Foundry’s WTF (22-July-2017)

Arnaud Sahuguet
Jul 24, 2017 · 3 min read
The Foundry @ Cornell Tech

The Foundry’s Weekly Technology Fix (WTF) is a curated list of articles/posts/etc. we found interesting. The Foundry @ Cornell Tech transforms research and ideas into products.

Send your suggestions to wtf-digest@cornelltech.io .

Department of 🎮 💉 (Digital Addictions)

Try classrooms with not laptops; replace ankle bracelets with mobile phones; and free yourself from notifications.

Department of 💡🏙 (Smarter Cities)

Generate electricity with your feet; immigration; the economics of traffic death; and fast-vs-slow commutes.

Department of 🤑 🔌 (Shameless Plugs)

Great article about social sciences in the context of Big Data; get a 3rd thumb; and largest startup campus opening in Paris.

Department of 🌈🎆(Silver Linings)

Flight safety, using British humor; more humane prisons; and cute rat pictures.

Department of 🇺🇸🇫🇷🇬🇧 🗳 (US-FR-UK Elections)

A bi-partisan Congress; inequality in America, visually; and economists as astrologers.

Department of 🎬 📖 (worthy quotes)


« Give someone a program, you frustrate them for a day; teach them how to program, you frustrate them for a lifetime. » — David Leinweber.


« The key to a good life is not giving a fuck about more; it’s giving a fuck about less, giving a fuck about only what is true and immediate and important. » — Mark Manson. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck.


« Bad programmers worry about the code. Good programmers worry about data structures and their relationships. » — Linus Torvalds.


Send your suggestions to wtf-digest@cornelltech.io .

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Arnaud Sahuguet

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@sahuguet, Director of The Foundry @ Cornell Tech, previous life includes NYU GovLab, Google, Bell Labs, UPenn, X91.

Cornell Tech

Written by and for pioneers radically committed to the digital age.

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