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Wander the web like a shoreline.
Something new washes up every time: pages from all kinds of people, made with all kinds of tools. Beachcomb shows you what it found, then gets out of the way.
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A Love Story
Tracking 1,000+ people through the ups and downs of their relationships.
From The Pudding
How Uber Uses Psychological Tricks to Push Its Drivers’ Buttons
From Explorable Explanations
Mindstorms
"mindstorms: children, computers, and powerful ideas", an influential 1980 book by seymour papert
Something different
the evolution of trust
an interactive guide to the game theory of why & how we trust each other
Something different
Neuron Persona Library
Every MLP neuron of open language models, pushed alone up and down, then asked “Who are you?”. Search the replies or open any neuron.
From Waxy.org links
Media For Thinking The Unthinkable
an hour-long talk on tools that re-define how we think
From Explorable Explanations
Hooked: how slot machines are designed to be addictive
Poker machines use a range of design features that leverage psychology to keep people playing. In this feature, first published in 2017, we break them down so you can see exactly how slot machines are programmed to work, and how they affect people
Something different
Adventures in Cognitive Biases
a game to reduce overconfidence bias & train Bayesian thinking
From Explorable Explanations
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