Each week, we share the top five articles that caught our attention. Here are your must-reads, published here and abroad, for the week of March 19th 2018.
Up close and personal
Personal ads for lonely hearts have greatly evolved since their first appearance. From local newspapers to social networks and apps, how do the tools we use shape the messages we put out?
→ Read it on Lapham’s Quarterly Pocket
Saving the Internet, one subreddit at a time
One of the last Internet giants to resist homogeneity, Reddit creates a space where users can have open, honest and messy conversations. How can we make these spaces function properly without also limiting free speech?
→ Read it on The New Yorker Pocket
Disney’s takeover
Black Panther is the biggest movie sensation since … the last Disney movie sensation. And it won’t stop anytime soon. Here’s how the Mouse House took over moviegoing in the 21st century, and what that means.
→ Read it on The Ringer Pocket
Thinking…slowly
What does it mean to live? Vincenzo Di Nicola, a Psychiatry Professor from Université de Montréal, believes that “slowing down” our thought process is key to understanding one another and having more productive discussion.
→ Read it on Aeon Pocket
The afterlife of movie wardrobes
When a film or TV show ends, the costumes need to go somewhere. So, what happens to them?
→ Read it on Racked Pocket
Three “unexpected” discoveries at SXSW 2018
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Your first SXSW experience is diving into the unknown, no matter how much planning you do. Our Strategist, Arthur Rollet, recounts his weekend in Austin.
→ Read it on our blog
In your earbuds: First Round Review
This episode of First Round Review, featuring Warby Parker, presents areas where startups need to double down to make sure scale doesn’t ruin all of the things that make them great places to work at.
This week’s favourite thing
In recent weeks, some people have reported that their Amazon Echo devices have begun to laugh at random. Why is she laughing at us?
Image: “The Stolen Kiss” by Jean-Honoré Fragonard
