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Why “gaman”, the old-school Japanese idea of perseverance through tough times, is threatened by the gig economy and the country's entrance in the 21st century — bbc.com

Facebook's moderators, the people reviewing the flood of “content” that is posted 24/7 are suffering from various trauma and PTSD. Facebook should do much, much better. The one article you should read this week, if you can muster the strength to finish it... — theverge.com

“Despite the utopian claims of its proponents, Bitcoin is a right-wing nightmare which facilitates tax evasion, money laundering and environmental degradation”. Strong points — tribunemag.co.uk

Consumer “nudging” is beginning to show adverse effects. When they see “only 3 rooms remaining” or “17 people saw this listing” on travel websites, people are less and less inclined to buy — behavioralscientist.org

How everybody is abusing the word “content”, by Om Malik — om.co

A balanced portrait of the country “that can be explained but never understood”, I named: Lebanon — nybooks.com

Banning plastic bags causes more harm than good in the short run. People will buy trash bags instead and those are thicker and thus more demanding on the environment — Planet Money on npr.org

A conversation with Keanu Reeves. A likeable character overall but weird air guitar tricks, no? — theguardian.com

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