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LIKE BUTTON | The Unintended Consequences of the Facebook Like Button
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Feb 18, 2021
When first presented with the like button (then dubbed “the awesome button”) Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg had a simple response: “No.” He worried that a quick thumbs up or down would
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When first presented with the like button (then dubbed “the awesome button”) Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg had a simple response: “No.” He worried that a quick thumbs up or down would discourage more meaningful online interaction. Eventually, his team changed his mind and transformed the world.
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Feb 18, 2021
The Cubicle was originally designed to set workers free. A futuristic designer named Robert Propst dreamed up “The Action Office” as a groovy 1960s workplace utopia that would unleash
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The Cubicle was originally designed to set workers free. A futuristic designer named Robert Propst dreamed up “The Action Office” as a groovy 1960s workplace utopia that would unleash the modern knowledge worker’s vast untapped potential. This is how it all went so wrong.
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Feb 18, 2021
Barcodes have radically changed global commerce, helping fuel the rise of everything from massive companies like Walmart to world powers like China. And it all started with a man daydreaming on a beach in 1949.
Barcodes have radically changed global commerce, helping fuel the rise of everything from massive companies like Walmart to world powers like China. And it all started with a man daydreaming on a beach in 1949.
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FLORIDA | How Real Estate Rogues Invented Florida As We Know It
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Feb 18, 2021
Florida wasn’t always the Sunshine State. In the 1920s, an army of real estate boosters set out to redefine Florida from an economic backwater to a ritzy vacation destination, sparking a
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Florida wasn’t always the Sunshine State. In the 1920s, an army of real estate boosters set out to redefine Florida from an economic backwater to a ritzy vacation destination, sparking a land boom-and bust-the likes of which America had never seen before.
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Feb 18, 2021
In 1856, a chemistry student accidentally created a strange substance with a rich purple hue -- the world’s first synthetic dye. In just a few years, ‘Mauve’ would take over the fashion
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In 1856, a chemistry student accidentally created a strange substance with a rich purple hue -- the world’s first synthetic dye. In just a few years, ‘Mauve’ would take over the fashion industry, make food look more appetizing, and enable stunning advances in medicine.
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Feb 18, 2021
In 1841 on the small island of Réunion, a 12-year-old slave did something no one had done before; artificially pollinate the vanilla plant. The vanilla bean took the world by storm,
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In 1841 on the small island of Réunion, a 12-year-old slave did something no one had done before; artificially pollinate the vanilla plant. The vanilla bean took the world by storm, sparking the artificial flavor revolution and forever changing how we eat.
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WIFI | The Hollywood Actress Who Laid the Groundwork For Wi-Fi
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Feb 18, 2021
Actress Hedy Lamarr, “the world's most beautiful woman,” had a knack for inventing. During WWII, in an effort to help the Allies, she devised a technology designed to intercept Axis communications - and created the foundation of wireless internet.
Actress Hedy Lamarr, “the world's most beautiful woman,” had a knack for inventing. During WWII, in an effort to help the Allies, she devised a technology designed to intercept Axis communications - and created the foundation of wireless internet.
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STREAMING | The Invention That Revolutionized Streaming Video
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Feb 18, 2021
The early days of online video were plagued by low resolution, stamp-sized video, and unbearable buffering times. But one day that all changed. In the late 90s, a breakthrough technology
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The early days of online video were plagued by low resolution, stamp-sized video, and unbearable buffering times. But one day that all changed. In the late 90s, a breakthrough technology revolutionized streaming video, setting the foundation for the era of Netflix.
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INTERSTATE | How The Interstate Connected and Divided America
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Feb 18, 2021
Dwight Eisenhower’s interstate highway system was the biggest infrastructure project of its time, a bold plan to connect all corners of America and boost the post-war economy. So how did
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Dwight Eisenhower’s interstate highway system was the biggest infrastructure project of its time, a bold plan to connect all corners of America and boost the post-war economy. So how did it end up dividing the nation, and deepening the divide between rich and poor?
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Feb 18, 2021
Edison pioneered the world’s first research and development center in Menlo Park, New Jersey, working with a group of experimenters to methodically zero in on the holy grail of electric
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Edison pioneered the world’s first research and development center in Menlo Park, New Jersey, working with a group of experimenters to methodically zero in on the holy grail of electric light. In the process, he transformed invention from a solo to a communal activity
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