Ben Warren
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Ben Warren
In the past 2 years, 15.2% of the sample reported experiencing an eviction. Of the evictions experienced in the past 2 years, 56.2% were court-ordered ( n = 122) and 43.8% were illegal ( n = 95).
Residential Evictions by Life Course, Type, and Timing, and Associations with Self-rated Health: Social Epidemiology to Combat Unjust Residential Evictions (SECURE) Study - Journal of Urban Health
15% of the women being evicted in the last 2 years is eye-opening
Iconic successes seemed outright strange at first: Amazon (wait days to receive a product you’ve never seen), eBay (buy beanie babies from someone thousands of miles away), Google (trust an algorithm to answer your questions), LinkedIn (publicly post your resume), Facebook (share personal updates with people you haven’t seen in years), Airbnb (stay... See more
Philip Clark • The end of incrementalism: how AI will reward maximalist start-ups
That promises to upend the advertising industry. But what will it mean for news? How soon can we create much more personalized versions of an article? Perhaps you’d get a shorter, audio version when your phone detects you’re driving or running; or one that omits background information it knows you read yesterday; or one that weaves in more context ... See more
🟡 A coda to code
Interesting reflection on the possibilities of AI x newsmedia
Reading is all-important and “the kids” aren’t doing it, but we’re touting AI tools that make it obsolete? Huh…
taste is the algorithm of the soul
Is America Switching from Booze to Weed?
Is America Switching from Booze to Weed? Archives - Freakonomics
Big question…is that a good thing?
I’d spent summer 2020 recruiting for journalism jobs, of which there were none
Jasmine Sun • exit interview
Oop
Substack identified a business model (subscriptions) that aligns reader, writer, and company incentives.
Jasmine Sun • exit interview
Do subscriptions align audience/business incentives? Are there any better models?
