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S1E10: Infinite Scroll

S1E10: Infinite Scroll

Update: 2018-11-0720
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The Renaissance scholars couldn’t keep up with new information (“Have you read the latest Erasmus book?” “I don’t have time!”) and needed a better way to organize it. Thus came the invention of tables of contents, indexes, book reviews, encyclopedias, and other shortcuts. What kinds of technological solutions might help us cope with the information overload we all experience today? Guests include: Stewart Butterfield, CEO of Slack; Nathan Jurgenson, Snapchat sociologist.

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محمد عبد الكريم

The episode on "the infinite scroll" is a concept that I tried to faciliatate as a workshop in South Africa in 2019 funny enough. A great nugget of insight more people ought to be engaging with

Aug 2nd
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Lisa Lawson

10 NEON 20.18. GOD

Jan 18th
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Mama Bear

great show!

Nov 7th
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