The Future Of The Future Of What We Used To Call News
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The document discusses Baratunde Thurston's work exploring the future of news and information. It describes various projects he has worked on or is interested in, such as location-based racism tracking, live hate-tweeting events, and his book "How to be Black". It also discusses new assumptions about the information age, including hyperconnectivity, ubiquitous creativity, and experimentation becoming essentially free. The document has a lighthearted tone and is presented as a menu or overview of Thurston's interests and commentary on current events.
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The Future Of The Future Of What We Used To Call News
- 1. The Future Of The Future Of What We Used To Call News ASSEMBLED AND PRESENTED BY @baratunde
- 3. in the beginning #BRAVENEWSWORLD@baratunde @cultivatedwit
- 4. there was blackness #BRAVENEWSWORLD@baratunde @cultivatedwit
- 25. #BRAVENEWSWORLD@baratunde @cultivatedwit MIT Media Lab Berkman Center NSA
- 27. location-based racism live hate-tweeting #negrospotting abortionplex howtobeblack #comedyhackday @the_swine_flu #ows #BRAVENEWSWORLD@baratunde @cultivatedwit
- 33. if you don’t buy this book, you’re a racist NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLER
- 40. timed-release: BLACK HISTORY MONTH DUH #BRAVENEWSWORLD@baratunde @cultivatedwit
- 44. #LiveWriting
- 45. “how self obsessed does one have to be to set something like this up?” #BRAVENEWSWORLD@baratunde @cultivatedwit
- 46. “I am surprised to see baratunde use semicolons” #BRAVENEWSWORLD@baratunde @cultivatedwit
- 47. “My girlfriend is chinese and I'm half Jamaican/half regular-black. I think our kids might end up Dominican or something” #BRAVENEWSWORLD@baratunde @cultivatedwit
- 62. #BRAVENEWSWORLD@baratunde @cultivatedwit + other data sources (census, Yelp, NYPD)
- 72. Endorsements (disclosure: i have an interest in some of the following products) #BRAVENEWSWORLD@baratunde @cultivatedwit
- 75. #BRAVENEWSWORLD@baratunde @cultivatedwit upwell & #sharkweek
- 85. distribution of good ideas #BRAVENEWSWORLD@baratunde @cultivatedwit
- 86. experimentation is basically free #BRAVENEWSWORLD@baratunde @cultivatedwit
- 87. Other Crap To Know (disclosure: i like some of the people behind the following) #BRAVENEWSWORLD@baratunde @cultivatedwit
- 91. ADDENDUM AND SHIT #BRAVENEWSWORLD@baratunde @cultivatedwit
- 99. MEASURE THAT SHIT! #BRAVENEWSWORLD@baratunde @cultivatedwit
- 100. fancy chart makes me look smart #BRAVENEWSWORLD@baratunde @cultivatedwit
- 102. people want their blackness #BRAVENEWSWORLD@baratunde @cultivatedwit
- 103. based on sales, wednesday is the least racist day of the week #BRAVENEWSWORLD@baratunde @cultivatedwit
- 104. monday is the most racist #BRAVENEWSWORLD@baratunde @cultivatedwit
- 108. In the future #BRAVENEWSWORLD@baratunde @cultivatedwit
- 110. CultivatedWit.com we make fun #BRAVENEWSWORLD@baratunde @cultivatedwit