Longform links: man vs. algorithm

[AgrikGex]

Technology


Google ($GOOGL) and Facebook ($FB) need to be more accountable for the content against which it sells ads. (stratechery.com) (https://stratechery.com/2017/ad-agencies-and-accountability/)
How Aristotle created the computer. (theatlantic.com) (https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/03/aristotle-computer/518697/)
A profile of Gabe Rivera of Techmeme. (buzzfeed.com) (https://www.buzzfeed.com/charliewarzel/meet-the-man-who-shapes-techs-narrative)

[aijorpidadf]

The Capital Group is fighting the good fight against index investing. (ft.com) (https://www.ft.com/content/5e1df770-0d58-11e7-a88c-50ba212dce4d)
Michael Mauboussin looks at the long term decline in publicly traded US companies. (casnocha.com) (http://casnocha.com/reid-hoffman-lessons)

[akehuhar]

Intuit ($INTU) does not want to make it easier for you to do your taxes. (priceonomics.com) (https://priceonomics.com/the-stanford-professor-who-fought-the-tax-lobby/)

[Alberansslobe]

A dozen ways that "virality" can be misunderstood. (25iq.com) (https://25iq.com/2017/03/17/a-dozen-ways-virality-can-be-misused-and-misunderstood/)
16 lessons learned from Reid Hoffman. (casnocha.com) (http://casnocha.com/reid-hoffman-lessons)

[AlbertRuibe]

Three lessons from Manoj Bhargava founder of Five-Hour Energy. (thewaiterspad.com) (https://thewaiterspad.com/2017/03/20/manoj-bhargava/)
Another story of academic research gone bad. (chronicle.com) (http://www.chronicle.com/article/Spoiled-Science/239529)
Fewer people have mastered basic survival skills today than at any other time in human history. (theatlantic.com) (https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/04/professor-caveman/517815/)