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⚖️ This is what the News Scale says about the (im)balance in news media
8,500 headlines and leads from 24 news outlets in 15 countries have been assessed on how positive, negative or neutral they are.
⚖️ The News Scale (which measures how balanced the news media are)
That the news media are one long doomscroll makes us all a little dumb. But how unbalanced are they? I have built a news scale.
🦾 AI is finally starting to help with grunt work (and my biggest fear)
There's a fear that constantly nags at the back of my mind. It makes me check and double-check, compulsively, and it never helps. Then one day it was gone.
🔨 I can't do carpentry, but suddenly I can build houses
I've built an entire cottage village! And you can too.
📚 The angry optimist's summer reading tips
A handful of books that will hopefully make your summer better.
🔋 Part 3: Towards the energy society – Energy Valley and the power of power electronics
It's an ordinary Thursday in an ordinary conference room. But something unique is taking shape there. With the help of a power few people know about, but one that helps you better understand the future.
🚀 SpaceX and the new Silk Road of space
Have investors gone crazy, or what are they hoping to get out of buying SpaceX shares at an astronomical valuation?
🗺️ A small proposal for a new world order
The modern world is based on the nation state. The next step is to base it on human beings.
🌐 Present at the Re-creation
Extraordinary times require extraordinary efforts from ordinary people.