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Stunning Visualization Shows How The xxs New Album Went Viral Recently, The xx partnered with Microsoft on an interesting project: The band created a visualization that shows how the stream of its album Coexist has been shared around the world.To make it all the more interesting, the band initially shared the stream with only one fan to see how the news would spread. Screen Culture Dalai Lama Tells His Facebook Friends That Religion Is No Longer Adequate All the world's major religions, with their emphasis on love, compassion, patience, tolerance, and forgiveness can and do promote inner values. But the reality of the world today is that grounding ethics in religion is no longer adequate. This is why I am increasingly convinced that the time has come to nd a way of thinking about spirituality and ethics beyond religion altogether. New Social Systems, Rise of the Believer Why Do Boys and Girls Have Similar Interests, But Very Different Toys? Is it possible that boys will at some point demand Littlest Pet Shop sets and girls will ask their parents for K'nex? Highly unlikely, despite the fact that as new study by agency the Marketing Store Worldwide suggests that while the gender gap is closing in several areas for kids, the chasm is still wide for toys. Third Gender How Smartphones Make Us Superhuman Both men lit themselves on re in protest. But only one of them is credited with starting a revolution. The difference between the two? Mobile phones recorded Mohamed Bouazizi, a Tunisian fruit vendor, as he set himself ablaze in despair over his economic plight. Those videos kicked off the wave of 2011 Arab Spring demonstrations. Screen Culture, New Social Systems, Robopocalypse, Inwards A Bunch Of Models Rocked Google Glasses At New York Fashion Week Google took its presence at New York Fashion Week to a new level yesterday when it invaded the Diane von Furstenberg runway. The company, which has live streamed shows from The Tents at Lincoln Center on YouTube for a few seasons now, gave the Furstenberg team glasses in carrot orange, white, andturquoise to use for the show. New New Hollywood, Robopocalypse, Geek Chic, First Hand Look Screen Culture Why Men Fail Over the years, many of us have embraced a certain theory to explain mens economic decline. It is that the information-age economy rewards traits that, for neurological and cultural reasons, women are more likely to possess. Women, Hannah Rosin argues in her new book The End of Men, are like immigrants who have moved to a new country. They see a new social context, and they exibly adapt to new circumstances. Rebirth of Male Archetype

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