools keep kids in poverty | Kandice Sumner: Why should a good education be exclusive ... bit.ly/2eQO0Qy