Technology & Innovation — December 10, 2009

Media News Roundup

Orion Jones

A weekly newsletter featuring the biggest ideas from the smartest people

The Columbian Journalism Review exposes some Huffington Post trickery.

Variety.com is scheduled to put its content behind a paywall.

While Microsoft and Google have partnered up with Twitter and Facebook for real-time searching, Yahoo will not.

A holiday reading list for journalists.

A weekly newsletter featuring the biggest ideas from the smartest people

An AI-generated illustration of a man sitting at a desk, accompanied by thought-provoking poetry.

Thinking

Can AI write authentic poetry?

Cognitive psychologist and poet Keith Holyoak explores whether artificial intelligence could ever achieve poetic authenticity.

An illustration of a light bulb with chess pieces around it.

Empowering growth

The 7 most in-demand skills driving the leadership gap

Research consistently points to a set of leadership skills that are high-impact, difficult to develop, and not easily replicated by technology.

a flock of birds flying through a cloudy sky.

Life

A shocking number of birds are in trouble

Rich data on the global state of our feathered friends presents plenty of bad news — but also some bright spots.

a man's head with a bird flying out of it.

The Learning Curve

How meditation can change your life and mind

Meditation can put you in a wiser relationship with life.

High Culture

Summer 2022 reading recommendations from MIT

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