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Zuckerberg’s failures must be your lessons

Aug12
by on August 12, 2018 at 10:30 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Contributors


When Mark Zuckerberg’s annual challenge was learning Mandarin, it was still fun and games. Now that his 2018 goal is simply “fixing Facebook,” not so much. It’s fair to say 2018 has been a horrible year for the social network. With its infiltration by Russian operatives, the Cambridge Analytica scandal, concerns about users’ psychological wellbeing, in addition to what could be the biggest one-day drop of all time with Facebook losing $123 billion in value just  last week, it’s no wonder the CEO has been nicknamed “Suckerberg” on international TV. As good ol’ Suckerberg visits governments and newsrooms around the world on…

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Here’s why you’re being kept in the dark about how your data is used

Aug11
by on August 11, 2018 at 6:30 pm
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In 2017 alone, US companies spent upwards of $10 billion on third party audience data. And while generally speaking, people were once indifferent or oblivious to the way personal data was collected, the tide has certainly turned. In the wake of the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica scandal, people are more aware than ever of the tenuous nature of data collection, and more concerned about how securely tech and financial institutions catalog this data. And with good reason: according to the Identity Theft Resource Center, there were 1,579 data breaches in 2017, an alarming 44.7 percent uptick from the year before. The world…

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Here’s why you should be kind at work

Aug11
by on August 11, 2018 at 2:30 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Contributors, Future of Work


This time last year, I visited a bustling cafe in downtown Salt Lake City. I had never been there before, so I decided to go all out — breakfast and a cinnamon roll— Carb City. After finishing my meal, I went to pay my bill, but there was a problem: I couldn’t get my server’s attention. After trying to catch her eye for almost ten minutes, I felt miffed. After all, I had stuff to do… When she finally noticed me, I asked for my check. She smiled and told me that someone had come in and bought breakfast for everyone in…

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What would a genius like Tim Ferriss do? Here’s how to get your head and heart working together

Aug11
by on August 11, 2018 at 2:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Offers


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