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Tristan Harris believes Silicon Valley is addicting us to our phones. He's determined to make it stop.

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MAN + MACHINE = ? PROTECTING YOUR NECK The Binge Breaker theatlantic.com Tristan Harris believes Silicon Valley is addicting us to our phones. He's determined to make it stop. THE SLOW GAMING MOVEMENT Inside The Weirdly Calming World Of Farming And Truck Simulators newscientist.com Harvesting takes me an hour. That's an hour in which I drive at little more than walking pace from one end of a field to the other and back again 20 or 30 times. It's not the most fun I've had in a video game, but then I do need the money. OUR UAVS ARE ONLINE Delivery Drones Will Mean The End Of Ownership theverge.com Google X Director Astro Teller does not want to predict what the future will look like. He wants to build it. S IS FOR SLEEP | SPONSORED Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Sleep sleep.digg.com Will sleep look different in the future? How can we get a better night's rest? We've partnered with Beautyrest to create a hub for all things sleep. Fascinating stories, thoughtful predictions, and answers to all the questions that have been keeping you up at night. WHO EVEN ARE WE? A DISTANT MIRROR How The Rise Of Mirrors In The 15th Century Shaped Our Idea Of The Individual laphamsquarterly.org The very act of a person seeing himself in a mirror or being represented in a portrait as the center of attention encouraged him to think of himself in a different way. THE MIND'S MIND Scientists Think This Is Where Your Consciousness Lives engadget.com Consciousness has traditionally been defined by two criteria: arousal and awareness. Arousal has already been traced to the brainstem, the primitive part of our brains which handles our most basic functions like breathing and regulating the sleep/wake cycle. Awareness on the other hand has been a bit trickier to pin down. Turns out, however, awareness resides there too. ODDS AND ENDS A LOT OF ODDITIES 350 Pieces From David Bowie's Art Collection Will Go Up For Auction Tomorrow digg.com Remember, this is Bowie we're talking about, so a lot of the pieces are pretty weird. Here are some more of the weirdest and most interesting pieces from his collection that will be up for grabs. NEVER TRUST A GOAT The Human, Animal And Robot Pundits That Predicted The Election Wrong (And Right) digg.com The election is finally over, which means you can finally breathe a sigh of relief (at least we know our fate, whether you like it or not). But for the many people, animals, and algorithms that tried to get into the presidential prediction game, they now have to own up to their predictions. He's a roundup of the good and the bad in the political pundit game. VIDEO OF THE DAY CHUTE-ING THE BREEZE Speed Flying Through The Alps Seems Like A Thrilling Way To Lose A Leg digg.com So, maybe it's just us, but we had never heard of speed flying until we stumbled across this video. It's pretty much what the footage implies: flying a small, fast fabric wing close to a very steep slope. Something fun to watch but seemingly dumb to participate in. IN THE NEWS Protests Sweep Cities Across The Nation In Wake Of Trump Election Russia Says It Was in Contact With Trump's Team During Campaign Robot Manages To Hitchhike All The Way Across Canada Researchers Build A Better Qubit In Quantum Computing Breakthrough Dawn of the second day: 35040 hours remain. View the Edition at Digg.com »

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