Thoughtfolio 87 — sit on the floor to live longer, fact-checking with AI, and a Google design ethicist on how tech hacks us.
2 min readAug 17, 2020
What I’ve been reading this week…
The AI fact-checking startup that is tackling misinformation. (7 mins) — www.fastcompany.com
Logically has raised £7m and is accelerating their growth in the United States with the goal of tackling misinformation before the November election.
A former Google Design Ethicist explains how tech hacks our brains. (15 mins) — medium.com
This is worth reading for no.1 alone — do you make completely free choices or free choices based on what’s offered? Thanks to PC for sharing a link to this a while ago!
Why the Okinawan habit of sitting on the floor is linked to better health and longer lives. (1 min)
“Okinawan centenarians sit and get up from the floor dozens or hundreds of times per day.This exercises their legs, back, and corein a natural way as they get up and down all day long.”
“Be more than yesterday.”
