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How Can I Be More Normal?

We are – almost all of us – deeply attracted to the idea of being normal. But what if our idea of ‘normal’ isn’t normal? A plea for a broader definition of an important term. If you like our films, take a look at our shop (we ship worldwide): https://goo.gl/ojRR53 Join our mailing list: h

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Why so Many People Want to Be Writers

It is, in a sense, a delightful development that so many people nowadays want to be writers. But there is also a darker backdrop to this desire: a huge rise in loneliness. For gifts and more from The School of Life, visit our online shop: https://goo.gl/79cLjP Join our mailing list: http:

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Belonging

From playlist Belong: What It's Like to Live in the Hyphen

People of Science with Brian Cox - Bill Bryson on Benjamin Franklin

The writer Bill Bryson talks to Brian Cox about his admiration for the US scientist, author and inventor Benjamin Franklin and his many achievements. (4/6) Explore our Google Arts and Culture collection on Benjamin Franklin's life - http://ow.ly/99sH30hOhXi See our collected archive pap

From playlist People of Science with Brian Cox

Sarah Bernhardt: The World's First Celebrity

Before social media and summer blockbusters, before even the concept of a “movie star,” one extraordinary woman created the blueprint for the stars of today. Without a single tweet, having never posted on instagram, the woman who has been described as “the world’s first celebrity” captiva

From playlist Art and history

Why the Internet Is the Greatest Achievement of Any Civilization, Ever | Virginia Heffernan

Why the Internet Is the Greatest Achievement of Any Civilization, Ever New videos DAILY: https://bigth.ink Join Big Think Edge for exclusive video lessons from top thinkers and doers: https://bigth.ink/Edge ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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The Technology of Writing: From Stone Tablets to Tablet Devices

From clay tablets to scrolls to books...back to tablets, the technology of how the written word is recorded has changed throughout history. Alex Wright, director of user experience at the New York Times, describes how changes in writing and printing technology over time have served as dis

From playlist Technology

What the Fax!

Unless you've been living under a rock for the past 30 years or so, you probably know what a fax machine is. For decades, fax machines were used worldwide as the main way of electronic document delivery. But this happened in the 1980s. Humanity has since developed far more advanced ways to

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Media & Money: Crash Course Media Literacy #5

Media isn’t just movies and newspapers and TV shows, it’s also a part of society that involves a lot of money. And all that money has implications for the media that gets created. Media is created by people -- a range of people, making a range of decisions, and earning a range of different

From playlist Media Literacy

[Rant] REVIEWER #2: How Peer Review is FAILING in Machine Learning

#ai #research #peerreview Machine Learning research is in dire straits as more people flood into the field and competent reviewers are scarce and overloaded. This video takes a look at the incentive structures behind the current system and describes how they create a negative feedback loo

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Science of science: Identifying Fundamental Drivers of Science | AISC

For slides and more information on the paper, visit https://aisc.ai.science/events/2019-08-21 Discussion lead: Santo Fortunato Motivation: Identifying fundamental drivers of science and developing predictive models to capture its evolution are instrumental for the design of policies th

From playlist Science of Science

Daniel Lemire: The research paper should NOT be the final product | AISC

For slides and more information on the paper, visit https://aisc.ai.science/events/2020-03-03 Discussion lead: Daniel Lemire Discussion facilitator(s): Amir Feizpour

From playlist Science of Science

Stanford Seminar - Designing the Interactive Paper

March 3, 2023 Andrew Head of University of Pennsylvania In this talk, I share a vision of interactive research papers, where user interfaces surface information for readers when and where they need it. Grounded in tools that I and my collaborators have developed, I discuss what it takes t

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IMT4093 Mobile Research

From playlist Archive - Research in Mobile/Wearable Tech

Paper | SciShow Tangents Podcast

When I was a kid, everything was on paper. Books were on paper, magazines were on paper, newspapers were on, you guessed it, paper. Nowadays, everything's on the internet, but you can still find paper if you know where to look! Want more SciShow Tangents? Check out hundreds more episodes

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Stanford CS230: Deep Learning | Autumn 2018 | Lecture 8 - Career Advice / Reading Research Papers

Andrew Ng, Adjunct Professor & Kian Katanforoosh, Lecturer - Stanford University http://onlinehub.stanford.edu/ Andrew Ng Adjunct Professor, Computer Science Kian Katanforoosh Lecturer, Computer Science To follow along with the course schedule and syllabus, visit: http://cs230.stanfo

From playlist Stanford CS230: Deep Learning | Autumn 2018

A Physicists Thoughts On Writing Deep Learning Papers

There's an art form to writing papers and that includes making sure your paper gets read. In today's video I'm going to share my experiences in publishing papers in high profile physics journals, and how that would apply to writing deep learning papers. Learn how to turn deep reinforcemen

From playlist Essential Soft Skills

Leaderboardism in NLP: panel with Kawin Ethayarajh, Jesse Dodge, Rachael Tatman & Anna Rogers

The panel was recorded on Nov 19 2020 at the First Workshop On Insights from Negative Results in NLP, co-located with EMNLP 2020. We talk about various problems with publication incentives and evaluation in the current research on natural language processing, and the impact that the leader

From playlist Rasa Talks

How Ads and Clicks Shape the Internet

In this video, you’ll learn more about the impact advertisements have on internet users. For more information on this and other topics, visit https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/topics/. We hope you enjoy!

From playlist Digital Media Literacy

The Remarkable History of Toilet Paper | Told by The History Guy | History at Home

Learn the history behind toilet paper from The History Guy on a new #HISTORYAtHome. HISTORY At Home is a special collection of free educational videos and at-home activity plans for parents and kids. Video lessons will be posted on MWF at 11:00am (Eastern)/8:00am (Pacific) along with an a

From playlist History at Home | History