Links May 19-25, 2019
"The empirical work suggests three key findings: first, the peak heights of momentary popularity for individual topics are stable over time, second, the attention associated with individual topics rises and falls with increasing gradients and third, the shifts of collective attention between topics occur more frequent." nature.com
“Similar to checking the ingredients or calories in food before you consume it… data scientists should look at the ingredients in the data they use,” Newman says. onezero.medium.com
"Google suspends some business with Huawei after Trump administration's trade blacklisting" abc.net.au
"Chess legend Garry Kasparov warns of a ‘cyber Cold War,’ says Western ‘political will’ needed" cnbc.com
"You could be a great driver, but still have to pay more because of reasons unrelated to driving, a Sun-Times investigation found." chicago.suntimes.com
"'Organizations need to invest more heavily in technology and human capital to filter and process information,' he adds." onezero.medium.com
"One intervention, he says, might be to shift journalistic norms away from novelty and towards quality — stories with more background research, or other journalistic news values." onezero.medium.com
Sunday May 19, 2019
After 26 years in the U.S., a deportee forges new life in Mexico. npr.org
Attending concerts is good for one's health. variety.com
"And we have Facebook, which in only a few minutes, can make you feel left out." seths.blog
Why does Elvis Costello stand out in peoples' minds as especially creative? Compared to other musicians? freakonomics.com
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